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7 years ago
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Computational Physicist
STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Cheshire
Salary: £37,415-£45,572 (dependent on experience and inclusive of annual allowance)
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term (2 Years)

About Us
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europe’s largest research organisations. We’re trusted to support, enable and undertake pioneering projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving ground-breaking advances in science and technology.

STFC’s ISIS facility is a leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences. The facility performs cutting edge research into the structure and properties of materials at an atomic and molecular level.

About The Role
You will work as part of a team providing computational and scientific support to the so-called “Collaborative Computational Project on Computational Magnetism”. The CCP brings together the UK community of researchers with interest in the computational modelling of magnetic materials and devices, ranging from the microscopic, quantum mechanics description, over atomistic simulations to finite element or finite difference methods at device length scales.

You will enhance the skills and expertise of the group, which currently focuses on atomistic materials science and atomic and molecular physics. In these areas, we work closely with communities of UK Academics by developing and deploying software packages, which are used on a variety of computing platforms, including high performance computers (HPC). You will be employed to support the Collaborative Computational Project on Computational Magnetism (CCP-mag).

You will mainly work on software development for the electronic structure codes Questaal (F90, MPI) and your main responsibility will be to implement the calculation of Heisenberg exchange parameters, based on a non-collinear groundstate magnetic structure and the development and implementation of a method to calculate higher order terms, including 4-spin interactions.
You will work as part of the Theoretical and Computational Physics Group and will be expected to communicate regularly and effectively with scientists in CCP-mag and with other staff in STFC’s Scientific Computing Department who have key experience in optimising the scalability of algorithms and scientific software for HPC. You will also be expected to present your work at research conferences.

About You
You will have a PhD in theoretical or computational physics or equivalent as well as experience in ab initio DFT calculations and computational methods such as LMTO and KKR.

You will need a good working knowledge of computational physics, in particular ab initio methods, based on density functional theory, theory of magnetism and parallel computing.

You will be mathematically and numerically literate and able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other researchers.

Experience with the Questaal code package and in methods beyond DFT, e.g. GW would also be desirable for the role.

Computational Physicist
STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Cheshire
Salary: £37,415-£45,572 (dependent on experience and inclusive of annual allowance)
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term (2 Years)

About Us
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europe’s largest research organisations. We’re trusted to support, enable and undertake pioneering projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving ground-breaking advances in science and technology.

STFC’s ISIS facility is a leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences. The facility performs cutting edge research into the structure and properties of materials at an atomic and molecular level.

About The Role
You will work as part of a team providing computational and scientific support to the so-called “Collaborative Computational Project on Computational Magnetism”. The CCP brings together the UK community of researchers with interest in the computational modelling of magnetic materials and devices, ranging from the microscopic, quantum mechanics description, over atomistic simulations to finite element or finite difference methods at device length scales.

You will enhance the skills and expertise of the group, which currently focuses on atomistic materials science and atomic and molecular physics. In these areas, we work closely with communities of UK Academics by developing and deploying software packages, which are used on a variety of computing platforms, including high performance computers (HPC). You will be employed to support the Collaborative Computational Project on Computational Magnetism (CCP-mag).

You will mainly work on software development for the electronic structure codes Questaal (F90, MPI) and your main responsibility will be to implement the calculation of Heisenberg exchange parameters, based on a non-collinear groundstate magnetic structure and the development and implementation of a method to calculate higher order terms, including 4-spin interactions.
You will work as part of the Theoretical and Computational Physics Group and will be expected to communicate regularly and effectively with scientists in CCP-mag and with other staff in STFC’s Scientific Computing Department who have key experience in optimising the scalability of algorithms and scientific software for HPC. You will also be expected to present your work at research conferences.

About You
You will have a PhD in theoretical or computational physics or equivalent as well as experience in ab initio DFT calculations and computational methods such as LMTO and KKR.

You will need a good working knowledge of computational physics, in particular ab initio methods, based on density functional theory, theory of magnetism and parallel computing.

You will be mathematically and numerically literate and able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other researchers.

Experience with the Questaal code package and in methods beyond DFT, e.g. GW would also be desirable for the role.

Benefits
An excellent index linked pension scheme, 30 days leave allowance and flexi-time are offered. Full details of offered benefits can be found on STFC’s careers pages (http://www.stfccareers.co.uk).

To Apply
Applicants are required to include a cover letter outlining their suitability for this role. Please also state where you saw this role advertised.

Applications are handled by UK SBS; to apply please visit our job board at http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc242666_7510.aspx. Applicants who are unable to apply online should contact us by telephone on +44 (0)1793 867000.

The closing date for applications is 15th October 2017.

 




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