RF Antenna Engineer

Satraka Ltd

Harwell

On-site

GBP 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday

Pension contribution

Opportunities for career advancement

Job summary

A leading company in satellite telecommunications is seeking an RF and Antenna System Engineer at the Harwell Campus. You will design and develop innovative tracking antennas, ensuring high performance and reliability. This role offers a chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment and provides opportunities for fast career advancement.

Qualifications

Strong Bachelor’s degree or above in relevant subjects.
High understanding of RF, radio and antenna engineering.
Experience with RF software packages and testing equipment.

Responsibilities

Define system and sub-system level requirements.
Conduct component and system level testing.
Provide technical support to manufacturing and assembly.

Skills

RF engineering

Antenna theory

Innovative thinking

Problem solving

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Electronics or Electrical Engineering

Tools

RF software packages (CST Microwave, HFSS, Ticra)

Vector network analyser

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Satraka Ltd

Entrepreneur and Technical Specialist in Microwave and Antenna Engineering

Position: RF and Antenna System Engineer

Location: Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire

Antenna is an exciting and challenging subject right at the core of all wireless telecommunication systems. This is particularly true in nascent, yet fast-growing high-data-rate broadband internet services provided by LEO/MEO satellites or HAPS, where both antenna performance, reliability and costs are put to the test.

With its innovative and patented technology and through collaboration with satellite network operators, Satraka is making breakthroughs in antenna technology and offering cost-effective high-performing antenna solutions.

Based at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus - the UK's Space Cluster, Satraka enjoys a highly dynamic and exciting environment and access to a range of world-class facilities & expertise such as RAL Space, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Satellite Applications Catapult.

Satraka’s mission is to connect the unconnected and serve the underserved with its innovative, cutting-edge tracking-beam antenna technologies, providing reliable broadband internet connections via LEO/MEO satellites, HAPS and terrestrial 4G/5G network anywhere and anytime.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated RF and Antenna System Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining RF and Antenna solutions for a variety of innovative tracking antennas and user terminals.

Main Duties

• Define system level and sub-system level requirements including link budget, G/T and EIRP.

• Define and qualify system components and interfaces, including telecom 4G/5G radios, satcom LNAs and BUCs.

• Conduct component and system level testing, user terminal qualification testing.

• Working alongside mechanical engineering, providing integrated RF/Mechanical solutions and structure design for antennas and user terminals.

• Responsible for full life cycle of product development—design, analysis, build through test and delivery.

• Documentation writing for design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, integration and test.

• Responsible for defining and carrying out RF, antenna and user terminal testing and verification activities.

• Provide expertise to Business Development team in preparing technical proposals.

• Interpret and negotiate technical requirements, design solutions and trade-offs with customers.

• Responsible for technology horizon-scanning, maintaining industry-awareness, market- trends, and maintaining academic links to feed into internal developments and future product programmes.

• Provide technical support to manufacturing and assembly activities.

• Manage work schedule, resources and risks to ensure quality, on-time and on-cost delivery.

• Work closely with the Project Manager(s) to ensure successful completion of overall project.

Skills and Experience

• Strong Bachelor’s degree or above in Physics, Electronics/Electrical Engineering related subjects.

• High level of understanding of RF, radio and antenna theory and engineering.

• Good working knowledge and demonstrable experience of RF, radio and antenna product design.

• Good working knowledge and demonstrable experience of using one or more of the following RF software packages; CST Microwave, HFSS and Ticra.

• Good working knowledge and demonstrable experience of RF, antenna and user terminal testing including using equipment such as vector network analyser.

• Innovative thinking – able to work through technical requirements to create robust design solutions using own initiative and the ability to critique own ideas.

• A good appreciation of mechanical and thermal properties of engineering materials and their practical implementation.

• Pragmatic and logical approach to problem solving –able to find simple solutions to complex problems and to communicate those solutions to non-RF audience.

• Able to understand new technical concepts quickly.

• Excellent technical English written/verbal communication and presentation skills.

Personal Attributes

• Good interpersonal skills.

• Self-motivated to meet objectives.

• Good team player, ability to work both alone and in teams as required by projects.

• Ability to work within defined timescales to meet programme milestones.

• Ability to work on several projects at any one time.

• Driven by technical challenges, problem solving and practical implementation of new ideas.

• Willingness to learn and share knowledge with other members of the team, to go extra-mile.

• Good team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.

• Ability to plan and organise workload across multiple projects ensuring deadlines are met.

• Quality mindset with good attention to detail.

• Work with cutting-edge technology and innovation-driven projects

• Competitive salary, holiday and pension contribution

• Opportunities for fast career advancement

If you are interested in working with Satraka, then please email your CV and a covering letter to info@Satraka.com with the job title you’re applying for in the Subject line of the email.

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