Instrument Software Scientist - Summer Placement

at  Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC

INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE SCIENTIST - SUMMER PLACEMENT

Salary: £22,096
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 10 weeks
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire
The successful applicant will work with instrument scientists and software scientists to develop a software algorithm to calculate the orientation of samples measured on several scientific instruments at ISIS. The resulting product will utilize existing python routines, and will rely on the applicant creating a procedure using these routines. The procedure will be written in a user-friendly way to take user inputs and calculate the solution.
You will primarily work with instrument scientists based in the Excitations group. This group is composed of eight scientists who use the neutron instruments at ISIS to perform fundamental scientific experiments on novel materials. The instruments at ISIS host hundreds of scientific users from around the world every year to pursue scientific studies in many different research areas.
The successful candidate will be supported by their line manager and the rest of the group, as well as software scientists in the Computing division. The candidate will be encouraged to gain experience with the instruments, software and facility to help with their academic development.
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Summary of Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with the scientific team to define a procedure for calculating sample orientations.
• Outline, implement and test a software method using Mantid Python methods.
• Write test cases for use with continuous integration practices.
• Identify and integrate additional features for increasing the scientific benefits of this work.

To apply for this placement, we are looking for the following:

• Work with the scientific team to define a procedure for calculating sample orientations.
• Outline, implement and test a software method using Mantid Python methods.
• Write test cases for use with continuous integration practices.
• Identify and integrate additional features for increasing the scientific benefits of this work