Edge Modelling Engineer for Fusion HPC Codes

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined benefit pension

Relocation allowance

Flexible working options

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous annual leave

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking an Exhaust Code Developer to advance edge modelling codes and interface with integrated modelling tools such as JINTRAC. You will study plasma exhaust in current and future tokamaks and contribute to the development of improved models through international collaborations.

The role requires a PhD in plasma physics or equivalent, strong software engineering, parallel programming experience, and the ability to publish and present results to the scientific

Qualifications

• PhD in plasma physics or equivalent.
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices.
• Proven ability to conduct independent research.
• Good team-player with outward-facing work-ethos due to international collaboration.
• Knowledge/experience in parallel programming.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrable skills in advanced problem solving.
• Theoretical and experimental understanding of exhaust physics issues.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to and guiding the development of edge modelling codes.
• Optimising code algorithms for HPC.
• Developing interface with plasma core codes and working with UKAEA developers.
• Performing core-edge coupled simulations and analysing results.
• Giving presentations to demonstrate new algorithms to modellers.
• Exploiting tools for edge modelling to study plasmas in current and future devices.
• Reporting research findings in refereed journal articles and at conferences.

Skills

Software engineering

Independent research

Team player

Parallel programming

Communication

Problem solving

Exhaust physics

Education

PhD in plasma physics

Tools

JINTRAC

Job description

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking an Exhaust Code Developer to advance edge modelling codes and interface with integrated modelling tools such as JINTRAC. You will study plasma exhaust in current and future tokamaks and contribute to the development of improved models through international collaborations.

The role requires a PhD in plasma physics or equivalent, strong software engineering, parallel programming experience, and the ability to publish and present results to the scientific