Research Associate/Fellow - Engineering and Physical Sciences

Position Details

Engineering and Physical Sciences

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £30,942 to £40,322. With potential progression once in post to £42,792 a year

Full time

Fixed term for up to 24 months

Closing date: 18th November 2020

Job Summary

The postholder will be employed as the main researcher of an industry funded project on Highly Integrated 5G Millimetre-Wave Front-End Antennas (Hi5MWA). The primary aim of the project is to research and develop new antennas and their integration technology for RF front-end chips in 5G millimetre-wave (mm-wave) base station applications. He/she will research, propose and develop advanced antennas, in consideration of suitable front-end architecture and the integration/interconnection with RF chips. The work will involve critical literature survey, theoretical analysis, computer aided design, device prototyping and measurement. The postholder will be expected to achieve research objectives and deliver in a timely manner. He/she will also contribute to disseminate the research outputs in the form of technical reports, presentations or research papers as appropriate.

Summary of Role

• Work within the specified research projects and contribute to new research proposal
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to public understanding of the discipline or similar and/or licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success

Main Duties

• Develop research objectives and proposals for the specified research area
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Analyse and interpret data
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from the research project

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Have extensive experience with millimetre-wave antenna array designs and demonstrable track record in research publications
• Have knowledge of packaging technique in relation to millimetre-wave antennas
• Have basic knowledge of RF front-end systems
• Good level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively
• Fluency in relevant antenna models, techniques and methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in area of engineering or related science and normally, a higher degree relevant to antenna/microwave engineering or equivalent qualifications
• Hold or close to completing a PhD degree relevant to the project area

Valuing excellence, sustaining investment

We value diversity at The University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community '

For further information please contact Dr Yi Wang, y.wang.1@bham.ac.uk