Engineering Analyst - Simulation Research
- Full-time
- Salary: £54,376 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
- Division: Integrated Engineering
- Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire or Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Confirmed Grade: Level 5
- Department: Fusion Engineering
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 scheme up 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.
- A vibrantculturecommitted to equality and being fullyinclusive.
This role is being advertised at 2 different grades depending on relevant experience. The salary will be either £40,609 or £54,376 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance) andOnsite workingis expected for3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for Flexible Working.
Please include a covering letter detailing your motivation for applying and highlighting your relevant skills and experience.
This role can be based at the following sites:Culham, Oxfordshire, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
This role requires employees tocomplete 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.
Who are we looking for?
As we are growing the UKAEA virtual engineering programme, we currently have an exciting opportunity for computational engineers or physicists who want to work at the forefront of their field leading in research and execution of integrated multi-disciplinary and multi-physics simulation tools to solve some of our most complex problems.
As an experienced engineering analyst, you will be adept in performing computational engineering or physics analyses, have experience in supervising others or leading teams, and bring enthusiasm, flair, and diversity to our dynamic team.
What will you be responsible for?
In this role you will work as part of a growing team helping to foster and implement a strategy for the development of analysis and simulation capability to provide progressive and continual enhancement to the delivery of engineering projects. You will support the development and deployment of integrated simulations and realisation of a fusion reactor 'digital twin'. You will help in identifying and exploiting opportunities for growth, writing research proposals, making links between related disciplines, and holding deep knowledge of the landscape of computational analysis and simulation both within and outside the fusion community.
Essential skills, experience and competence required
- A Master’s degree in engineering or other relevant discipline (e.g., mathematics or physics), or equivalent experience.
- Sound knowledge of the fundamentals of solid and fluid mechanics and applied engineering mathematics.
- Experience in application of classical analysis techniques for understanding and solving problems from first principles and verification of numerical simulations.
- Experience in the application of numerical simulation techniques (FEA/CFD), including at least two of: thermal, structural, structural dynamics, fluid dynamics, magnetic (static or transient), neutronics, magnetohydrodynamics.
- Experience in the use of FEA/CFD software such as ANSYS Mechanical, COMSOL multi-physics, OpenFOAM, etc.
- Awareness of systems simulation and acausal modelling techniques (e.g., multi-body dynamics, quas-1d fluid flow, lumped mass models) and relevant software/languages used (e.g., MATLAB/Simscape, Dymola/Modelica, etc.).
- Ability to rapidly understand, investigate and adopt existing/new software products and apply innovative solutions for integration into simulation workflows.
- Excellent communication, both technical and interpersonal skills, and a high standard of report/presentation writing.
- Some experience with programming (e.g., Matlab, Python, C++, etc.).
- For the more senior grade, experience leading teams and supervising other staff.
Desirable skills, experience and competence
- Experience in multi-body dynamics simulation using packages such as MSC ADAMS or similar, including familiarity with simulation of rigid and flexible body dynamics, mechanical drives and actuators.
- Experience in performing analysis with systems modelling software such as Simulink-Simscape, AMESIM or similar.
- Experience with model order reduction techniques and their application.
- Experience with uncertainty quantification through simulation and application of formal reliability analysis.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of Tokamak operations.
- Knowledge of plasma equilibrium codes and/or 2-D plasma 'fluid' codes.
- Experience of applying and promoting good code development practices (collaborative development, version control, automated testing, documentation).
- Experience in writing research grant proposals and/or contributing to organisational research strategy documents.
- Attained or actively working towards Chartered status with a suitable professional institution.
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI 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.
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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