The Role

The PNT Team at the Satellite applications Catapult has the primary purpose of growing the PNT industry in the UK. This has the dual benefit of increasing economic growth and the UK’s PNT resilience. The PNT Team aim to achieve this purpose by:

• Convening and contributing to collaborative and impactful R&D projects that seek to pull through research from the academic world into real world products and services offered by UK industry.

• Providing thought leadership and prompting innovation in PNT in the UK and internationally.

• Working closely with Government to develop initiatives that will improve UK PNT resilience and promote growth including development of standards, test facilities, regulatory frameworks and technical capabilities.

• Providing advice and technical support to UK PNT companies that require some technical support to grow.

Skills & Experience Required

Required:

• Sound understanding of signal processing fundamentals including time and frequency domain processing, waveforms and algorithms.

• Understanding of the application of digital signal processing to RF signals including modulation, coding, digital downconversion, filtering and decimation.

• Experience in real time implementation of RF signal processing on FPGA or DSP platforms.

Desirable:

• Experience with signal processing of PNT signals such as those from GNSS.

• Experience of antenna array signal processing in the context of Satellite Communications terminal antennas and/or PNT Controlled Response Pattern Antennas.

• Experience with Matlab and HDL coder.

• Understanding of overall RF system Architectures.

• Understanding and experience with RF propagation modelling and channel modelling for PNT and/or Comms systems.

• Understanding of alternate PNT (non-GNSS) technologies.

• Experience with Extended Kalman filters or use of other forms of filter such as particle filters or factor graph methods.

Qualifications Required:

A master’s degree in a relevant STEM subject and at least 5 years relevant industrial experience

or

A PhD in a relevant field and at least 2 year’s relevant post PhD experience

About us & how we work: 

We strive to create a high trust, high performance and inclusive environment that enables team members to bring their whole selves to work.  This helps to create the foundations of an innovation culture. Our shared values are critical to this: 

• We care - for our people, our partners, and our planet

• We connect - and engage with people and ideas

• We learn - and grow, as people and as an industry

Underpinning this is our belief in great teams.  Our combined efforts will always deliver outcomes beyond that of any individual, providing we are honest through debate, experiment and reflect, and create shared resolutions in support of our purpose. Live these values, work to our principles, take ownership to deliver, and we are certain you will thrive with us. 

This job description set outs the skills and experience we think are needed to be able to perform in this job.  If you believe you can deliver in this role then we want to hear from you.

Important notice for applicants: We use tools to detect plagiarism and the use of AI or chatbots for applicant answers. If plagiarism, AI use (such as ChatGPT) or similar software are found to have been used in your application you will not be considered for this or future roles within the Satellite Applications Catapult.

At Satellite Applications Catapult, we're committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome candidates from all corners of the globe, but due to legal and logistical considerations, we want to be transparent about the potential visa-related challenges that could arise. Our ability to offer sponsorship will depend on the level of interest for our roles and salary level.

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