Disruption Control Physicist

1 week ago


Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom UK Atomic Energy Authority Full time
Disruption Control Physicist

This role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire, and is part of a team working on the STEP device.

The successful candidate will contribute to the development of disruption detection methods with adequate fidelity to allow disruption avoidance methods to function.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development of disruption detection methods.
  • Participate in experiments on MAST-U to test real-time disruption avoidance for scenarios appropriate to the STEP device.
  • Mitigate disruption consequences, including heat and EM loads, and runaway electrons.
  • Contribute to refereed journal articles and attend international conferences on magnetic fusion as agreed with management.
  • Build a strong network of external collaborations.

Essential Requirements:

  • PhD or equivalent level of experience in Physics or related area.
  • Proficiency with programming languages, e.g. C, FORTRAN, IDL, Python.
  • Proven ability to conduct independent physics research.
  • Good oral and written communications skills.
  • Excellent team-player with an outward facing work-ethos.

Desirable Requirements:

  • Knowledge of real-time control methods.
  • Proven ability to carry out detailed analysis of experimental and modelled data, use of suitable tools, error analysis, etc.
  • Experience of considering safety as part of planning work.
  • Strong record of publications in a closely related field.

Additional Information:

The UK Atomic Energy Authority is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from under-represented groups. We actively promote diversity and inclusion within our organization and take steps to increase diversity within our team. We evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success and reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection.



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