Fast Particle Physicist

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. 

The role will be 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

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As a Fast Particle Physicist, you will be the Responsible Officer (RO) for the MAST-U Fast Ion Loss Detector and contribute to the scientific exploitation of MAST-U and to work packages coordinated by EUROfusion.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Take leading role in the development and scientific exploitation of the MAST-U Fast Ion Loss Detector (FILD). 

• Responsible for proposing and planning experiments in MAST-U physics campaigns.

• Participate in the execution of and analysis of results from experiments in MAST-U physics campaigns. 

• Propose research projects and lead and/or contribute to fusion research carried out through work packages coordinated by EUROfusion. 

• Responsible for reporting results at science and other regular internal and/or external progress meetings. 

• Responsible for disseminating results through conferences and peer reviewed journal papers. 

Essential Requirements:

• PhD level of knowledge of experimental plasma physics. 

• Proficiency with commonly-used programming languages, e.g. FORTRAN, C, IDL, Python, Matlab. 

• Proven ability to conduct independent research. 

• Ability to interact with physicists and understand their requirements. 

• Good oral and written communications skills. 

• The post holder must be an excellent team-player with an outward facing work-ethos as they will work closely with scientists from around the world. 

Desirable:  

• Experience in experimental studies of fast particles in tokamak plasmas.  

• Experience of developing sophisticated data analysis codes in high level languages, e.g. IDL and Python, using curve fitting, error propagation and tomographic reconstruction. 

• Experience of using fast particle modelling codes. 

• Strong record of publications in a closely related field. 

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 who want to help us achieve our mission.  We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email [email protected] 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.