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LB433 - Senior Radar Analyst

Location: Enfield

Salary: £65,000

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Radar Analyst on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • To provide analysis of radar and radar related systems.
  • To produce new radar system design concepts.
  • To develop models of current and future radar systems to enable design / performance parameters to be established.
  • To provide technical assistance to other areas of research and development.
  • Develop mathematical models of radar and radar sub-systems using appropriate tools: MATLAB, Simulink, and Mathcad.
  • Provide design data for hardware and software developers.
  • Assist in the validation of developed hardware and software.
  • Produce / assist in the production of detailed specifications to enable equipment to be developed.
  • Conduct detailed analysis of radar performance, including on occasion, trials data and produce reports for internal and external customers.
  • Design and develop digital signal processing algorithms.
  • Liaise with sub-system suppliers to ensure performance criteria are met.
  • Play a leading role in the development of new radar systems.
  • Prepare and present technical papers to customers and external organisations.
  • Travel within the UK and overseas is required and is considered a regular feature of this role. Requests could be made at short notice.
  • Any other tasks associated with this role.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • A Masters or Bachelor’s degree.
  • Experience with MATLAB and digital signal processing.
  • Working knowledge of Radar or closely related applications (e.g. Sonar, Image Processing, Comms).
  • Proven record of completing analysis and design tasks on time and within budget.
  • Self-motivated and enjoys working within a team.
  • Good command of written and verbal English.

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of the following:
  • Pulse compression, doppler filtering, CFAR and detection.
  • Radar video or image processing, plot extraction and tracking.
  • Phased array radar.
  • Embedded software, Linux or FPGA.
  • RF, antenna or radar electronics.
  • Systems engineering or project management R&D background (e.g., papers/patents, time spent in academia).
  • Comfortable with hardware test and debug using lab equipment.
  • Experience of source control and issue tracking tools (e.g., git / JIRA).
  • Other commonly used programming languages, e.g. Python, C/C++.

Location: Enfield

Salary: £65,000

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