Fusion Energy Base

UK Atomic Energy Authority in the UK is seeking a Project Manager to lead a diversified IT project portfolio supporting fusion energy research. You will drive planning, governance and delivery, ensuring on-time, on-budget outcomes with high quality and real business value. The role requires strong leadership, risk and supplier management, and experience with both waterfall and Agile methods. Onsite work at Culham with flexible working options is available and BPSS/DBS checks are required.

Overview of Responsibilities The salary for this role is £57,117 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role. This role can be based at Culham. This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. The Role Join our Computing Division Project Management Group and play a key role in delivering a diverse portfolio of IT projects that support our mission to develop fusion energy. Our projects cover IT infrastructure, digital services, cyber security, and advanced computing, driving innovation and enabling critical research across the organisation. As a Project Manager, you'll lead projects from planning through to delivery, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Working closely with project teams and stakeholders, you'll provide effective project governance, manage risks, and ensure successful outcomes that deliver real business value. Additional Responsibilities Lead the successful delivery of IT projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Manage all aspects of project delivery, including planning, risk and issue management, budgets (up to c. £5m), supplier contracts, resources, and change control. Build strong relationships with stakeholders, providing clear communication, effective governance, regular reporting, and ensuring project benefits are realised. Develop and maintain project documentation, ensuring compliance with quality assurance processes and supporting effective project planning and decision-making. Drive continuous improvement and safe delivery, applying systems thinking, solving complex challenges, and promoting a strong health, safety, and quality culture Salary £57,117 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension View benefits Programme MULTIPLE Department Business Enablement Discipline Project Management Site Location UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire Type of Employment Full-time Reference Number REF4329E Qualifications Essential Requirements: Degree in IT, Computing, Research, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience), with a proven track record of delivering complex IT or R&D projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Project management qualification(s) to Practitioner level. Strong project and commercial management skills, including financial management of multi-million-pound budgets and the ability to make sound decisions that maximise project value. Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with experience of leading, developing, and motivating high-performing teams. Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint), with a passion for project management best practice, a proactive approach to health and safety, and a good understanding of UK compliance requirements. Advantageous Good background knowledge and understanding of fusion Experience of varied project management methodologies e.g. waterfall, Agile Understanding/experience of IT Supplier contracts / Collaboration agreements Experience of purchasing systems and procurement processes Understanding/experience of CDM regulations (Construction Design and Management Regulations) Additional Information A full list of our benefits can be found here UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit. UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information. Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is seeking an IT Service Management Analyst to support ITSM processes, systems and practice improvement. The role involves enhancing service delivery and performance reporting while collaborating across divisions to shape ITSM offerings. The successful candidate will have an ITIL Foundation, practical ITSM tooling experience, and familiarity with Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies such as Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.

IT Service Management Analyst Overview of Responsibilities Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground breaking advancements. As part of the IT Service Management (ITSM) Group within the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) Unit, the IT Service Management Analyst supports the development, design, configuration, operation and continuous improvement of ITSM processes, systems and practices across UKAEA. The role involves enhancing service delivery, improving performance reporting and driving continual improvement activities, while collaborating with divisions across the organisation to shape their ITSM offerings. What You'll Be Doing HND (or equivalent experience) in IT Operations, a STEM discipline or related field. ITIL v4 (or v3) Foundation certification or higher. Practical experience supporting IT Service Management processes and ITSM tooling. Experience configuring, supporting or administering enterprise IT systems, with an understanding of Identity and Access Management technologies such as Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. Experience producing service reporting and performance analysis using tools such as Excel, Power BI or Tableau (advantageous). Knowledge of IT service delivery, project lifecycles and ITSM controls (beneficial). UK Security Vetting (UKSV) is required, including the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. The role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire but candidates located at other UKAEA sites may be considered. Benefits Salary of £43,702 inclusive of a £3,300 specialist allowance. Up to 7% corporate performance bonus. Defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution. 25 days annual leave, 2.5 privilege days and eight Bank Holidays. Three days of site closure over Christmas break. Flexible working options and family friendly leave provisions. Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. Please email if you have any questions or require adjustments to help you participate fairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made on merit. Location and Working Arrangement UKAEA is an onsite organisation and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between three to five days per week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking a Senior Exhaust Code Developer to advance edge modelling codes for fusion devices and integrate them with the transport modelling suite. The role emphasizes HPC-optimised algorithms and close cooperation with scientists around the world. The candidate will document developments, disseminate findings, and mentor students in exhaust physics, contributing to cutting-edge research and collaborations with international laboratories.

Senior Exhaust Code Developer Overview The salary for this role is £64,820 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working. This role can be based at any of the following sites: Culham, Oxfordshire. This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. Role As a Senior Exhaust Code Developer, you will be responsible for developing edge modelling codes and for ensuring that UKAEA's edge modelling capability incorporates the main features needed to reliably model advanced divertor concepts. The edge modelling codes will include multi-fluid codes to describe the edge plasma (e.g. SOLPS or EDGE2D), and kinetic Monte Carlo codes (e.g. EIRENE) to describe the neutral particles. The post-holder will work on interfacing the edge code(s) to the integrated transport modelling suite (e.g. JINTRAC). Key Responsibilities Development of edge modelling codes for existing and future fusion devices Optimising code algorithms for modern computers (HPC) Developing interface with integrated transport modelling suite and UKAEA integrated modelling developers Identifying missing modelling features needed to describe existing and future devices Documenting new codes developed Exploiting tools for edge modelling and/or coupled core-edge simulations to study current and future devices Disseminating results and reporting findings at internal meetings, international meetings, conferences and in peer-reviewed journals Building strong relations with external laboratories and universities in support of the above accountabilities Supervising and mentoring placement and PhD students associated with exhaust physics Salary £64,820 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension Qualifications Essential Requirements: University degree in a relevant scientific discipline with either PhD level knowledge and post-doctoral experience in edge plasma modelling, or experience developing scientific codes and algorithms for HPC Demonstrable high-quality outputs in areas very relevant to the role Excellent team-player with an outward facing work-ethos as they will work closely with scientists around the world Demonstrable experience of independent research Excellent understanding of good software engineering practices and Quality Assurance systems including version control, profiling tools, testing frameworks and debuggers Knowledge and ideally experience of parallel programming Excellent oral and written communication skills Knowledge of SOL and exhaust physics issues Excellent publication track record in area relevant to the role Additional Information A full list of our benefits can be found here UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit. UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information. Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build and maintain software systems underpinning fusion research at Culham. You will work with scientists and engineers to deliver data platforms for storing, accessing, analysing and visualising complex data. You'll own operational software, contribute to the full software development lifecycle and promote best practices across the organisation.

Software Engineer Overview of Responsibilities Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them. Join UKAEA's Computing team and play a key role in developing and supporting the software systems that underpin world leading fusion research. Working closely with scientists and engineers, you will design, build and maintain research data platforms and tools that enable users to store, access, analyse and visualise complex scientific data. This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems in a collaborative environment while contributing directly to the future of fusion energy. As a Software Engineer, you'll take ownership of software systems in operational use, contribute to the full software development lifecycle, and help drive improvements in software engineering and data management practices across the organisation. You'll work alongside experienced engineers while having the autonomy to deliver projects, influence technical decisions and support the development of junior colleagues. What You'll Be Doing Design, develop, maintain and support software systems that enable scientific and engineering research. Contribute to projects across the full software development lifecycle, either independently or as part of a wider team. Take ownership of operational software systems, including lifecycle planning, maintenance and continuous improvement. Diagnose technical issues and design effective solutions that balance technical requirements with user needs. Plan and deliver software projects, ensuring quality, prioritisation and timely execution. Collaborate with senior engineers on technical design decisions and software architecture. Work closely with scientists, engineers and end users to gather requirements and develop effective solutions. Conduct code reviews and promote high standards of software quality, reliability and maintainability. Mentor junior developers and support onboarding and knowledge sharing within the team. Contribute to the development and adoption of software engineering best practice across the organisation. Qualifications Degree in a scientific, engineering or technical discipline. Experience developing software in at least one core programming language, ideally Python, C++, C or IDL. Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including object oriented design, software architecture and modular development. Experience with modern software development practices, including version control, automated testing, code reviews and CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of software operations and systems engineering, including areas such as containerisation, networking, authentication, server administration and security. Experience designing and delivering significant software components or features, including contributing to technical design decisions and system architecture. Additional Information £43,702 base salary inclusive of specialist allowance Up to 7% corporate performance bonus Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution 25 days annual leave, 2.5 privilege days and 8 Bank Holidays 3 days of site closure over Christmas break Flexible working options plus family friendly leave provisions Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working. This role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire. Our Commitment to ED&I UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.

Tritium Engineer Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy. About Type One Energy: Type One Energy Group is mission driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state of the art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies. Location: Knoxville (TN) or Oxford (UK) Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits Contract: Permanent, full time Reporting to: Senior Director of Nuclear and Fuel Cycle Your role in the mission Type One Energy is seeking a highly motivated Tritium Engineer to support the development of the Infinity Two Fusion Pilot Plant (FPP) Tritium Plant and associated technology demonstration facilities. This role combines process engineering, process modelling, systems engineering, technology development, and program delivery responsibilities. The successful candidate will support the design, modelling, integration, testing, and maturation of tritium fuel cycle systems required for the deployment of Infinity Two and future commercial stellarator power plants. The role will contribute to the development of tritium extraction, processing, storage, isotope separation, fuel clean up, detritiation, fuel delivery, and tritium accountancy systems. In parallel, the successful candidate will support the development of technology demonstrators and experimental facilities used to retire technical risk and increase the technology readiness of key fuel cycle systems prior to FPP deployment. The Tritium Engineer will work closely with the wider Tritium Plant organization, systems engineering teams, safety specialists, physics teams, external laboratories, industrial partners, and suppliers to deliver practical engineering solutions supporting the commercialization of fusion energy. The successful candidate will be expected to balance engineering design, process modelling, technology development, and program delivery activities while acting as a key interface between the Tritium Plant organization and external technology partners. Key Responsibilities Support the design, development, integration, and deployment of tritium fuel cycle systems for Infinity Two and associated technology demonstrators. Develop process engineering deliverables including Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), engineering specifications, operating philosophies, equipment sizing calculations, and system design documentation. Develop and maintain process models of tritium fuel cycle systems using engineering simulation tools such as Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, MATLAB, Python, COMSOL, gPROMS, or equivalent platforms. Perform process engineering analyses including mass and energy balances, process inventories, equipment performance assessments, process optimization studies, and design trade off evaluations. Support the development of plant wide fuel cycle models, tritium accountancy methodologies, digital engineering tools, and digital twin capabilities. Act as a system engineer for assigned fuel cycle subsystems, supporting progression through Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed Design phases. Identify technology gaps, technical risks, and development opportunities and support maturation of fuel cycle technologies through experimental programmes, technology demonstrators, and research and development activities. Support commissioning, testing, operation, and analysis of prototype facilities and technology demonstration systems, ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into future plant designs. Work collaboratively with Tritium Scientists, Fuel Cycle Modelers, Systems Engineers, Safety Engineers, and Design Engineers to develop integrated fuel cycle solutions and support long term fuel cycle architecture development. Develop technical scopes of work, specifications, and engineering requirements for suppliers, contractors, and development partners, and support technical oversight of contracted activities. Review technical deliverables, monitor progress against program milestones, and support project planning, cost estimation, schedule management, and risk mitigation activities. Act as a technical interface with universities, national laboratories, industrial partners, suppliers, and regulatory stakeholders to support technology development and program execution. Support hazard assessments, safety analyses, tritium inventory evaluations, and development of operating procedures to ensure compliance with applicable nuclear, industrial, and quality standards. What you'll need Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related discipline. Strong understanding of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, process design, process safety, process control fundamentals. Experience developing engineering calculations and process simulations. Experience using process modelling tools such as Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, MATLAB, Python, COMSOL, gPROMS, or equivalent platforms. Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams. Desirable Qualifications & Experience Experience with fusion fuel cycles, tritium systems, hydrogen technologies, isotope separation systems, or advanced nuclear technologies. Experience designing, commissioning, or operating industrial process plants. Knowledge of tritium processing technologies, metal hydride systems, getter beds, cryogenic systems, vacuum systems, gas handling systems, catalytic reactors, permeators, or detritiation systems. Experience with tritium transport modelling tools such as TMAP, FESTIM, or equivalent. Familiarity with nuclear safety requirements, regulatory frameworks, and design assurance processes. Experience managing external suppliers, technical contracts, or collaborative development programs. Chartered Engineer status or progress toward professional registration. We offer Basic salary and yearly bonus. Hybrid work policy. Stock options. Relocation assistance. Insurance plans. Retirement options. And many more voluntary benefits. Equal Opportunity Statement Type One Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, searching for the best new ideas and remaining open to unique perspectives. Therefore, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment independent of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Fusion Energy Base is looking for a motivated Tritium Engineer to aid in developing the Infinity Two Fusion Pilot Plant and tritium technologies. The ideal candidate will have relevant degrees and be proficient in process engineering and modeling, using tools like Aspen Plus and MATLAB. This is a permanent, full-time role based in the UK, offering a hybrid work model, competitive salary, stock options, and other employee benefits.