Reports to (Job Title):
R&D Manager – Codes & Methods
Job Description
To collaborate to the development of computer codes and engineering applications with high-performance computing and numerical mathematics. As a computational scientist, the applicant will do research aiming to optimize the runtime and the memory occupation of existing computer codes used in reactor design, safety and shielding. The applicant will work with the ERANOS code system for fast reactor calculations, as well as with new computer codes solving full-core neutron transport problems. The applicant will also contribute to the development of thermo-hydraulic models customized to liquid-metal pool reactors and once-through steam generators. The applicant will participate actively to research programs in nuclear science and engineering with external organizations and laboratories, and especially on the development of innovative applications for advanced simulation, data analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence. The successful candidate will work jointly with other research staff to apply knowledge, practices and techniques to the existing methodologies used for reactor studies. The group operates in the areas of reactor physics, transport theory and neutronics, reactor thermal-hydraulics and heat transfer, two-phase flow, and instrumentation physics.
Main Activities
- Reverse engineering and analysis of legacy computer codes
- Improvement of existing algorithms and development of new numerical schemes to solve mathematical problems reproducing physical systems
- Upgrade codes with parallelism and other features for high-performance computing
- Production of technical documentation and scientific publications
Key Performance Indicators
Timely management of key deliverables and tasks respecting deadlines with high quality output.
Ideal Background
Education
Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics, Computational
Physics or Informatics, former training in Nuclear Engineering
or Nuclear Physics is a plus
PhD is requested for this position
Languages
Fluent English, and Italian or French as option
Experience / Professional requirements
- background in computer science and modern software engineering practices
- experience in high-performance computing
- great mathematical and analytical skills
- proficiency in C/C++ and FORTRAN-2018
- sound background in posix-compliant operative systems
- experience with the preparation of scientific research programs
