Postdoctoral researcher
The RF Technology Division of the Communications Technology Laboratory at NIST is seeking a qualified
candidate for a postdoctoral position working with traceable measurement systems for wide bandwidth
modulated signals. The candidate will set up and automate hybrid anechoic measurements. The candidate will
be working with synthetic aperture techniques and making them traceable to primary standards to characterize
over-the-air communications channels. The candidate will also use a precision modulated signal source and
signal processing to incorporate low-distortion communications signals into the setup to create a unique test
environment for novel 5G and 6G systems incorporating beam-steering phased arrays. The candidate will
incorporate measurement uncertainties into the analysis using the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework.
Please upload the following (preferably in a single PDF) with your application:
- This Job Description/Research proposal
Work Location is Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO).
OTA Communications Measurements with Traceable Signal and Channel at mmWave Frequencies
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
- Research experience involving one or more of the following areas: RF measurement, antenna
design/characterization, signal processing, EMI/EMC Testing. - RF Measurement experience
- Antenna design/characterization
- Signal processing
- Experience with microwave electronics simulation software (e.g. HFSS and ADS) is desirable
- Experience with LabView, MATLAB, Python, other measurement automation and analysis software
- Mechanical and electrical design and fabrication capability is desirable
- Metrology and uncertainty analysis experience
- U.S. Citizen Preferred
Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Precision electromagnetic field measurements and uncertainty evaluation.
- Development of multiport OTA measurement approaches, including assessment of measurement uncertainty.
- Instrument automation
- Accurate modulated-signal analysis of signals.
- Analysis of data and measurements to provide complete traceability path to primary standards.
- Experimental design to create repeatable test conditions that best expose devices to a traceably known
condition. - Present and publish technical results.