Engineering Analyst at Tokamak Energy – Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK

Job Description

Overview

As part of the Plant Prediction & Simulation department, the Engineering analyst will be a member of the wider Science, Engineering and Technology group providing analytical and product development resource to the wider business towards, tokamak design and operation, business and investor insights, and Fusion Pilot Plant systems integration.

There are many systems involved in development of a fusion power plant that will require fluid dynamics analysis, ranging from, ensuring a sufficient mass-flow rate of coolant to keep a system to within operating condition, or maximising delta-T of a coolant to efficiently extract thermal energy for the purposes of usable work, to the motion of liquid metal in a variable magnetic field.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Metallic and non-metallic fluid dynamics expertise to the designs of fusion systems, focusing on novel liquid metal tokamak components (such as blankets and divertors) including cooling, heat extraction, exhaust and breeding solutions.
• Assess thermal loads in systems such as breeding blankets, divertors, first walls, limiters, shielding and, vacuum vessel.
• Develop and implement computational methods and models for novel fluid dynamic solutions.
• Collaborate in the assessment and qualification of designed systems using advanced flow analysis techniques.
• Collaborate with team members to analyse and interpret simulation results, identify trends, and evaluate performance metrics.
• Contribute to the documentation of modelling methodologies, results, and findings for internal reports, publications, and patent applications. Report results to external parties at technical meetings and conferences.
• Conduct literature reviews and gather data on novel techniques for improving pumping and heat flux handling performance in solids and liquid metals.

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