Materials Summer Placement 2025
Overview of Responsibilities
The Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy.
We offer excellent opportunities for motivated and enthusiastic undergraduate students studying at UK Universities to join our 8-12-week summer placement scheme. The scheme is designed for students entering their penultimate or final year of studies, with potential opportunities post-graduation.
Our scheme gives you a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of one of the most advanced sources of sustainable and clean energy. During your summer programme, you will experience a broad range of diverse tasks, work on real projects, and gain invaluable experience within the fusion energy sector. UKAEA offers a nurturing and supportive community for you to gain some valuable work experience in a fascinating and rapidly evolving industry.
Overview
Project Title: Microstructural characterisation of advanced “B”-RAFM steels for fusion
BRAFM steels are being investigated by UKAEA as a means to enhance the higher temperature operability of fusion structural components. This summer placement will provide valuable insights into the mechanisms strengthening BRAFM steels by studying creep-tested BRAFM with and without boron addition. Understanding the interplay of time, load, and temperature on these steels, and how the microstructure is evolving over time is crucial to optimising these materials. The successful summer placement will utilise advanced microscopy at the MRF to evaluate creep tested BRAFM steels.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
- To be considered you will need to be working towards a relevant degree and will be required to have the right to work in the UK.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/
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 talent@ukaea.uk 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.
