Senior Structural Integrity Engineer

Provide technical expertise for developing fusion-specific design criteria, codes, and standards for future fusion power plants including both deterministic and probabilistic approaches.

Develop and qualify structural models for the design, qualification, and licensing of in-vessel components.

Use assessment work to develop and substantiate component designs and predict the lifetime of in-vessel components.

Implement organisational as well as technical improvements, influence policy and standards in the In-Vessel engineering discipline area and able to navigate organisational structures to influence outcomes.

Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external parties (such as European or international laboratories, universities, strategic customers or suppliers, professional networks).

Complete assigned projects within specified timeframes, budgets, and quality standards.

Proactively develop and transfer knowledge aligned with organisational needs.

Accountable for the development of more junior engineers in areas of expertise, using coaching and mentoring as tools or other approaches as deemed appropriate.

Act as an independent reviewer of other UKAEA projects and conduct technical reviews of less experienced members of them team.

Proactively support or might lead business development activities, technology transfer, proposals and bids as appropriate to ensure that UKAEA fusion engineering research remains at the forefront of international advancements.

Consistently produce high-impact output, including delivering presentations at major conferences and publishing high-quality, first-author, peer-reviewed papers and work towards patents.

Collaborate with and supervise PhD researchers, placement students, graduate and junior engineers, and summer interns

A PhD or equivalent experience in solid mechanics, engineering science, or related fields.

Strong knowledge and experience in developing design criteria, codes, and standards, as well as integrity assessment methodologies.

A solid background in engineering design, analysis, structural modelling and a good working knowledge of solid mechanics and engineering materials and their properties.

Demonstrable experience in structural and thermal engineering, materials and manufacturing methods, testing activities and experimental validation.

Experience of engineering at least one of the following: Engineering system and system integration. Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. Multiphysics Engineering Analysis and structural integrity,Verification, validation and qualification.

Engineering system and system integration.

Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing.

Multiphysics Engineering Analysis and structural integrity,Verification, validation and qualification.

Excellent communication, technical writing, and effective interpersonal skills for building positive working relationships.

Knowledgeable in specific environmental factors, including but not limited to vacuum, radiation, high temperature and transient magnetic fields.

Demonstrated understanding of how these factors impact the relevant work context.

Experience supervising multi-disciplinary teams.

Experienced in the preparation of bids and proposals.

Experienced in guiding the delivery of technical design, assessment, manufacturing and test work in a subcontract organisation.

Willingness with training and development, of attaining Professional Chartership with a relevant Engineering or Physics Institute.

Proficiency in programming skills (C, C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB) is advantageous.

Experience in components design, testing activities and experimental validation.

Familiarity with data science and probabilistic analysis.

Experience with machine learning and AI techniques, including training and deployment.

Proficiency in writing research grant proposals.

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 to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.

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