MAST-U Infrastructure and Software Engineer

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

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 for ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values:
Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

• Outstanding
  defined benefit pension scheme,
  details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate
  bonus schemeup to 7% and a
  Relocation
  allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options
  including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
• Employee Assistance Programme
  and trained Mental Health First Aiders,
• Generous annual leave
  allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Wide range of
  career development opportunities
• A vibrant
  culture
  committed to equality and being fully
  inclusive

For a step-by-step overview of how we hire from application to offer please see our Recruitment Process page:

The salary for this role is £43,702(inclusive of a Specialist Allowance) .
Onsite working is expected for 5
days a 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.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As MAST-U Infrastructure and Software Engineer
, you will play a pivotal role in providing support to the MAST-U operational programme to ensure the delivery and availability of key IT systems that allow facility operation.

This role is for an experienced IT and Software engineer competent with IT administration for Linux and Windows based systems, data storage systems and software for data infrastructure and diagnostics. It involves contributing to a wide variety of software development projects, data acquisition hardware design and development under the supervision of more experienced members of the team making ensure the availability and integrity of the data produced by the facility to users, both internally to UKAEA, but also to external collaborators.

• Develop and improve software for diagnostic control and data acquisition systems for MAST-U. This involves evaluation, testing and refining software as well as maintaining suitable documentation of both the physical hardware and software configuration of systems.
• Manage and upgrade MAST-U data infrastructure (network switch, data servers, update servers operational computing equipment). This includes undertaking IT administration duties and installation of equipment.
• Work with scientists and engineers to understand their data acquisition and control requirements.
• Research and evaluate the applicability of new technologies for the team.

• Degree in relevant subject such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience of developing working, understandable software in Python C or C++ on embedded systems on Linux and windows platforms.
• Deployment of software on Linux and windows platforms.
• Experience on Serial, TCP/IP, Mod Bus and OPC protocols and Dev Ops using Dockter and Ansible.
• Experience on web technologies like JavaScript, nodeJS, REST services.
• Experience with IT administration for Linux or Windows device.

• Familiarity with IT network infrastructure e.g. network switch configuration.
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