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# Year in Industry- Computational Materials Modeller

- **Company:** AWE plc
- **Location:** Aldermaston, UK
- **Salary:** £24,500.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computer Programming, Experimental Data, R (Programming Language), MATLAB, Mathematica, Information Technology, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5885922016

## About the Role

We are interested in candidates working towards a degree in:

 * Mathematics, with modelling experience

 * Physics

 * Computer Science

 * Materials Science

 * Chemistry, with demonstrable strong mathematics or programming skills

 * Before starting with AWE, you must be able to provide evidence that you have achieved a minimum 2:2 degree classification, or equivalent academic performance to date, by August 2026.

Most importantly, we are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are keen to get involved in interesting research and tasks.

Behaviours and qualities

You will possess the following traits and qualities:

 * Growth mindset: You are full of grit and determination, clear about where you are going and how you will get there.

 * Curious: You love to think outside the box, and may even want to take the box apart.

 * Innovative: You are open to learning about new technologies and ground-breaking ideas.

 * Resilience: You advocate speaking up for yourself and others openly and constructively.

 * Team worker: You are dependable and reliable, and interested in collaborating with and supporting others.

## Description

Materials Science 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 wide 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 how these materials behave under different conditions.

As an undergraduate within the Modelling Team in Materials and Analytical Science, you will work on projects involving a range of models and codes, using several coding languages to help deliver AWE's mission.

Key activities

 * Work with Materials and Analytical Scientists to characterise material ageing processes and propose approaches to model observed trends.

 * Use a variety of statistical techniques to analyse experimental data.

 * Write, develop and run code in languages and packages such as MATLAB, Mathematica, OpenFOAM and R.

 * Use computational techniques for parameter optimisation.

 * Verify and validate codes by identifying suitable test cases and determining analytical solutions where appropriate.