Currently we have the following open positions in a wide range of research areas. Please contact faculties for more information.

  • We have a funded PhD studentship in ‘Highly Integrated Active Transmitter Arrays for Future Wireless Communications’. This PhD-level research will advance the theory and techniques for highly integrated massive transmitter arrays for future wireless communications, both terrestrial and non-terrestrial systems. The ever-increasing demand for higher wireless data transmission capacity calls for higher operation frequency (e.g., millimetre wave) and larger antenna arrays. This in turn requires higher integration in active transmitter arrays in order to reduce the system complexity, cost, and power consumption. The integration will blur the traditional boundary among different radio frequency components, such as antennas, power amplifiers (PAs), beamforming networks, filters, digital pre-distortion (DPD), as well as analogue and digital precoding algorithms . To apply please send your motivation letter, CV, and recommendation letters (optional) to yuan.ding@hw.ac.uk.

Past Vacancies:

  • We have a 2-year Research Associate position in Satellite Communication Systems. The candidate should have a strong academic track record with knowledge and experience in the area of radio communications, RF systems, as well as signal processing algorithms. You will be competent in microwave device and subsystem design, including in CST, ADS, and MATLAB, and preferably Python. You will have a good understanding of the challenges emerging in the hardware implementation involve passive and active RF devices. You will also be prepared to work on interfacing optical, radio, digital and mechanical equipment to integrate fully functional satellite receivers. For more details and application portal, please access via Here.
  • We have a 20-months Research Associate in High-Throughput Communication Systems. You will have a strong academic track record with knowledge and experience in the area of radio communications, RF systems, as well as array antennas and metasurfaces. You will be competent in microwave device and subsystem design, including in CST/HFSS, MATLAB and so on. You will have a good understanding of the challenges emerging in the hardware implementation involve passive and active RF devices. For more details and application portal, please access via Here.
  • We have a 3-year PhD studentship covering tuition fee and standard stipend. The PhD student will be jointly supervised by Dr. Cristian Bonato (Heriot-Watt Quantum Photonics Laboratory) and Dr. Haijun Fan (Heriot-Watt Microwave Group). Students from UK and EU (meet residency requirements) are eligible to apply. The research topic is on A Spin-Based Quantum Sensor with Microwave Dielectric Resonator. Potential candidates please contact Dr. Haijun Fan.
  • We have a 2-year KTP Associate position openning. This KTP is a collaboration project with the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS, led by Prof. Omar Laghrouche) and the School of Engineering and Physical Science (EPS, led by Dr Yuan Ding and Prof. George Goussetis) in Heriot-Watt University and STORY Contracting Ltd. The KTP project team seeks a talented and motivated innovation engineer to undertake research on the development, testing and optimising a novel mitigation solution for runaway rail mounted plants consisting of a warning system with fully integrated stopping capability. The candidates need to have solid background on designing and implementing electronic and wireless communication systems. Programming experience and mechanical background are desirable. Job application portal can be accessed here. For good BEng, MEng, and MSc graduates, there is a possibility to convert this as a fully-funded PhD studentship. Potential candidates please contact Dr. Yuan Ding.
  • We have a 3-year PhD studentship covering tuition fee and standard stipend. The PhD student will be jointly supervised by Dr. Yuan Ding and Dr. Chaoyun Song and Prof. Gabriela Medero. Students from UK and overseas are eligible to apply. The research topic is on Smart Infrastructure Exploiting Backscatter Communications. Potential candidates please contact Dr. Yuan Ding.
  • We have a 3-year PhD studentship covering tuition fee and standard stipend. UK/EU and international students are all eligible and welcome to apply. The research topic is on mmWave Antennas and Arrays. Potential candidates please contact Dr. Lei Wang or Prof. George Goussetis.
  • We have a 3-year PhD studentship covering tuition fee and standard stipend. Students from UK, EU and all oversea countries are eligible to apply. The research topic is on Highly Integrated Active Antenna Array. Potential candidates please contact Dr. Haijun Fan.