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About the Year in Industry This position is created for university students undertaking a 12-month placement, who will join our Modelling Team in Materials and Analytical Science.
Materials and Analytical Science at AWE supports the life cycle of warhead components and technologies to ensure the reliability of the UK's strategic deterrent and national security mission.
A nuclear warhead contains a vast range of materials including metals, ceramics, inorganic salts, rubbers, foams, adhesives, high explosives and radioactive substances.
Materials and Analytical Science is critical to understanding and predicting the behaviour of these types of materials under various conditions.
As Materials & Systems Modeller, you will have the opportunity to work in an exciting part of AWE through projects which may include working on a range of models and codes, utilising several coding languages, on the full model development lifecycle, helping to deliver our mission.
The role is designed to help you gain experience in: - Working with other Materials and Analytical Scientists to characterise material ageing processes, proposing approaches to model the observed trends - Using a variety of statistical techniques to analyse experimental data - Writing, developing and running codes written in a range of languages (e.g.
MATLAB, Mathematica, OpenFOAM and R) - Utilising computational techniques for parameter optimisation - Verifying and validating codes by identifying suitable test cases, determining analytical solutions where appropriate The Benefits - The opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and to develop skills that are applicable across many industries.
- A salary of £22,250 - A market leading contributory pension scheme.
We will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution.
- Every second Friday off.
We do this by working a 41-hour week followed by a 33-hour week.
- 270 hours annual leave a year that includes an allowance for bank holidays.
- Access to the employee discounts portal – everyday savings on retail, hospitality and leisure.
Starting date Undergraduate Placement Induction start date will be August 2025, so please avoid taking leave during this period if you are successful.
This role is offered on a 12-month contract.