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Electromagnetic Engineer

Employer
AWE
Location
Berkshire, Aldermaston, England
Salary
£37860 - £56800 per annum + Pension, 9-day fortnight
Posting live until
4 Mar 2025
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Job Details

Electromagnetic Engineer

Closing Date: 5th March 2025

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.

Package: £37,860 - £56,800 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

A relocation package may be available (terms and conditions apply).

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for an Electromagnetic Engineer for the Surety Group, who deal with safety, security, and reliability of the system.

This role is ideally suited to an engineer or applied physicist with design, analysis or research experience in areas related to electromagnetics (EM) or Radio Frequency (RF), who has an enquiring mind, a proactive approach to embracing simplicity, and the ability to develop new and novel techniques to solve problems.

Working within the Surety Group, the successful candidate will undertake the assessment of designs, setting requirements, as well as designing, conducting, and analysing results from experiments. You will also be responsible for researching and evaluating evidence and presenting results in a reasoned and clear form to both technical and non-technical audiences.

As a member of the Electromagnetics and Radio Frequency (EM & RF) team, some other responsibilities include:

  • Contributing to the production and delivery of high-quality technical documentation, including test plans, reports, and procedures.

  • Supporting Project and Task Management in scoping, planning, and estimating future activities.

  • Identifying and supporting opportunities for cost savings, efficiency, and business improvement.

  • Demonstrating excellent customer facing skills with both internal and external stakeholders.

  • Organising personal training and development under the guidance of a professional mentor.

  • Taking the lead on the development or requirement setting for novel tests and capabilities in support of validation and verification activities on a variety of installations, equipment, components, and systems.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

  • Degree or HND/NVQ4 level (supported by considerable practical experience) or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Applied Physics.

  • A working knowledge of at least one of the following: Electromagnetic Radiation/Compatibility (EMR/EMC), or Radio Frequency (RF).

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

  • Hands-on experience in applying principles to design, assessment or research relating to systems or devices.

  • Competence in the use of MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and engineering applications. e.g. 3D CAD, Circuit Design and Simulation, Programming.

  • Experience teaching/training others.

  • Post-graduate qualification or research in a relevant subject area.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

  • 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.

  • Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

  • Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

  • Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

  • Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.

  • Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

  • Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

  • Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

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Company

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When the work you do can’t be tested, but also can’t afford to fail, you need the very best in the business at your disposal. At AWE, we’re proud to call some of the world’s greatest minds in engineering and science members of our team. 

Why work for us
It’s an incredibly exciting time at AWE. We’re in the early stages of a significant programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We’re also going through an important infrastructure programme, delivering a cutting-edge, sustainable environment for the future. We offer our people a competitive salary and generous annual leave allowance, amongst other great benefits. We also work a nine-day fortnight, giving you every other Friday off to recharge your batteries and do more of what you love outside of work.

Training and development
Our teams have a strong blend of experienced professionals and new, hungry-to-learn talent at the very start of their career journeys, which gives us a real recipe for success. Our professional development programmes – from everyday mentoring, to support in gaining an AWE-funded professional registration – are opening new doors to opportunities for us as a business and, most importantly, for our people.

Graduate schemes
Evolve, our flagship graduate programme, consists of rotational placements designed to provide you with technical knowledge and expertise across several disciplines. We offer dedicated pathways within Engineering; Science; Corporate & Operations; Environment, Safety, Health & Quality; Project Management; and Finance. You will have access to a wide network of support and guidance throughout your time on the Evolve programme, including a dedicated line manager, an Evolve pathway lead, a “buddy” from a previous graduate cohort, and a supervisor within each of your placements.

What we are looking for
If you’re passionate about learning and looking to advance or kick-start your career, it’s likely we’ve got an opportunity for you. We’re actively recruiting across our entire business, including our award-winning Early Career programmes for apprentices, undergraduates and graduates. By blending the minds and skills of experienced colleagues with those just starting out on their career journeys, we’re building a diverse workforce where everyone can benefit from each other’s unique perspectives.


Location
Reading, UK

Number of employees
c.8000

Main areas of research
Nuclear defence, nuclear forensics, radiation detection, plasma physics, hydrodynamics, high-performance computing, materials science

Positions recently recruited for
Computational physics, criticality scientists, experimental physics, radiation science, high-performance computing, radiation detection

Pre-requisites
Must be a British national and have resided in the UK for 10 years for our science and engineering roles 

How to apply
Please visit our website www.awe.co.uk/careers for further information

Contact
Tel +44 (0)118 981 4111
www.awe.co.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 0118 98 24643
Location
AWE Aldermaston
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 4PR
United Kingdom

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