Tidal Stream Turbine Design Specialist

20 hours ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom University of Oxford Full time

Job Summary: We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join our team at the University of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science. The successful candidate will work on the EPSRC-funded CoTide programme, developing integrated whole system design models of tidal stream turbines for renewable power generation.

You will collaborate with world-leading researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, and Sheffield, contributing to the development of whole system engineering tools and modelling complex interactions between system hydrodynamics, structural mechanics, fatigue, and system reliability.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Developing and integrating model and software components.
  • Collaborating with the programme team and industry partners.
  • Modelling complex interactions between system hydrodynamics, structural mechanics, fatigue, and system reliability.
  • Exploring how design and control of system operation can balance design and performance objectives.
  • Using optimisation and control co-design to understand, test sensitivity to, and optimise around key design drivers and objectives.

Requirements:

  • Relevant PhD (or near completion) in Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Strong background and relevant experience in the development of integrated engineering models.
  • Relevant background in either fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, fluid-structure interaction, or systems modelling.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Salary: £38,693 - £42,026 per annum



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