Job Description
As Graduate Magnet Technologist, you will will gain hands-on experience across multiple R&D workstreams supporting magnet development and facility testing.
Your core responsibilities:
* Support R&D in the design, modelling and performance evaluation of superconducting magnets and components; assist with the commissioning and operation of cryogenic test rigs and coil/material characterisation, including data analysis and documentation.
* Develop knowledge and understanding of fusion relevant topics and apply this learning to assigned projects.
* Contribute to manufacturing and inspection process development for HTS conductors and coils, maintaining quality records and working with academic and industrial partners to improve technology readiness.
* Identify areas where improvements could be made to experimental apparatus, process plant systems and to operational practices and methodologies.
* Liaise with other teams and groups to build networks and to ensure effective collaboration.
Qualifications
* Degree in Science or Engineering from 2025 or '26
* Confident with all Microsoft applications including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
* Driven, with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges
* Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
* Well organised and adaptable with the ability to plan and prioritise workload
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here but highlights include:
* £35,227 base salary
* Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
* 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
* Flexible and hybrid working options
UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.