Senior Data Analysis Physicist

The salary for this role is £57,117 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each 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

As Senior Data Analysis Physicist you will be leading the development and application of advanced data analysis techniques in support of UKAEA and international scientific programmes. 

Additional Responsibilities:

• Leading the design and development of software frameworks for advanced data analysis tasks.
• Proposing and delivering analysis using state-of-the-art statistical techniques to solve physics problems in support of the wider UKAEA scientific program.
• Providing expert advice on numerical data analysis techniques internally and to international collaborators.
• Disseminating results at internal meetings and through international conferences and peer reviewed journal papers.

Essential Requirements:

• PhD or equivalent level of knowledge of Tokamak physics.
• Substantial experience with numerical methods, algorithms and large-scale code development for data analysis, including Bayesian and other advanced statistical techniques.
• Proven ability to carry out detailed analysis of experimental data, use of suitable tools, uncertainty quantification, etc.
• Proficiency with programming languages, e.g. Python, C, C++, FORTRAN, IDL, Java.
• Proven ability to lead independent physics research.

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.