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Materials & Systems Modeller
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Your mission
£23,500 + BENEFITS | 12-MONTH PLACEMENT
Materials and Analytics Science at AWE is all about making sure the UK’s nuclear deterrent stays reliable and ready. It’s the science behind the scenes, studying everything from metals and ceramics to explosive and radioactive components.
The team are responsible for understanding how these materials behave under pressure, over time and in extreme conditions.
Our work is of the highest national security so you must be a British Citizen to apply.
WHAT DISCIPLINES MAY FIT THE ROLE BEST?
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Chemistry students who can demonstrate strong maths or programming skills
LOCATION: ALDERMASTON NEAR READING
You’ll be based at our Aldermaston site near Reading.
We work a nine-day fortnight. That means every other Friday off work + 270 hours of annual leave.
SKILLS YOU’LL NEED TO DEMONSTRATE
• Growth mindset
• Curiosity
• Innovation
• Resilience
• Teamwork
The opportunity
As a key member of the Modelling Team in Materials and Analytical Science, you will have the opportunity to be hands-on with important research and tasks working in an exciting part of AWE on projects that may include a range of models and codes.
Day to day, you’ll work alongside experts to characterise the material ageing process and propose approaches to model the observed trends.
You’ll put your coding skills to work and have the chance to learn more about other coding languages you may not have had experience of.
What you’ll learn
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES | DATA ANALYSIS | PROBLEM SOLVING
You’ll learn and put into practice a variety of statistical techniques to analyse experimental data and become an expert in writing, developing and running codes written in a range of languages, such as MATLAB, OpenFOAM, R and Mathematica.
It’s a great opportunity to mix science, coding and problem solving with the aim of keeping the UKs nuclear deterrent reliable and future ready.
