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Computational Scientist (High Performance Computing Team)

Employer
AWE
Location
Reading, Berkshire, UK
Salary
£34000 - £45000 per annum
Posting live until
29 Jul 2022

Job Details

We have an excellent opportunity for a Computational Scientist to apply their knowledge and expertise to contribute towards a variety of support, research and developmental activities within all levels of our High-Performance Computing software and hardware. This role will offer the successful candidate excellent career progression opportunities and regular access to computing platforms that only a handful of sites in the UK can offer!

Location: Reading/Basingstoke area (Potential opportunity for hybrid working)

Salary: £34,000 to £45,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

  • Market leading contributory pension scheme
  • Generous holiday entitlement - 270 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) plus every other Friday off
  • Flexible working hours
  • Salary sacrifice scheme

The role:

Successful candidates will gain first-hand experience of working in the vibrant field of HPC motivated by multi-physics science problems. The HPC group provides scientific computing support to the user community at AWE with significant HPC real estate at its disposal. In addition, there exists multiple small development platforms with novel architectures that are routinely used for code porting and research related activities. The role will involve interacting with code scientists and system administrators to contribute to a variety of support, research, and development activities within HPC

Our software stack varies ranging from low level machine code to high level languages such as Python and everything in between. The hardware infrastructure includes Linux workstation deployments to supercomputer blades with direct liquid cooling. Our core network infrastructures are purpose built to deal with very large data packets generated by our supercomputers that you are unlikely to find in other commercial organisations in the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing appropriate assistance for porting specific codes to new platforms
  • Designing, coding, testing, installing, and maintaining software modules
  • Producing suitable online documentation
  • Interacting with vendors, universities, and US laboratories on leading-edge research
  • Research level investigation of advanced novel techniques for solution of multi-physics problems
  • Developing relevant benchmarks for assessing current and future systems
  • Maintaining an awareness of current and future developments in the HPC field

The successful candidate will have a degree coupled with industrial experience in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or other numerate discipline (a post graduate qualification (MSc/PhD), or equivalent experience, is highly desirable).

In addition to this, candidates would benefit from having any the following:

  • The ability to programme in C, C++, Fortran, or a similar high-level language
  • Knowledge of computer architectures, in particular parallel architectures, and their applicability to running large scientific calculations
  • Familiarity with parallel programming concepts (including accelerators such as GPUs) and software development life cycles
  • An interest in processing technologies: software, hardware, and algorithms together with their use and application
  • Experience of using debuggers and performance analysis tools would be advantageous
  • Knowledge of open-source software
  • Experience of working in Unix/Linux environment
  • Ability to capture software requirements and produce appropriate implementations
  • Software testing experience
  • Familiarity with scripting languages - e.g., bash, python
  • Ability to write in clear and concise language on technical matters and summarise and present such material effectively

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.

Company

AWE profile image

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Working to support the defence of our country, we’re a community of creative thinkers from all kinds of backgrounds in all kinds of roles, with one clear mission – to keep everyone, our environment and everything around us safe and secure. Our role in nuclear defence and the specialist expertise we provide to the government, is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK – and to keeping the peace. From developing the warheads for the nuclear deterrent, to providing counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions, the work we do is of global importance.

Why work for us
What we do is unique and so are the people who work here. We are a team of around 6500 people – proud to be part of such an important mission. We are com​mitted to equality at work and to mainstreaming diversity and inclusion in everything we do. We believe that by bringing together a diverse range of people we’ll get the diversity of thought to approach challenges in new ways.

Training and development
We believe in supporting our people through long-term investment in learning and development. Alongside in-house and on-line training capabilities, we support membership of professional bodies. We also focus on building and developing leadership skills, in pursuit of our best-in-class ambition. We do this through tailored leadership development programmes, accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, designed to equip our leaders with the skills to drive performance and bring out the best in their teams.

Graduate schemes
Our two-year Evolve programme offers four career pathways: Science, Engineering, Environment, Safety, Health & Quality and Corporate & Operations. The programme is designed to be flexible, to incorporate a range of experiences as well as business needs. You’ll undertake several placements to expand your knowledge of your discipline, enabling you to develop yourself and your ongoing career. Your line manager will work with you and support you on your journey.

What we are looking for
We are always looking for high-calibre people to join our team. Whatever stage of your career, AWE is an exciting and challenging environment to develop your skills and achieve your potential. Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognize and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Please note that you must be a British national to apply for a role at AWE.


Location
Reading, UK

Number of employees
6500

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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