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Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split.
Part time working or job share options will be reviewed on an individual basis.
Overview
As part of the Plant Prediction & Simulation department, the Engineering Analyst will be a member of the wider Science, Engineering and Technology group providing analytical and product development resource to the wider business towards tokamak design and operation, business and investor insights, and Fusion Pilot Plant systems integration.
There are many systems involved in the development of a fusion power plant that will require fluid dynamics analysis, ranging from ensuring a sufficient mass-flow rate of coolant to keep a system within operating conditions, to maximizing delta-T of a coolant to efficiently extract thermal energy for usable work, to the motion of liquid metal in a variable magnetic field.
Responsibilities:
* Provide metallic and non-metallic fluid dynamics expertise to the designs of fusion systems, focusing on novel liquid metal tokamak components (such as blankets and divertors) including cooling, heat extraction, exhaust, and breeding solutions.
* Assess thermal loads in systems such as breeding blankets, divertors, first walls, limiters, shielding, and vacuum vessels.
* Develop and implement computational methods and models for novel fluid dynamic solutions.
* Collaborate in the assessment and qualification of designed systems using advanced flow analysis techniques.
* Work with team members to analyze and interpret simulation results, identify trends, and evaluate performance metrics.
* Contribute to the documentation of modeling methodologies, results, and findings for internal reports, publications, and patent applications. Report results to external parties at technical meetings and conferences.
* Conduct literature reviews and gather data on novel techniques for improving pumping and heat flux handling performance in solids and liquid metals.
Requirements
* PhD or degree in a relevant physics or engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
* Knowledge of theoretical and computational fluid mechanics.
* Experience performing, checking, and validating Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Magneto-Hydrodynamics (MHD) models.
* Experience modeling non-isothermal and/or multiphase flows, and modeling flows undergoing phase transformations.
* Experience using commercial (ANSYS, COMSOL) and open source (OpenFOAM, Salome-Meca) simulation packages.
* Some knowledge of programming languages such as C++, FORTRAN, Python, or MATLAB.
* Some knowledge of parallel computations (MPI and/or GPU).
* Experience in analysis and research.
* Some experience in producing system design descriptions and system interface documentation.
Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties
This job includes the following hazards or safety-critical activities which will require successful pre-employment health screening through our occupational health service before the successful candidate is allowed to start work:
* Driving on company business.
* Working with Display Screen Equipment.
* Travel outside of Europe or North America on company business.
About Us
What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much-needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help reduce climate change? We believe that’s fusion energy. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford, UK. We have an unrivaled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion energy.
In addition to fusion energy, Tokamak Energy is recognized as the leader in High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnet design, numerical modeling, and prototyping. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focused on becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets.
The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, currently employs a growing team of over 250 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world-leading scientific, engineering, industrial, and commercial capabilities. The company has 70 families of patent applications and has raised $250 million, comprising $200m from private investors and $50m from the UK and US governments. Our US subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.
Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team who are striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable energy for all.
Please note that any personal data submitted to Tokamak Energy will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation.
If you do not meet all the listed criteria for this position, we would still welcome your application.
Entry into employment with Tokamak Energy and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria related to the duties of each post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, the ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
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