Microwave Heating and Current Drive Physicist (2-Year FTA)
Overview of Responsibilities
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 based in 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 Microwave Heating and Current Drive Physicist, you will play a pivotal role in developing theoretical models of microwave plasma interaction and designing and implementing experiments to test theoretical predictions.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop theoretical models for microwave-plasma interaction, with a particular focus on Electron Bernstein Wave interaction.
- Design, plan and execute experiments to test theoretical predictions.
- Develop diagnostics specific to microwave-plasma interaction.
- Publish research in peer reviewed journals.
- Publicise work internally, and at national and international conferences.
- Participate actively in collaborations with external partners.
Qualifications
Essential:
- PhD in plasma physics.
- Strong track record in publishing research in the area of microwave-plasma interaction.
- Experience with Electron Bernstein Waves is desired.
- Experience presenting material at international conferences.
- Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, and ability to interact with various stakeholders (wider physics team, MAST-U management, external collaborators etc.).
Your career development as a scientist will be strongly supported, including working towards chartership with the Institute of Physics.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/.
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 takes 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.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.
