<div>    <img src="%5C%22https://images.teamtailor-cdn.com/images/s3/teamtailor-production/gallery_picture-v6/image_uploads/93817c64-1046-4813-a6f9-96e06caaf30a/original.png%5C%22"><h2>Job Description</h2><p>Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Fusion Breeding Blanket Modeling</p><p><em><strong>Please note this position will be working for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, in partnership with Type One Energy </strong></em></p><p>This position involves computational research to evaluate and design solid particle based fusion breeding blanket working in collaboration with Type One Energy. The researcher will have experience with computational multiscale materials modeling and irradiation effects or gas behavior in solids, and involve using the cluster dynamics code Xolotl to evaluate and optimize tritium generation and tritium extraction from the blanket particles.</p><p>This is a grant-funded position and is contingent upon the continued funding of the grant.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><p>The post-doc will work within a diverse and energetic team in the development of these capabilities and interface with research scientists at Type One Energy, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of model benchmarking and experimental validation. Additional duties include technical interactions with graduate students, contributing to and developing new research initiatives, and writing technical reports and peer reviewed scientific journal articles. </p><h2>Qualifications</h2><p><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li>Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or an equivalent field. </li><li>The successful applicant will be a PhD graduate, with demonstrated experience with continuum scale material modeling techniques. </li><li>The candidate must have a good publication record of peer-reviewed, archival journal publications that documents the ability to contribute to, perform, and interpret cluster dynamics simulations. </li><li>Computer proficiency in programming, word processing, and presentation graphics is required.</li></ul><p><strong>Work Location </strong></p><ul><li>Location: Knoxville, TN</li><li>Onsite</li></ul><p><strong>Compensation and Benefits </strong></p><ul><li>Anticipated hiring range: 70-75k</li><li>Find more information on UT Benefits <a href="%5C%22https://hr.tennessee.edu/benefits/%5C%22">here</a></li></ul><p></p><p><strong><br></strong></p>  </div>

<p>Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. The company was formed in 2019 by a team of globally-recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in successfully scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies. Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Its FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk, shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade, using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.</p>

Type One Energy Post-Doctoral Partnership- Fusion Breeding Blanket Modeling- University of Tennessee Knoxville

<div>    <img src="%5C%22https://images.teamtailor-cdn.com/images/s3/teamtailor-production/gallery_picture-v6/image_uploads/93817c64-1046-4813-a6f9-96e06caaf30a/original.png%5C%22"><h2>Job Description</h2><p>Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Fusion Breeding Blanket Modeling</p><p><em><strong>Please note this position will be working for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, in partnership with Type One Energy&nbsp;</strong></em></p><p>This position involves computational research to evaluate and design solid particle based fusion breeding blanket working in collaboration with Type One Energy. The researcher will have experience with computational multiscale materials modeling and irradiation effects or gas behavior in solids, and involve using the cluster dynamics code Xolotl to evaluate and optimize tritium generation and tritium extraction from the blanket particles.</p><p>This is a grant-funded position and is contingent upon the continued funding of the grant.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><p>The post-doc will work within a diverse and energetic team in the development of these capabilities and interface with research scientists at Type One Energy, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of model benchmarking and experimental validation. Additional duties include technical interactions with graduate students, contributing to and developing new research initiatives, and writing technical reports and peer reviewed scientific journal articles. </p><h2>Qualifications</h2><p><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li>Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or an equivalent field. </li><li>The successful applicant will be a PhD graduate, with demonstrated experience with continuum scale material modeling techniques. </li><li>The candidate must have a good publication record of peer-reviewed, archival journal publications that documents the ability to contribute to, perform, and interpret cluster dynamics simulations. </li><li>Computer proficiency in programming, word processing, and presentation graphics is required.</li></ul><p><strong>Work Location </strong></p><ul><li>Location: Knoxville, TN</li><li>Onsite</li></ul><p><strong>Compensation and Benefits </strong></p><ul><li>Anticipated hiring range: 70-75k</li><li>Find more information on UT Benefits <a href="%5C%22https://hr.tennessee.edu/benefits/%5C%22">here</a></li></ul><p></p><p><strong><br></strong></p>  </div>

Type One Energy Post-Doctoral Partnership- Fusion Breeding Blanket Modeling- University of Tennessee Knoxville

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