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Principal Antenna Design Engineer

£60,000 - £75,000 – Depending on experience

Marlow

Permanent

Role Overview:

The client designs and builds an array of Antenna systems for Communication, Navigation and Identification for use in aerospace environments.

They are looking for a Principal Antenna Design Engineer to deliver full development lifecycle from bid support, requirements capture, system level design, concept development, simulation, prototyping, optimisation, verification and products support.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design, develop and test innovative antenna and RF products

* Conduct electromagnetic simulations and analysis to optimise antenna performance

* Maintain knowledge on emerging technologies and incorporate relevant innovations into product designs

* Requirements analysis

* Generate documentation to support product development and verification

* Support the qualification and review of designs to requirements

* Support to the development of Automated Test Equipment (ATE)

* Responsible to deliver technical projects within budget and schedule

* Lead or support bid activities, including requirements assessment, concept design and tasks estimation

* Support legacy products

Qualifications and Experience:

* Educated to degree level in a relevant Engineering field

* Experience in the aerospace and defence industry

* Strong theoretical and practical experience in Antenna and RF design

* Strong understanding of antenna theory, transmission line theory and RF principles

* Active / passive RF and Microwave circuit design experience desirable

* Familiar with one or more electromagnetic solvers (CST, FEKO, HFSS)

* Familiar with RF test and measurement equipment such as Vector Network Analysers and Spectrum Analysers

* Use of antenna test ranges / anechoic chambers desirable

* Design for Excellence