Postgraduate Engineering Opportunities
Postgraduate Engineering Opportunities (not suitable for Bachelors or Integrated Masters students)
AWE - the UK's Nuclear Defence Establishment
Location: Reading, Berkshire
Salary: £33,000-to-£53,000 (dependent on experience) + sector leading pension + range of other benefits
Roles start in late summer. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis - so don't delay your application!
To apply for this role you need to:
- be completing, or recently completed, a postgraduate degree (MSc, MRes, MPhil, PhD, EngD, DPhil) in any engineering discipline
- be a UK national holding a UK passport, with residency in the UK for the last 10 years
Who we are and the careers we offer:
AWE, the UK's nuclear defence establishment, is one of the UK's top 25 big companies to work for. With 7,000 staff and a turnover of £1.4 billion per year, AWE’s cutting-edge work keeps the UK safe and secure through:
· Mitigating the threat from nuclear terrorism and nuclear accidents
· Maintenance of the current Trident nuclear warhead as part of the UK’s ultimate deterrent
· Development of the UK’s replacement nuclear warhead
· Creation of unique nuclear manufacturing facilities
We are busy creating the country's future technical experts within our diverse and inclusive workplace. We have exciting postgraduate opportunities across the following fields, for people keen to develop their careers to professional Chartership and beyond:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Aeronautical/Aerospace
- Asset maintenance and reliability
- Building Services (elec., mech., HVAC etc)
- Chemicals & Processing
- Civil & Construction
- Computational Modelling, Simulation and analysis (CFD, CAE, FEA etc)
- Defence & Weapons Systems
- Design
- Electrical
- Electronics
- Explosives
- Firmware/Software
- Guidance & Navigation
- Hardware-in-the-loop
- Human Factors
- Materials
- Mechanical
- Nuclear
- Safety and Security (Surety)
- Sensors
- Structures, including seismic, ballistic and blast effects
- Systems
Prior experience in nuclear defence is not necessary, though some work experience is preferred.
If you are successful in your application, you will undergo security clearance to enable you to work on classified programmes.
For further details and to apply, please see the job advert at: