Senior Scientist – ARC Plasma Instrumentation

What you'll do

• Determine and continually refine the set of measurements necessary to operate the ARC tokamak, coordinating with the plasma control and plasma physics teams
• Evaluate potential techniques and technologies to make the measurements required in ARC, with a particular focus on techniques that will work robustly in the thermal and radiological environment in ARC
• Determine which techniques and technologies will require significant R&D and work with CFS R&D teams to scope out what projects are necessary to develop these technologies
• Develop early concepts, layouts, and requirements for proposed plasma instrumentation on ARC, including space requirements both inside and outside of the tokamak
• Work with the remote maintenance team to ideate and evaluate remote replacement strategies for plasma instrumentation
• Longer term, coordinate efforts of various engineering disciplines to design and analyze instrumentation concepts
• Coordinate efforts of external collaborators on ARC plasma instrumentation

What we’re looking for

• PhD in experimental plasma physics or a closely related field
• 5+ years experience (post degree) in plasma physics or fusion research
• Experience designing, building, and operating plasma instrumentation (diagnostics) in plasma experiments
• Experience working on a multi-disciplinary engineering project
• Experience performing independent research
• Knowledge of plasma instrumentation (diagnostics) on tokamaks or similar fusion experiments
• Knowledge of engineering sufficient to interact with multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• A desire to design commercial fusion products
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to work with collaborations from a variety of academic institutions

Bonus points for

• Experience with Python

Must-have Requirements

• Perform activities such as typing or sitting for extended periods of time…