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Job title: Senior Radiation Physicist Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing: Conducting radiological safety assessments Assessing radiation damage risk to electronics Developing and deploying radiation detection systems Completing the systems engineering design of the secondary shielding system Running and analysing point kernel and monte-carlo calculations Providing technical advice on impact of changes and defects across the whole boat Developing ALARP justifications in support of design decisions Your skills and experiences: Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Nuclear Science, or a related field Demonstrable knowledge/experience of radiation physics, nuclear engineering, nuclear safety or similar Knowledge/experience of Radiological safety assessments, ALARP justifications or similar Knowledge/experience of radiation transport methods (ATTILLA/MCBEND/MCNP etc.) Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Radiation Physics & Shielding team: Our team is responsible for the design and validation of radiation shielding for the UK’s nuclear powered submarine fleet. We are engaged across three different submarine programmes in different sta