Overview
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Salary and location
The salary for this role is £42,858 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). This role is based in Culham, Oxfordshire. Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week, however we actively support requests for flexible working.
Role and responsibilities
As a Plasma Exhaust Modeller, you will develop and use numerical/computational physical models to describe the behaviour of plasma at the periphery of tokamak devices. Key duties include: modelling of the scrape-off layer (SOL) transport, including the effect of neutral particles; providing interpretative modelling of MAST-U with 2D and 3D fluid codes; and validating simulation results and theoretical findings against MAST-U experimental measurements.
Your career development as a scientist will be strongly supported, including working towards chartership with the Institute of Physics.
Additional responsibilities
* Contribute to and lead the development of new SOL predictive and interpretative codes.
* Provide interpretative modelling of MAST-U with 2D and 3D fluid codes, including tungsten transport in the SOL and pedestal to understand tungsten screening.
* Support experimentalists by providing theoretical insight when requested.
* Complete projects for validating numerical and theoretical results against MAST-U experiments.
* Propose experiments and lead/contribute to research on MAST-U.
* Report research findings in refereed journal articles as well as at internal meetings, workshops and international conferences.
Essential qualifications
* PhD in plasma physics or equivalent.
* Knowledge of and/or experience implementing software engineering best practices.
* Proven ability to conduct independent research.
* A good team-player with an outward facing work-ethos as you will work closely with scientists around the world.
* Good oral and written communications skills.
Additional information
A full list of our benefits can be found here: https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/
UKAEA is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have questions or require adjustments to compete on a fair basis.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
Employment details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Science
* Industries: Research Services
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