The candidate must be currently enrolled on an undergraduate degree course, have the right to live and work in the UK, possess good interpersonal and problem-solving skills, and demonstrate enthusiasm, motivation, and initiative. It is desirable for the candidate to have knowledge in scientific data analysis techniques and programming languages.

The candidate will work on neutron irradiation facilities, calibrate NILE neutron generators, conduct experiments on solid-state detectors and electronics devices, perform neutron measurements for diagnostics, compare neutron results, and develop skills in physics, computing, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork.

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Software Engineering

United Kingdom

Oxford

Competitive salary

Career average pension

Flexible Working

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<ul><li>A sandwich student vacancy exists to join the group running the ChipIr and NILE instruments. The successful candidate will join us in evaluating the characteristics of the NILE instrument sources, using different detection techniques, and in determining the best detection technique for each instrument.</li><li>Neutrons of high energies (&gt; 10 MeV) are the source of disruption and reliability problems in modern&nbsp;electronic devices, particularly in highly advanced technologies. The successful candidate will identify the effects of neutron irradiation on electronic technologies that are being increasingly used in safety critical applications, such as for automating vehicles and for the aerospace market. These technologies include SRAM memories, and potentially machine learning and AI systems. Neural networks are of particular interest: thanks to the intrinsic approximate nature of neural-network computation, some output errors are sufficiently close to the expected value that the application treats them as correct.</li><li>Through irradiation campaigns, the student will compare ChipIr and the DT neutron generator, and will examine the disruptions caused by the intermediate energy neutrons produced by the DD neutron source.</li></ul>

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A sandwich student vacancy exists to join the group running the ChipIr and NILE instruments. The successful candidate will join us in evaluating the characteristics of the NILE instrument sources, using different detection techniques, and in determining the best detection technique for each instrument.Neutrons of high energies (> 10 MeV) are the source of disruption and reliability problems in modern electronic devices, particularly in highly advanced technologies. The successful candidate will identify the effects of neutron irradiation on electronic technologies that are being increasingly used in safety critical applications, such as for automating vehicles and for the aerospace market. These technologies include SRAM memories, and potentially machine learning and AI systems. Neural networks are of particular interest: thanks to the intrinsic approximate nature of neural-network computation, some output errors are sufficiently close to the expected value that the application treats them as correct.Through irradiation campaigns, the student will compare ChipIr and the DT neutron generator, and will examine the disruptions caused by the intermediate energy neutrons produced by the DD neutron source.

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