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Principal Antenna Design Engineer

Principal Antenna Design Engineer

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Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 3 days

Reading, Berkshire RG17LT, England

£55,000 - £80,000 per annum

Full Time

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The job is for a Principal Antenna Design Engineer with expertise in RF systems and a strong theoretical background in physics, particularly in antenna design and simulation using tools like Matlab and ANSYS HFSS.
Candidates are expected to have a scientific undergraduate degree in Physics, along with a related postgraduate qualification ideally at the PhD level, and experience in electromagnetic field modeling.
The role involves designing RF antennas, specifying hardware, firmware, and software requirements, and conducting iterative testing and improvement of communications platforms.
Skills required include knowledge of satellite communications, RF and digital systems, and an understanding of mechanical and thermal limitations in design.
The position typically requires several years of relevant experience, and the salary for this role is competitive within the industry.

RF systems expert with strong physics theoretical knowledge including Matlab simulation and physical RF antenna implementation. The role will be to work from new scientific concepts of what is possible to build and test then improvement from real world testing. This iterative process is used by the team to create new and reliable communications platforms.

Principal Antenna Design Engineer required to design RF antennas and specify Hardware, Firmware and Software requirements driving RF layout, FPGA and software design.

Skills

Satellite Communications modem constellation terminals, space network routing, security, encryption, near field, far fields, RF, Digital, Software, Hardware considering Mechanical and Thermal limitations.

Scientific undergraduate degree in Physics

Physics, electromagnetics or antenna theory related post graduate qualification ideally to PhD level.

Electromagnetic field modelling.

ANSYS HFSS, CST, XFDTD, COMSOL etc.

Role

RF architecture and design.

Antenna RF performance modelling in Ansys HFSS, Matlab or Python.

Specification and analysis of chamber testing.

RF layout, FPGA and associated software design detailing.

Advise on Antenna testing.

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