Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK
Full-time
Salary: £40,609 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Division: Fusion Technology
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 4
Department: Technology Department
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 realising 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
* Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
* Corporate bonus scheme of up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
* Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
* Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
* Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days' Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
* Wide range of career development opportunities.
* A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.
Job Description
The salary for this role is £40,609 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is to be based at the following site; 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
The Technology Development Group, a part of the Fusion Technology (FT) division, spearheads projects to efficiently advance technologies through the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) stages. The group possesses the expertise to develop requirement sets for new test rigs and facilities, tailored to experimental and operator needs. Additionally, the group has the capability to conduct high heat flux testing on small-scale test samples.
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team in Technology Development and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As a Research and Development (R&D) Engineer, you will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team on the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)'s £200 million Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation (LIBRTI) programme, a pioneering breeding blanket test facility project, liaising with potential users of the facility to develop test plans and requirements, researching existing experiment sensor technologies and developing novel sensor solutions, and supporting subsystem optioneering.
Key Responsibilities
* Supporting definition of testing goals, and requirements by delivering systems engineering artefacts (interface documents, systems requirements documents, Verification & Validation (V&V) plans, test plans).
* Integration of physical and digital streams, defining physical testing activities and priorities to support development of the digital twin of the test facility.
* Perform engineering calculations and basic simulations to develop initial test facility requirement ranges.
* Collaborating with stakeholders (including universities, public sector research establishments, and industry in fusion and related fields) to elicit requirements and identify R&D needs.
Qualifications
Essential:
* An engineering or other relevant degree, or commensurate work experience
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Demonstrable ability to solve interdisciplinary problems
* Experience of working in R&D, or of delivering large scale testing
* Experience of working with cross-disciplinary teams
Desirable
* Experience of systems engineering
* Exposure to Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) (e.g. Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), etc.)
* Experience of developing and delivering test/V&V plans
Additional Information
For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages.
We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi British, and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and neurotypical individuals. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and take steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
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