Job Description
Starting salary £23,500 + plus benefits and welcome bonus | Office based in Aldermaston, nr Reading, Berkshire.
We are offering a rewarding and exciting one-year placement as an Undergraduate Materials & Systems Modeller at AWE - a role where you will make a genuine contribution to keeping the UK safe and secure.
Entry Requirements
We are interested in applications from candidates working towards a degree in:
* Mathematics (with modelling experience), Physics, Computer Science Materials Science, Chemistry students who can demonstrate strong maths or programming skills.
* Before starting with the business, you will need to be able to provide evidence that you have attained a minimum of a 2:2 in your degree so far by August 2026.
* You must be able to Join AWE in August 2026. We recruit on a rolling basis which means as soon as our positions have been filled, we will close.
What to Expect on the Programme
This role desk and lab based, so you can expect to work across these environments.
Materials and Analytical Science at AWE supports the life cycle of warhead components and technologies to ensure the reliability of the UK's strategic deterrent and national security mission.A nuclear warhead contains a vast range of materials including metals, ceramics, inorganic salts, rubbers, foams, adhesives, high explosives and radioacti...