Job Overview
The Future Radar Antenna Design Authority will be responsible for developing cutting-edge next-generation radar products to counter emerging threats and gain an advantage in the strategic Future Air Dominance domain.
This exciting and diverse role will apply expertise in Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Antenna and Systems Engineering to develop future systems used by those who serve and protect us.
Key Responsibilities
* Demonstrating a detailed and comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles relating to Systems Engineering and Radar antenna design.
* Leading the decomposition and management of requirements within Antenna sub-system scope aligned to stakeholder needs – DOORS Next experience advantageous.
* Responsibility for developing end-to-end performance modelling of Transmit/Receive processing.
* Modelling Antenna and Radar system performance, including performance budget definition for aperture errors, time delay behaviour, and adaptive beamforming.
* Responsibility for modelling the Clutter Attenuation/Improvement factor and related performance budget.
* Leading design decomposition and architectural definition within Antenna sub‑system scope.
* Managing development of sub-systems within Antenna scope to agreed performance metrics (size, weight, power, cost, test time, etc).
* Developing antenna array calibration solutions, including associated processing algorithms and error budgets.
* Defining and articulating acceptance strategies at each appropriate level of Antenna sub-system design, ensuring suitability for relevant stakeholders.
* Applying and championing the Systems Engineering principles of ISO 15288 to the design of complex Radar systems through the entire engineering lifecycle.
* Liaising closely with the Future Radar System Design Authority and other stakeholders to ensure that the Antenna can operate successfully as an essential part of Future Radar system designs.