Developing algorithms to exploit the ability of a moving platform carrying a radar sensor to diversify, select, and optimise the transmitted waveform design

Duration: 3 years
Nationality Requirement: EU citizens
Location: Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, UK (18 months) and University of Brest, Brest, France (18 months)
Net Stipend after taxes: 18,000.00 EUR per year
Deadline for Applications ASAP (PhD starts in October 2017)

We are looking for exceptional PhD student candidates to work in the area of Radar Signal Processing on a project funded by the DGA under the French/UK scheme.

In this project, the student will develop algorithms to exploit the ability of a moving platform carrying a radar sensor to diversify, select, and optimise the transmitted waveform design and the antenna beampattern characteristics on-board in order to maximise the radar performance to facilitate the platform guidance characteristics. Diversifying the waveform parameters and the beampattern of the antenna has an inevitable impact on the accuracy of the sensor measurements of the relative target range and velocity and they are important to guide the platform towards a target location.

The project is part of a collaboration between Cranfied University in the UK and University of Brest in France. The student is expected to spend 18-months in the UK and 18 months in France during the PhD and at the end of the project he/she will receive a PhD degree from both institutions.

To apply email your CV together with your university transcripts to Dr Alessio Balleri ([Email Address Removed]) and Dr Yves Quere ([Email Address Removed])