Senior Hts R&D Engineer

Overview of Responsibilities

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

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 Senior HTS R&D Engineer you will play a pivotal role in helping rapidly de-risk the re-mountable joints of the STEP toroidal TF coils and building global relationships to enable the testing of re-mountable joints to reduce overall risk.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Manage up to 5+ engineers in a highly focused agile technology development program.
• Development of safety cases prior to conducting experiments
• Development of relationships with global collaborators

Qualifications

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will have a bachelors with a relevant technical degree with a minimum of 5+ years of work experience in the superconducting magnets industry. Or a PhD with 3+ years of experience in the superconducting magnets industry.
• 3-5+ years of scoping out tests, performing sizing calculations (electromagnetic and circuit calculations) and simulations (ideally using COMSOL AC/DC or ANSYS Multiphysics) and performing tests on superconductors at cryogenic temperature utilising cryostats, DAQ and required instrumentation (voltage taps, temperature sensors, strain gauges) and LABVIEW.
• Experience working with cryogens such as Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Helium and Gaseous Helium.
• Experience in testing mechanical properties of superconductors, insulators, and solders.
• Experience working with high field magnets, preferably HTS. 
• Experience building small test coils, preferably HTS. 
• Experience in preparing and characterizing REBCO using optical and electron microscopy tools.
• Experienced in DoE (Design of Experiments) and statistical analysis.