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Plasma Microwave Modelling Physicist (ECRH, Gyrotrons)
Proxima Fusion GmbH
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · On-site (see listing for address)
Experience
3 years
Job description
Key details
- Run ray-tracing and beam-tracing simulations of EC wave propagation and absorption using codes such as TRAVIS, RAYTRAX and more complex beam or full wave model codes
- Develop an integrated modeling framework that couples wave deposition to transport codes, enabling temperature and density profile optimization and validation of the heating scenario performance
- Build and maintain Python-based post-processing pipelines to automate scenario scanning and interface simulation outputs with the Alpha integrated design framework
- Model Electron Cyclotron Current Drive (ECCD) and assess its ability to modify rotational transform and equilibrium in the Alpha quasi-isodynamic configuration
- Contribute to design reviews, interface control documents, and technical reports to ensure simulation results are traceable and actionable
- Company mission
- Proxima Fusion is Europe's fastest-growing fusion company and the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, building the production system that will enable commercial fusion
Primary stack
Core technologies
Python (Programming Language)
Benefits
- Build the machine that builds the machine
- Work at the frontier of manufacturing technology
- Do work that matters, and see it grow
- Make an impact you can point to
Requirements & details
- PhD (or equivalent demonstrated expertise) in plasma physics, applied physics, or a related field, with a focus on plasma-wave interactions or RF heating of magnetically confined plasmas
- Hands-on experience with at least one EC propagation or absorption code (TRAVIS, TORBEAM, C3PO, IPF-FD3D, or similar)
- Proficiency in Python for simulation scripting, data analysis, and visualization; comfort reading and modifying legacy Fortran or C/C++ code
- Systems-thinking mindset: able to translate physics outputs into engineering requirements and hardware constraints
- Strong team player, comfortable working across physics and engineering disciplines and with external academic partners
- Python, Fortran, C/C++, TRAVIS, RAYTRAX, TORBEAM, C3PO, IPF-FD3D
- Python (Programming Language)