Applications are sought from highly talented engineers with experience in the field of RF systems, circuit design and baseband signal processing to join the Communications Research Group at the University of Sheffield.

Through funds recently awarded by the UK EPSRC, a unique opportunity exists for a Research Associate to join the Communications group and develop novel RF transceiver architectures for the crowded radio spectrum below 6GHz. The Frequency Agile RADio (FARAD) project is a 3-year research intense activity in partnership with the University of Bristol addressing highly linear frequency agile transceiver solutions which are both energy efficient and cost effective solutions for 5G, and beyond, wireless connectivity. Our industrial partners include NEC, Thales, Fujitsu, Orange, Chemring, Harada, u-blox and Cascoda.

You will conduct leading-edge research in the field of Frequency Agile Radio (FARAD) transceivers, with specialisation in RF architectures, circuit design, implementation and optimisation. 
You will work as a team member within the Communications group at Sheffield and with academic collaborators at the University of Bristol delivering a 3 year integrated research programme funded by EPSRC. Opportunities for exist for both recently qualified post-doctoral researchers and more experienced applicants in the delivery of this project.

You will have a PhD or equivalent industrial experience in the field of wireless system and sub-system specification, design and implementation and you will have experience of wireless communication systems and circuit design for high-throughput transceiver technologies, with specialisation in one or more of the following areas: analogue to digital conversion, baseband signal processing and multiple-access communications.

Informal enquiries can be made to: Professor Timothy O’Farrell, t.ofarrell<στο>sheffield.ac.uk.

Visit www.shef.ac.uk/jobs for full details and to apply online.

Closing date: 11 May 2015.