Working arrangements

Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split.

Part time working or job share options will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Overview

The Magnet Business Unit is a new structure within Tokamak Energy. We want to usher in the HTS era. This is a technical role within the MBU focused on developing and implementing instrumentation and data-acquisition systems to control and monitor a range of cryogenic systems with HTS magnets.

In this role, you will:

Lead development of instrumentation, data acquisition and control systems to monitor and control HTS magnets and their associated cryogenic environment.
Working with the wider team to design coil testing facilities to ensure prototype magnets can be fully characterised and that we meet the project requirements.
Take ownership of HTS magnet and cryostat control systems, from early designs to manufacturing, commissioning of both software and hardware, to handing off to an end user.
Create modelling, data acquisition, or data analysis software as required.
Design electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and PCBs as required.
Specify software requirements and work with external contractors to develop and test software, focusing on on-time delivery of well-tested code.
Working with external collaborators as required to develop, test or purchase measurement electronics, sensors and associated instrumentation.
Lead safety analysis and safety case preparation for instrumentation and control systems.
Interpreting test results and producing clear written reports. Prepare technical reports and specifications.
Liaise with project and program managers, as well as external customers, as needed.
Mentor and supervise junior engineers or technicians.

Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering or physics-based discipline.
Demonstrated experience of specifying, developing and contributing to development of complex data acquisition and control software/hardware.
Demonstrated experience of designing electrical schematics and printed circuit boards
Experience of working with cryogenics, superconducting magnets or other high magnetic field environments.
Demonstrated experience of training or mentoring junior engineers or technicians.
Experience in working with National Instruments PXI, cRIO or other real-time systems is highly desirable.
Experience of working with FPGAs or embedded systems running Linux is desirable.
Experience in software programming in any language, ideally C/C++ or LabVIEW.
Experience of working with optical instrumentation is desirable.
Willingness to work hands on in a laboratory setting
High degree of self-organisation, motivation, and commitment to working to defined timescales.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to work in a mixed team of engineers, physicists, designers, and technicians designing innovative and complex devices.