Neutron and Gamma Diagnostic Physicist

Company Description
By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world's energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

As An Employee Of UKAEA You Will Benefit From

• Outstandingdefined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporatebonus schemeup to 7% and aRelocationallowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working optionsincluding family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
• Employee Assistance Programmeand trained Mental Health First Aiders,
• Generous annual leaveallowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Wide range ofcareer development opportunities
• A vibrantculturecommitted to equality and being fullyinclusive

What To Expect In Our Recruitment Process
For a step-by-step overview of how we hire from application to offer please see our
Recruitment Process
page:

Job Description
The salary for this role is
£42,858
(inclusive of a Specialist Allowance)
.
Onsite working
is expected for
3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role can be based at any of the following sites:
Culham, Oxfordshire
This role requires employees to
complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)**
, including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

The Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As
Neutron and Gamma Diagnostic Physicist
, you will play a pivotal role in tosupport a range of Neutronics, Gamma and Fast Particle Diagnostics used for Plasma research and operations. Encompasses the full product lifecycle (Requirements, design, manufacturing, commissioning, maintenance decommissioning) and includes data analysis and validation. The post holder will be expected to contribute towards publications in technical journals and international conferences.

Dependent on their knowledge, experience, and interest, the post holder will be encouraged to train for a role within the MAST Upgrade control room, working with the operational team to configure and safely operate the MAST Upgrade Tokamak to achieve experimental goals

Additional Responsibilities

• Responsible for the routine operation of neutrons and gamma diagnostic in MAST-U. This includes, but is not limited to Fission Chamber, Neutron Camera, Hard X-ray Detector, Reciprocating Probe, Divertor Reciprocating Probe, DSF. This includes the following tasks:
• Ensuring the diagnostics operate in accordance with local safety rules, including following and updating commissioning procedures.
• Calibration of diagnostics and ensuring appropriate calibration procedures are in place and properly maintained.
• Contribute and support designing and implementing refurbishments required for physics studies.
• Contribute and support the maintenance of inter-shot analysis codes to routinely produce analysed data from the diagnostics
• Create and maintain documentation for all hardware including safety-related material.
• Propose and contribute to research on MAST-U.
• Propose and contribute to research carried out through fusion work packages.
• Report results at science and other regular progress meetings.
• Disseminate results through conferences and peer reviewed journal papers.
• Nominated/Authorised source holder for sources held by the Neutron and Gamma group both for MAST-U and other facilities.
• Radiation Protection supervisor for neutron and gamma group related supervised and controlled areas.

Qualifications
Essential Requirements:

• Degree ina scientific, engineering or technical subject or experience working in an academic or industrial research environment.
• Hands on experience operating diagnostics hardware
• Ability to carry out detailed analysis of experimental data, use of suitable tools, error analysis, etc..
• Ability to conduct physics research as part of a team
• Good oral and written communications skills
• Proficiency programming languages, e.g. IDL, Python

Desirable

• PhD in a relevant field (e.g., plasma physics, diagnostics…)
• Experience of working with radioactive sources and/or radiation related diagnostics.
• Experience with data analysis codes

Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black
British
Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.