Advanced Visualisation Scientist

Job description

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. As Advanced Visualisation Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in the Data Solutions team within the Computing Division at UKAEA conducts research, development, and support roles covering diverse areas such as cloud computing, high-performance computing, algorithm development, artificial intelligence, advanced visualization, and Exascale technologies. We work at the forefront of engineering and science, ensuring fusion reactors are well understood and engineered, with our research directly informing engineering efforts. We are currently seeking individuals to join our team, focusing on Advanced Visualization techniques. In this role, you'll work on various projects, engaging in software development, data analysis, and supporting users in adopting new technologies, including assisting with compute cluster usage.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Work in a team to support development of Advanced visualisation tools and investigate novel approaches to improve visualisation and analytical capabilities for experiments on JET, MAST-U and other fusion devices.
• Exploit modern tools and methods of visualisation in collaboration with HPC and AI experts.
• Contribute to reporting results and outreach within and outside the organization.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Master's degree or equivalent in computational, mathematical, or physical sciences.
• Proficiency in compiled language (e.g., C++, Fortran, C, Rust) or advanced scripting language (e.g., Julia, R, Python, Swift Parallel Scripting).
• Strong familiarity with UNIX operating system, particularly the command line.
• Proficiency in common visualization frameworks like Kitware-Paraview, Omniverse, Blender, or Unity.
• Experience with visualization-relevant data formats and proficient in data conversion (e.g., VTK, VTU, USD, STEP, STL, HDF5).

Desirable Requirements:

• Ability to travel within the UK and Europe for short periods (1-5 days).
• Actively participate in internal and external events, including presenting work and supporting users in adopting outputs.

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

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.