Lead Digital Twin Scientist – AI-Driven Visual Analytics

Fusion Energy Base; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 58,338 - 71,302; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate performance bonus

Pension with 21.5% employer contrib.

25 days annual leave + 2.5 privilege +

Bank Holidays

Site closure 3 days over Christmas

Flexible working options

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) sits at the forefront of advanced computing, leading innovative Digital Twin projects in fusion research at Culham. This role involves guiding multi-disciplinary teams, shaping software strategy, and delivering high-impact visualization solutions for real-time data and AI-driven analysis.

You will engage with national and international partners, drive project milestones, and represent UKAEA at key events, supporting our mission to accelerate fusion energy

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in computational, mathematical or physical science with relevance to Digital Twin for fusion.

Responsibilities

• Lead Digital Twin projects, ensuring milestones are delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage and mentor a small team of 4–6 specialists.
• Collaborate with academic, research and industry partners to develop next-generation Digital Twin capabilities.
• Drive development of visualization tools, frameworks and workflows for scientific data, real-time analysis and AI-driven visual analytics.
• Develop strategic Digital Twin capabilities across UKAEA and promote best practices.

Skills

Paraview

Omniverse

Blender

Unity

Unreal Engine

Publications in Digital Twin

Data governance

Education

PhD in computational, mathematical or physical science

Tools

VTK/VTU

USD/OpenUSD

HDF5

STEP

JT

STL

Omniverse

Ansys Twin-Builder

Siemens NX

NVIDIA RTX

Job description

UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) sits at the forefront of advanced computing, leading innovative Digital Twin projects in fusion research at Culham. This role involves guiding multi-disciplinary teams, shaping software strategy, and delivering high-impact visualization solutions for real-time data and AI-driven analysis.

You will engage with national and international partners, drive project milestones, and represent UKAEA at key events, supporting our mission to accelerate fusion energy