Graduate R&D Engineer

As a Graduate Technology Developer, you will work as part of project teams across UKAEA, supported by senior colleagues, developing an understanding of best-practice technology development through training and hands-on experience, and applying these learnings to small-scale projects or workstreams within larger initiatives.

Your core responsibilities:

• Develop knowledge and understanding of fusion relevant technical topics, especially relevant to the development of efficient test programme design.  Apply knowledge learned to assigned projects. 
• Deliver, with support, small scale test rig projects, liaising with customers, technicians and workshops/manufacturers. 
• Support the development of new test rigs and facilities for technology development and component testing in representative extreme environments. 
• Perform a variety of technical tasks designed to provide experience & familiarisation with staff, methods, practices, & programs of the Group and wider Division.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of fusion relevant topics and apply this learning to assigned projects.

• Degree in Science or Engineering from 2025 or '26
• Confident with all Microsoft applications including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Driven, with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges
• Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Well organised and adaptable with the ability to plan and prioritise workload

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

• £35,227 base salary
• Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working options

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.