Job Title: RF Physicist
Location: Milton Park, Abingdon (OX14)
Salary: £40,000 – £60,000, depending on experience
The Company has unlocked a new route to scalable fusion power that is cost-effective and does not require huge infrastructure and capital expenditure. The technology could revolutionise the world’s energy production – it will be possible to produce more energy, more cheaply and with fewer harmful side effects (e.g. long term nuclear waste or carbon emissions).
They aim to accelerate the development of fusion energy by combining two emerging technologies – spherical tokamaks and high-temperature superconductors. The company’s innovation has been featured on Channel 4 news, BBC News Click, Reuters internet news channel and they received a Technology Pioneer Award at the World Economic Forum in 2016. This is the chance to join a fast-growing high technology company with an agile, dynamic team and to tackle the challenge of a lifetime.
The Role:
The ECRH system main goal is to provide plasma heating in the range of electron cyclotron frequencies (80 – 170 GHz). This position is responsible for determining and developing effective theoretical and computational approaches for solving a wide range of challenging scientific problems related to tokamak magnetic fusion research.
The role will:
- help determine research directions in key areas including radio frequency (RF) plasma heating and current drive, kinetic and fluid theory and/or integrated simulation
- perform analytic and computational investigations, including multi-scale simulations of RF absorption, including boundary and plasma interactions
- prepare integration of the Electron Cyclotron Heating (ECH) & Current Drive (CD) methods into ST40 physics programme
- implement/develop appropriate plasma-wave interaction modelling tools
- develop EC/EBW heating based scenarios for plasma start-up, plasma current ramp-up and sustainment
- support EBW, ECH & CD experiments with predictive modelling and analysis
- support ECH development, in aspects related to ECH & CD optimisation for future machines
Duties will include
- Participate in the development and integration of RF, boundary, plasma-material interaction, kinetic and fluid theory, and/or core physics codes and their applications to integrated simulation of tokamak experiments
- Support the overall fusion theory and integrated modelling capability of the Physics Team, including model development and code integration, verification, and validation
- Participate in the planning and integrated modelling of experiments in the present ST40 tokamak and future devices and perform verification and validation of modelling codes
- Present and publish research results at professional meetings and refereed journals.
- Provide documentation and make technical presentations as required and assist in responding to proposals for new or the expansion of existing business opportunities
Essential Selection Criteria
- Requires a master’s degree or PhD in scientific or related technical fields and complex scientific experience of four or more years. Equivalent scientific experience may be accepted
- Must have a complete understanding of scientific concepts, principles, codes, and theory; experience demonstrating a broad application of those concepts; and, an expanding knowledge of principles, concepts, theory, and practices in related technical specialties
- Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly; apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases; determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems
- Familiarity with boundary and plasma-material interaction physics, RF and kinetic theory, and modern programming languages (particularly C++, Fortran, Python, mpi, CUDA) is desirable
- Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills; able to perform complex tasks in one scientific area; and, lead a team of less experienced professional employees on semi-routine tasks
- Original work(s) published in professional scientific journals or formal technical equivalents are highly desirable
Benefits
- 25 Days Holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Company Pension scheme: Company contribution of 5% of salary after 3 months’ service
- Eligible for company share option scheme after one years’ service
- Company bonus scheme, discretionary, dependent on performance
- Private medical insurance after 3 months’ service
Please note: Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted regarding this position. If you do not hear back within 10 days of submitting your application then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. However, you may be contacted in the future to discuss other opportunities
No terminology in the advert or job description is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the role
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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Graduate, Nuclear Physicist, PHD Graduate, Nuclear Scientist, Radiofrequency Physicist, FR Scientist may also be considered for this role
