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Location

Smyrna, GA (Metro Atlanta)

Project/Unit Description

The Antenna Systems Division works on projects involving all portions of modern antennas - from analog RF at the radiator to digital beams. The division engages in the design, production, and testing of prototype radar and communications antennas for various sponsors, mostly in the DOD community. The division currently has both large and small projects ranging from prototyping a deployable active, electronically scanned radar to developing RFICs.

 

Our research faculty have expertise in:

• Phased array antenna technology.
• Radar system antennas.
• Antenna and RF PCB modeling and simulation.
• Antenna measurement in far-field and near-field ranges.
• RF design and simulation software: HFSS, FEKO, CST, ADS, Cadence, XPATCH, Modelica, NEC, Altium, Simulink, Matlab.
• Working with all TRL levels of antenna systems.

Job Purpose

Designs, develops, analyzes, and tests Radio Frequency (RF) hardware, including antenna, transmitter, and receiver hardware.  Designs and develops RF hardware as part of a system architecture over a range of frequencies from 3 kHz to 300 GHz.  Analyzes RF hardware performance with modeling and simulation tools, including electromagnetic computational codes.  Characterizes and tests RF hardware performance in a stand-alone laboratory environment and in an installed system environment.  Prototypes RF hardware and systems to determine design feasibility.  Integrates COTS and custom designed RF hardware into large scale systems.  Plans and conducts RF hardware component tests and system level testing in a lab and on installed systems to verify specification compliance and system performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Programmatic and technical lead (as principal investigator, co-PI, or technical task lead), developing requirements and directing others to perform design and theory research and lab testing tasks.
• Perform significant team development and mentoring others in highly specialized tasks in research areas of expertise.
• Document and direct others of documenting work of design, theory, and test in written and presentation form as programmatic and technical lead.
• Primary lead on development of whitepapers, proposals, and sponsor engagement to support multiple programs in research areas of expertise.
• Provide technical vision to sponsors for future research areas.
• Primary author and mentor for technical reports/presentations of projects, journal articles, and conference presentations.

Additional Responsibilities

• Phased array design, modeling, and simulation.
• Incorporation of system-level requirements into phased array designs and operation.
• Testing of antenna subsystems up to full-scale.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Modeling and simulation experience with MATLAB (experience with computational electromagnetic codes like HFSS and FEKO a plus).
• Antenna design knowledge.
• Experience with antenna-related hardware.
• Phased array antenna theory and hardware expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Subject matter expertise in electromagnetic theory.
• Expertise in digital beamforming and adaptive signal processing.
• Antenna test, measurement, and integration experience.
• Expert knowledge of radar system function.

Travel Requirements

<10% travel

Education and Length of Experience

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 14 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, Radar Engineering, or related field.
• 12 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, Radar Engineering, or related field.
• 9 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, Radar Engineering, or related field.

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Benefits at GTRI

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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