Edge Modelling Engineer — Plasma Physics, Flexible Hybrid

Fusion Energy Base; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham, Oxfordshire, is seeking an Exhaust Code Developer to advance edge modelling codes and interface with integrated modelling tools such as JINTRAC. You will perform core-edge simulations and contribute to tokamak studies across current and future machines.

The role requires a PhD in plasma physics and strong software engineering and parallel programming skills. Onsite work is three days/week with BPSS/DBS checks; the position involves international collaboration

Qualifications

• PhD in plasma physics or equivalent.
• Experience implementing software engineering best practices.
• Proven ability to conduct independent research.
• Good team-player with outward facing work-ethos.
• Knowledge of parallel programming preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Good problem solving abilities.
• Theoretical and experimental understanding of exhaust physics.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to and guiding the development of edge modelling codes.
• Optimising code algorithms for modern HPC systems.
• Developing interfaces with plasma core codes and UKAEA collaborators.
• Performing core-edge coupled simulations and analysing results.
• Presenting new algorithms and features to modellers at UKAEA.
• Exploiting tools for edge modelling and coupled simulations to study tokamaks.
• Reporting research findings in refereed journals and at conferences.

Skills

Software engineering best practices

Independent research

Parallel programming

Oral and written communications

Problem solving

Teamwork

Edge modelling

Education

PhD in plasma physics

Tools

JINTRAC framework

Plasma modelling tools

Job description

UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham, Oxfordshire, is seeking an Exhaust Code Developer to advance edge modelling codes and interface with integrated modelling tools such as JINTRAC. You will perform core-edge simulations and contribute to tokamak studies across current and future machines.

The role requires a PhD in plasma physics and strong software engineering and parallel programming skills. Onsite work is three days/week with BPSS/DBS checks; the position involves international collaboration