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Principal Antenna Design Engineer

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Posted 9 hours ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Reading, Berkshire RG17LT, England

Salary

£55,000 - £80,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Principal Antenna Design Engineer with expertise in RF systems and a strong theoretical background in physics.
  • Candidates should have a scientific undergraduate degree in Physics or a related field, ideally with a postgraduate qualification at the PhD level.
  • The role involves designing RF antennas, specifying hardware and software requirements, and conducting performance modeling using tools like ANSYS HFSS and Matlab.
  • Experience in satellite communications, RF layout, and electromagnetic field modeling is essential for this position.
  • The salary for this role is competitive, and candidates are expected to have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

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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