Antenna Engineer

Overall Job Function: Design activities in the antenna development team relating to prototyping, testing and general support

• Design of antenna radiating elements and arrays
• Measurement of antennas and related components
• Participate in the selection and procurement of measurement equipment, e.g. anechoic chambers, gain standards, probe antennas, network analyzers, RF cables, etc
• Management and establishment of antenna measurement facilities
• Develop and maintain software applications, used by the antenna development team, for
  • automated antenna measurements and optimization
  • automated antenna array optimization
  • post processing of data for graphical presentation
  • post processing of measured and CAD output data to demonstrate or predict system performance
• Production support related to antenna designs, including:
  • Design and establishment of production test setups
  • Resolution of problems encountered during production assembly and testing
  • Selection and evaluation of replacement material or components triggered by obsolescence
• Attend to requests for antenna performance information, e.g. pattern cuts

• University Degree in Electronic/Computer Engineering, M.Eng University Degree in Electronic/Computer Engineering, including studies in electromagnetics will be advantageous
• Substantial experience, 5 years or more, in software development is desirable
• Good understanding of Python or other well-supported modern object-oriented programming languages, Dephi will be advantageous
• Experience in measuring electromagnetic parameters, development of software for controlling test equipment and building analytical tools for the data captured from the equipment will be advantageous
• Understanding of software development lifecycle processes
• Be goal oriented, self-driven and a team player

Affirmative Action and/or EE candidates will be given first preference as per our employment equity strategies.