KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of specialists and non-specialists to design, build and test large HTS magnets.
• Identify HTS magnet technology needs for STEP and devise and deliver development plans for them.
• Pursue opportunities to use existing (internal and external) magnet test facilities and deliver new test capability where necessary.
• Provide HTS magnet technical expertise and strategic technical leadership.
• Build long-term strategic partnerships with industry, research organisations and academia to accelerate delivery.
• Actively coach, mentor, train and develop team members at all levels of seniority and technical understanding in HTS magnet technology.
  Salary
  £77,239 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
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THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced superconducting magnet design engineer to design, build and test HTS magnets targeting application in the STEP fusion power plant. STEP is likely to require the largest HTS magnets in the world to date and developing successful full-scale first-of-a-kind designs relies heavily on demonstrating key aspects of HTS technology in sub-scale prototypes. You’ll take on the role of lead design engineer, reporting to the STEP Magnets Engineering Manager, and be responsible for delivering the HTS technology development programme which will involve devising strategic test plans and leading a multi-disciplinary team to deliver these plans through the wide range of domestic and international collaborators and industrial partners essential to delivery at pace and to scale.
You’ll specify design activities including cutting-edge multi-physics analyses, oversee magnet fabrication and assembly, and supervise testing of the STEP prototype coils. This involves a deep understanding of sub-component technologies, such as HTS tape selection, assignment, and quality control, high-current HTS cables and feeders, radiation-tolerant magnet insulation, HTS quench detection and protection methodologies, and ac loss tolerant cryogenic cooling systems, all of which will be developed at pace and with controlled risk while interfacing with the broader STEP power plant concept design to specify guiding requirements.
Communicating complex technical challenges and findings in a clear and effective manner to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including non-specialists will be critical to success. The STEP programme has established exciting partnerships internationally and you’ll be required to work collaboratively with those partners as well as seeking out new opportunities to expand our HTS magnets capability further, leveraging the expertise of others.