Exhaust Code Developer

The salary for this role is £48,290 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance)  . Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working. 

This role can be based at any of the following sites: 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

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Exhaust Code Developer, you will play a pivotal role in developing edge modelling code(s) which interface with integrated modelling tools, such as JINTRAC integrated transport modelling framework. Through integrated modelling, the post holder may study plasma exhaust in existing and future tokamaks, such as JET, MAST-U, ITER, JT-60SA, and STEP. You will also propose, and/or integrate improved models through internal and international collaborations and execute, and analyse tokamak experiments in these areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contributing to and guiding the development of edge modelling codes.
• Optimising code algorithms for modern computers (HPC).
• Developing interface with plasma core codes and working with UKAEA developers.
• Performing core-edge coupled simulations and analysing the results.
• Giving presentations to demonstrate new algorithms and features to modellers at UKAEA.
• Exploiting tools for edge modelling and/or coupled core-edge simulations to study plasmas in current and future devices.
• Reporting research findings in refereed journal articles as well as at internal meetings, workshops and international conferences.

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.
• The post-holder must be a good team-player with an outward facing work-ethos as he/she will work closely with scientists around the world.
• Knowledge and ideally experience of parallel programming
• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Demonstrable skills in advanced problem solving
• Theoretical and experimental understanding of exhaust physics issues.

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

UKAEA’s mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.

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.  

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.