MAST-U

Department
Plasma Physics
Discipline
Engineering
Site Location
UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Type of Employment
Full-time
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ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• PhD in plasma physics or equivalent.
• Knowledge of and/or experience of implementing software engineering best practices.
• Proven ability to conduct independent research.
• A good team-player with an outward facing work-ethos as he/she will work closely with scientists around the world.
• Good oral and written communications skills.

OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The salary for this role is £42,858 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is based in Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

THE ROLE

As a Plasma Exhaust Modeller, you will develop and use primarily 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. For example modelling of 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.
  Salary
  £42,858 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
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