Lead HPC Computational Engineer - Fusion & Multiphysics

UK Atomic Energy Authority; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 71,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £71,815 + £7,700 specialistus?l

7% corporate performance bonus

Final salary defined benefits pension

25 days annual leave + 2.5 privilege +

8 Bank Holidays

Site closure 3 days over Christmas

Flexible working options

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority seeks a senior leader in Computational Materials and Engineering to spearhead software capabilities for fusion simulations. You will guide research directions, manage programs and resources, and represent UKAEA in national and international collaborations.

You will develop and implement strategies for new computing architectures, oversee high-impact publications, and mentor a distributed team across projects in HPC, AI and multiphysics simulations.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent with strong publication record or software library contributions
• Significant HPC experience and at least one compiled language or advanced scripting language evidenced in software contributions
• Experience leading distributed teams in mentoring or management roles
• Well-founded mathematics with numerical analysis background and publications or software contributions
• Experience in testing strategies (verification/validation) and evaluating new algorithms for fusion codes
• Proven record of technical review and approval of large-scale software projects or journals

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead technical contributions to modelling, simulation and uncertainty quantification for UKAEA programmes
• Review and approve technical output from teams of 4–10 people
• Oversee development of state-of-the-art software suites with quality standards
• Design strategy for development, deployment on and evaluation of computing architectures
• Present research at conferences, publish papers and lead outreach
• Collaborate with international partners to develop codes for extreme-scale systems
• Seek and lead new research funding and consortia proposals
• Lead international projects and grow UKAEA research at the cutting edge
• Conduct own research into novel numerical methods for fusion applications
• Advise other divisions and provide training across the organisation

Skills

Leadership experience

Mentoring teams

Project management

Research leadership

Education

Doctorate degree in computational/ mathematical/ physical science

Tools

C++

Fortran

Rust

Julia

R

Job description

UK Atomic Energy Authority seeks a senior leader in Computational Materials and Engineering to spearhead software capabilities for fusion simulations. You will guide research directions, manage programs and resources, and represent UKAEA in national and international collaborations.

You will develop and implement strategies for new computing architectures, oversee high-impact publications, and mentor a distributed team across projects in HPC, AI and multiphysics simulations.