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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Scientists - **Company:** UK Atomic Energy Authority - **Location:** Culham, UK - **Salary:** £76,587.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Computer-Aided Design, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), Command-Line Interface, Cloud Computing, Data Visualization, Fortran (Programming Language), Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Neo4j, Open Source Technology, Software Tools, Webui, Siemens NX, Reinforcement Learning, Rust (Programming Language), Supervised Learning, Scripting, Transfer Learning, Large Language Models, Ansys, Automation Anywhere, Engineering Base - **Published:** July 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5819147516 ## About the Role * A PhD degree in a computational, mathematical or physical science discipline, with Post-Doctoral and professional experience (or equivalent experience in either a commercial or research environment), relevant to the area of AI/ML for fusion science. * Recognised internationally as an expert in the field of AI for fusion * Track record of publishing research in the area of AI for fusion, or a similar area of research with transferable knowledge to fusion science. * Demonstrable experience of at least one compiled programming language (e.g. C++, Fortran, C, Rust) or advanced scripting language (e.g. Python Julia, R) * Good experience of the UNIX operating system, particularly the command line interface * Ability to work within a diverse team, but willingness to take significant personal responsibility * Excellent written and spoken English ## Description * Data privacy/protection rules and UK government regulations (Export Control, regional Cloud deployment, data sovereignty) * Open-source LLM deployment (Ollama, vLLM, Open WebUI) * Large LLM deployment on parallel GPU architectures * Advanced LLM applications (AI-assisted coding, LLM integration in engineering products) * Knowledge Graphs (Neo4j, GraphRAGs) Advanced Control Specialist: * AI control methods (Reinforcement Learning, supervised learning, preference optimization) * Applied control systems (Robotics, experimental control systems) * Portability of AI/ML models onto control hardware (real-time workflows, compiled models, FPGA porting) AI and HPC Specialist: * Optimisation of AI workflows on parallel GPU architectures * Porting of AI workflows on specialised hardware (Nvidia GH200, AMD Mi300x, Google TPUs, AWS) * Large-scale deployment on Cloud Compute architectures AI for Engineering applications Specialist: * Application of AI to Digital Engineering workflows. * Open-source CAD software (FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, LibreCAD) * Proprietary Engineering software (Ansys, CATIA, Simulia, Siemens-NX) * CAD Meshing for simulations (Gmsh, CGAL, CUBIT, Ansys-PyPrimeMesh) * Engineering data visualisation (Blender, Omniverse, USD, VTK) * Systems Engineering (MBSE, Ansys-Twin-Builder, Dassault-3DX) Foundation Models Specialist: * Transformers architectures * Vision Transformer models * Fine-tuning and transfer learning * Scientific Foundation Models, UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. 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