Student Assistant – Antenna Design and Measurement (m/f/d)

The Barkhausen Institute performs research on the latest hardware, software and communication technologies and demonstrates their application in tomorrow's society. Our goal is to build a flexible and trustworthy IoT platform based on reliable electronics and secure communication methods.

The RF Design Enablement group researches and develops dependable IoT systems with focus on three key research topics such as joint radar-communication system, antenna-system design with meta-surface and physical layer security. We focus our research on designing building blocks, while identifying critical hardware parameters for next-generation hardware systems and applications.

To help pursue our research agenda, we are looking for a

Student Assistant – Antenna Design and Measurement (m/f/d)

(up to 19 hours/week for 3-6 months) 
 

The project

The SHK will investigate antenna arrays using EM simulation, develop them using external providers and measure with sensing applications in mind. The research topic can be an external master thesis, and it can result in publications.
 

Your tasks

• Designing and simulating wide band antennas using an EM software (HFSS, etc)
• Measurement of different antennas using VNA for radar applications
• Processing of the measured Scattering parameters 
• Signal processing using python
   

We expect the following

• Study of electrical/electronic engineering or comparable
• Knowledge of EM software (HFSS, CST etc)
• Basic knowledge of microwave engineering and wireless communications theory
• Prior experience of using RF measurement equipments preferred
• Good communication and writing skills in English
   

What we provide

• An open and creative team of enthusiastic scientists
• Close to campus
• Agile working hours and workflows
• Work on future technologies
   

If you have passion for new technologies and the desire to develop the connected world of tomorrow with us, we are looking for you. 

Life and science are compatible at our institute. We offer a range of recognised family-friendly measures, such as part-time work, mobile working and flexible working hours that take family needs into account.  We also offer support for arriving in Dresden (all formalities, apartment etc.).
 

Application procedure
Short letter of motivation and curriculum vitae to careers@barkhauseninstitut.org. Please also enclose a current university transcript or extract from the grade overview with details of courses and grades. We only accept complete documents as one single PDF document by e-mail. Applications that contain other file formats (e.g. Word, Excel) will not be considered in the selection process. Informal inquiries can also be submitted to the same address. Please reference “Student Assistant – Antenna Design and Measurement” in the subject line.
Barkhausen Institute strives for gender and diversity equality. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.
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