Korean Postdoctoral Researcher

Fusion, the nuclear reaction that powers the sun and the stars, is a promising long-term option for a sustainable, non-carbon emitting global energy supply.

The ITER Organization (IO), based in the southern France, welcomes best talents who can together prepare the way to this new energy in a truly multi-cultural work environment.

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**Application Deadline**: 16/03/2025

**Department**:Science & Integration Department

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**Job Grade**: P1

**Language Requirements**:Fluent in English (written & spoken)

**Contract Duration**: 2 years

**Overview**

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity at the heart of an ambitious fusion energy project? Join us as a **Postdoctoral Researcher** where your goals will include:

- Pursuing a program of original research in an area of fusion science or technology relevant to the ITER Project;
- Contributing effectively to progress in the area of fusion science or technology defined by the agreed research or engineering program at ITER;
- Producing accurate and innovative studies within the defined timeline, writing reports and giving presentation on these researches or cases.
- In January 2022, an agreement was signed between the ITER Organization (IO) and the Korean Domestic Agency (KODA) to set up a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program within the ITER project to carry out research activities in fields of mutual interest, in view of nurturing future fusion experts. The principal motivation of the Research Fellowships is the development of excellence in research of fusion science and technology within the ITER framework for the Korean post-doctoral researchers._
- The Korea-ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program allows the best young Korean researchers to participate in one of the great scientific and technical challenges of the 21st century and to work closely with leading experts in fusion science and technology within a unique international working environment._

**Key Duties** and Responsibilities**

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Carries out original research under an agreed program in support of the development of fusion energy in many areas of fusion science and technology, including, but not limited to:

- Control Technology
- Plasma facing materials and components
- Burning plasma physics (confinement, stability, plasma-wall interactions, control, energetic
- particle physics)
- Heating and current drive physics and technology
- Fusion plasma diagnostics
- Superconducting magnet technology
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering/ structural analysis
- Remote handling technology
- Vacuum technology and plasma fuelling technology
- Cryogenics

**Additional Responsibilities**:

- Takes an active role collaborating with researchers working in related areas
- Publishes the results of research in appropriate conference proceedings and refereed journals.

**_Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the staff member may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above primary responsibilities._**

**Experience & Competencies**

**Essential**:

- **Proven experience** in scientific or engineering research in one of the areas listed in “Key Duties and Responsibilities”.
- Demonstrating ‘out of the box’ thinking and ability to adapt easily.
- Building partnerships and working with other scientists or engineers to identify and evaluate relevant sources of information.
- **Writing & Presentation**: Experience of writing clear technical documentation and publishing or presenting technical and/or scientific reports on specific topics

**Desirable**:

- Using computational methods to perform physics or engineering analysis.
- Using common scientific computing languages (e.g. Fortran, C).
- **Organizational Savvy**: maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people related organizational dynamics.
- **Nimble Learning**: actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

**Qualifications**

**Essential**:

- The applicant must have received their PhD _**_on or after 1 March 2020_**_, or must receive their PhD prior to th