Synthetic Aperture Radar Specialist Engineer

Synthetic Aperture Radar Specialist Engineer

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Job Description

Security Clearance: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR you will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)

Travel Required: Occasional UK and international travel

Location: Portsmouth (60% of your working week must be office based)

Type: Full time

What's In It For You

• Financial Reward:
  Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax‑free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more
• Work / Life Balance: 37‑hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL
• Personal Development:
  Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ e‑learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
• Health & Wellbeing:
  Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health/dental insurance/eye tests, cycle‑to‑work scheme, on‑site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime pilates
• Family and Caregiving:
  Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption/shared parental/caregiving leave
• Inclusive Environment:
  Wellbeing room, Multi‑faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

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About The Role

Passionate about Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology? Looking to develop ideas for the future of SAR instrumentation and Space? Interested in working on studies and projects for Earth Observation, Science and Space Exploration? Then we'd love to hear from you!

This is genuinely a role that doesn’t arise often and people from Academia or Industry are welcomed. As a Synthetic Aperture Radar Specialist Engineer, you will be joining a small dedicated SAR team, with close connections to a larger Microwave Instruments Engineering community in the UK and with other Airbus Defence and Space sites across Europe.

How You Will Contribute To The Team

• Work on short and long term industry and academic SAR projects or studies. Including analysis, technical design and development of future concepts and existing Synthetic Aperture Radar systems
• Support proposal writing and the bids process
• Develop and maintain performance models. Establishing performance analysis to enable understanding and interpretation of overall system requirements and translation to instrument and Payload performance parameters.
• Undertake technical trade‑off to determine the most appropriate solution in response to multiple input factors.
• Support peer review of studies, projects and proposals.

About You

• Technical expertise and experience in design and operation of Synthetic Aperture Radar instrumentation
• Knowledge and experience of SAR image processing theory including algorithm development and implementation
• An interest in learning about and supporting the bid process, maturity gate reviews, proposal writing.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.

How We Can Support You

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part‑time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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