Systems Modeller University Placement at Nuclear Defence Company
Gradfuel, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are looking for passionate Undergraduate Students to join our Modelling Team.
Materials and Analytical Science supports the life cycle of warhead components and technologies to ensure the reliability of the UK's strategic deterrent and national security mission. A nuclear warhead contains a vast range of materials including metals, ceramics, inorganic salts, rubbers, foams, adhesives, high explosives and radioactive substances. Materials and Analytical Science is critical to understanding and predicting the behaviour of these types of materials under various conditions.
We are interested in applications from candidates working towards a degree in Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science as well as Materials Science or Chemistry students who can demonstrate strong maths or programming skills. Most importantly we are looking for enthusiastic individuals keen to get involved and work on interesting research and tasks. The Modelling Team work on the full model development lifecycle. Some of the projects you may get to work on include:
- Working with other Materials and Analytical Scientists to characterise material ageing processes, proposing approaches to model the observed trends
- Using a variety of statistical techniques to analyse experimental data
- Writing, developing and running codes written in a range of languages (e.g. MATLAB, Mathematica, OpenFOAM and R)
- Utilising computational techniques for parameter optimisation
- Verifying and validating codes by identifying suitable test cases, determining analytical solutions where appropriate
Requirements
You will be studying a relevant degree
You will possess the following traits and qualities:
- Growth Mindset; You’re full of grit and determination. Clear where you are going and how you will get there.
- Curious; you’re a person who loves to think outside the box. (You’re a person who loves to take the box apart!).
- Innovative; you’re open to learning about new technologies and ground-breaking ideas.
- Resilience; you’re an advocate of ‘speaking up’ for yourself and others openly and constructively.
- Team Worker; you’re dependable. You’re interested in collaborating with and supporting others.
Benefits
- We offer all undergraduate students a salary of 20,500
- A market-leading contributory pension scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Excellent work/life balance
- 9-day working fortnight. This means you get every other Friday off work
- Access to employee discounts portal everyday savings on retail, hospitality and leisure.