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Department: Product Development

Alaris Antennas is looking for a hardworking, self-motivated, ambitious person to join their Product Development team.

Application Requirements:

Minimum education (essential): Bachelor’s degree in Electronic engineering

Minimum education (suggested): Masters and PhD qualifications in Electromagnetics would be advantageous

Minimum applicable work experience (years): 3 Years

Required nature of applicable experience:

• Design experience in an electronic-related field, specifically one involving electromagnetics or microwave/RF engineering
• Experience in high-frequency spiral development would be an advantage

Computer literacy (essential):

• Office: MS Excel (Intermediate), MS Word (Intermediate)
• Numerical computing (Matlab, Python)

Computer literacy (suggested):

• Electromagnetic simulation software (FEKO, CST, Microwave Office, Ansys, HFSS)

Language proficiency: English

Other requirements:

• Hardworking and be able to work independently and accurately
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Flexibility.
• Attention to detail.
• Assertive nature.
• Logical thinker.
• High levels of initiative.
• Work well under pressure and adhere to deadlines.
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Planning skills.
• Analytical and decision-making skills.
• Accuracy
• Professional approach.
• Good Administration skills.
• Good understanding of electromagnetic theory and physics/mathematics.
• Antenna/RF circuit design skills
• Hands-on practical skills in fabricating prototypes, building electronics systems, soldering and general DIY.

mWAVE Industries, LLC is hiring for a Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer. This is a position based in Windham, Maine. mWAVE is a leading global provider of innovative custom and commercial microwave antenna solutions and millimeter wave products including 60, 80, 94 & 110 GHz high gain reflector antennas. Our antenna brands include the industry leading Mark Grid, Gabriel, mWAVE and Quickfire lines of microwave antennas supporting terrestrial backhaul, satellite, radar, datacom, and SIGINT applications on fixed and mobile platforms.

Alaris Antennas is looking for a hardworking, self-motivated, ambitious person to join our dynamic R&D team.

Position

Position title: 

• Senior Antenna Engineer

Department: 

• Product Development

Reporting to: 

• Head of Product Development

Job Purpose:

• We are looking to hire a talented Antenna design engineer. In this role, you will be required to meet with clients to determine their design requirements, plan and execute the design, development, and test prototypes, and work closely with the manufacturing teams to ensure that design specifications are met.

• To be a successful antenna design engineer, you should have measurement experience in antennas and RF electronics. Have strong analytical and critical thinking abilities. A top-notch Antenna design engineer should possess detailed knowledge of engineering and design principles and be able to find creative solutions to technical problems.

Requirements

Minimum education (essential): 

• BEng Hons (Electronic engineer)

Minimum education (suggested): 

• Masters (Engineering, Electronic), PhD Engineering

Minimum applicable work experience (years):

• 8 + years

Required nature of applicable experience: 

• Design experience in a broad range of antenna types and associated signal conditioning RF circuits (e.g., filters), with particular experience in the 1 MHz to 9 GHz frequency range.

Computer literacy (essential): 

• MS Office (expert-level)
• MATLAB (expert-level)
• FEKO or similar 3D CEM tools (expert-level)

Computer literacy (suggested): 

• QUCS

Language proficiency: 

• English

Other requirements:

• High levels of initiative and accountability

   

• Excellent technical problem-solving skills

• Logical thinker

• Self-driven

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Work well under pressure and adhere to deadlines.

• Must be prepared to work extended hours when project deadlines require it.

Key performance areas and tasks

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead on Projects
  • Assume responsibility for all technical elements of the project and cooperate with the project management team to ensure goals for the project are met.
  • Accountability for technical success of project.
  • Make the final decisions to resolve high-level / high impact engineering issues on project.
• Antenna Product Development
  
  • Conceptual design
  • Building of prototypes and testing
• RF Product Development
  
  • RF circuit design (filters, switches, amplifiers)
  • Detailed RF design and documentation
  • Testing and qualification of RF designs
• Reporting and Writing
  • Technical report writing and presentations.
  • Draft product specifications, manuals, testing procedures.
  • Produce test reports.
• Sales
  
  • Participate in, facilitate, and support technical communication, training with clients, technical interactions with clients (e.g., client visits to resolve technical issues/needs)

As a junior antenna and RF design engineer, you will work side-by-side with senior engineers to support the team’s design activities on antenna and RF subsystems from HF to SHF frequencies as well as more complex mixed signal electronic systems. The opportunities to learn and develop your skills and engineering knowledge in a dynamic and fast-paced design environment will be significant. Candidates must be eligible and available to work onsite, in the UK, and be able to attend an onsite interview as part of the recruitment process.  Sponsorship is not available with this role.

As a senior antenna and RF design engineer, you will lead the development of antenna and RF subsystems from HF to SHF frequencies, as well as more complex mixed signal electronic systems comprised of both antennas and RF subsystems. Our activities are expected to cover such diverse domains as active antenna systems; radio direction finding; phased array antennas and AESAs; electronic countermeasures; SATCOM and space-related RF and antenna developments.

As a senior mechanical design engineer, you will team up with RF and antenna engineers on the design of antenna and RF subsystems for a variety of platforms and environments. Our products are used in a diverse range of applications ranging from high reliability communications systems, aerospace and defence applications and medical treatments. Many of the products we develop will be deployed in extreme environments such as submarine, tracked vehicles, aerospace, naval and space-borne platforms.

Experience of working on Defense related projects is desirable.

The role requires the candidate to be a ‘Hands on’ and ‘Results Driven’ Engineer, who will be required to work independently and as part of a team. It is desirable that the candidate has experience of managing and developing technical employees and is able to see projects through from quotation to production. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

The candidate should be proficient with microwave simulation and design tools such as ADS or Microwave Office, mechanical design CAD tools such as AutoCAD or Solidworks etc, as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.

Experience using microwave design tools to perform non-linear simulation is desirable. 

The candidate should be familiar with chip and wire technology as well as SMT on laminate.

EDUCATION: HNC / Degree in relevant subject or 10 years experience.

You will be working closely with your team members to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track. Responsibilities include submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project communication plans as well as the proper execution of said plans. To this end, the junior project manager is responsible for detecting gaps that can be closed by projects, collaborating with coworkers to propose suitable endeavours, and overseeing the allocation of financial and human resources. In so doing, you should adhere to stipulated deadlines. 

To be successful as a junior project manager, you should be able to track performance across an array of developments. Ultimately, an exceptional junior project manager will harness employees' unique strengths to promote the viability of all projects. 

Alaris Antennas, part of the Alaris Holdings Group, is known for its commitment to innovation and excellence. We foster a dynamic and collaborative work environment where creativity and expertise thrive. Join us and contribute to our mission of shaping the future of advanced antenna technologies. 

Requirements

• Be a hardworking, driven, initiative-taking, ambitious person who will be able to work independently and accurately to deadlines with initiative and responsibility.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentational skills. Able to communicate in person and through use of electronic media (MS Teams)
• Able to collaborate with people at all levels, internally and externally.
• Flexible in approach but rigid in application.
• Excellent organizational and time management; strong planner and on time delivery and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• Meeting with project team members to identify and resolve issues.
• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards.
• Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.
• Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution.
• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.
• Coordinating the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the process or system to the clients.
• Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients.
• Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables.
• Managing customer satisfaction within the project transition period.
• Conducting post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.

We are currently seeking a self motivated, commercially aware, hands on, manufacturing experienced finance professional with manufacturing/engineering experiance to join our finance group as the Finance Manager of our US business, mWAVE Industries LLC (Alaris mWAVE).

This is an exciting and autonomous opportunity to join a niche global technology group and take a pivotal role in this small but niche business.  The role will play a crucial part in developing our business to deploy best practice, business controls and disciplines, analyse and report on performance and assist the MD and business team drive improvements using the Navision ERP business system.

The job holder will have full responsibility for the business reporting and as a small business, be hands-on with the day-to-day inputs and postings whilst being able to analyse, forecast and manage the site finances under the group’s reporting structure in an open, transparent, timely and accurate manner.

Alaris Kuhne, based in Berg, Upper Franconia, develops, manufactures, and sells products, and sub-systems for high frequency and microwave technology.
To support our business team, group finance function and assist the Managing Director, we have an opening for an experienced, multi-talented and analytical financial accountant / controller to lead our finance function. Duties include risk management; assist commercial &admin; drive business intelligence and improvement initiatives, support our HR function and a range of other areas that working in a small hands-on business generates. As such the role is varied but will be honed to the successful candidate and their skill sets.

This is an exciting role that will challenge the financial knowledge and analytical capability. Other tasks will ensure an exciting workday whilst operating within an international group, the wider reporting requirements and expectation of accurate and timely information will ensure stimulation as much as require a strong work ethic, good level of both German GAAP and IFRS, a good level of local tax knowledge and business compliance.
The Alaris Group currently operates in the UK, Germany, Finland, the UK and US. The job holder will also collaborate with our sister sites.

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Finances:
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Preparation and measurement of Financial KPI’s, including variance analysis and reporting
• Preparation of Board presentations, likely participation as a member of the Sites Executive Committee team
• Management and financial accounting, reconciliation and control, including balance sheet reconciliations, integrated financial forecasts, cashflow control, preparation of and explanation of timely and accurate management reporting
• Control of accounts-payable, credit control and accounts receivable, inventory, provisions - all assets and liabilities.
• Payroll oversight, time keeping and associated HR records and accounting thereof
• Advance VAT returns, tax returns acc. to German statutory requirements
• Assessment of investments and payback; grant funding; R&D and associated finance routes.

Human Resource
• assist the MD with all HR matters including performance KPI’s; commissions; annual leave records; staff handbook and procedures.
• Work with the group’s head of HR to develop best practice within the company.

Required skills and experience:
• Must have: Fluency of both German and English, both spoken and written.
• Successfully completed studies in finance or a comparable training/qualifications.
• Accurate, structured, detailed but transparent, timely and diligent way of working.
• Able to communicate finances at all levels
• Desire to roll the sleeves up and undertake basic accounting and postings as much aa drive business performance through timely and informative information from the ERP systems
• Highly competent user of MS Office and ERP systems (Navision / Microsoft Dynamics or similar)
• A competent and dynamic approach – desire to achieve and improve
• Ability to work to deadlines; work in isolation, confidence and as a trusted partner / adviser to both a small business team; and international group with detailed and explanatory reporting required
• Ability to work with external advisers including tax, audit, payroll, legal, insurance brokers and German authorities
• Comfortable working within an international group structure alongside a small business environment
• Able to work within an engineering / manufacturing business with cost accounting; Bill of material analysis; pricing and costing aspects; inventory and revenue recognition
• Team spirit, commitment, resilience, creativity, and organisational talent
• Right to work in Germany.

What the company offers:
• An attractive salary with performance-oriented rewards
• A Hybrid work location.
• A permanent position, working with an international small and growing group, based within a small family orientated business.
• Exciting tasks with challenging technologies and opportunities.
• Pleasant but demanding working atmosphere together with a skilled and motivated team.
Ability to work from home / remotely with onsite presence to manage key areas of responsibilities and be part of the business team

- Manage sensitive matters with a high level of confidentiality and discretion, especially decisions directly impacting the global operations of the company.
- Sustain a daily calendar of meetings and events.
- Prepare Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentations, agendas, reports, special projects, and other documents in support of organizational objectives.
- Arrange travel and accommodation for executives and prepare expense reports.
- Screen incoming telephone calls; take and deliver accurate messages; respond to requests by gathering and providing information and referring non-routine calls to the appropriate staff.
- Demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills; proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Function well in a high-paced environment; perform additional duties as assigned by executives.
- Draft and prepare correspondence for internal announcements, board meetings, and organizations that the executive is involved with.
- Manage the Executive's contacts.
- Assist in preparing and managing presentations and decks.
- Be responsive to emails, texts, and phone calls, including contact outside normal business hours.
- Welcome the Executive’s guests by greeting them, in person or on the phone, and answering or directing inquiries.
- Use discretion, confidentiality, and good judgment to manage C-Level matters.
- Represent the company and the Executive in a positive light through great follow-through skills and sound judgment.
- Conserve the Executive's time by reading, researching, collecting, and analyzing information as needed, in advance.
- Complete ad hoc projects as assigned, such as personal events and/or family needs.
- Organize complex calendars and schedules, resolving any scheduling issues.

The Brand Ambassador

The community manager acts as the liaison between an organisation and its
target audience. They must act as the voice, tone, and moderator of the Brand
(Alaris) through community support, content distribution, and digital
engagement to build brand presence and trust online.
Finally, the Community managers should be able to rely on their experience
with other corporate organisation to confidently address their audience or
tap into internal resources to appropriately handle any issues that may arise.
Beyond a working understanding of the business, the community manager
needs to build productive, professional relationships both internally and
externally in order to be an authentic and reliable brand ambassador.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute digital community engagement plans that align

with organisational goals and strategic direction.
• Manage social media accounts and other digital channels to drive
engagement and growth.
• Create and curate compelling content, including text, images, and video,
that resonates with our audience.
• Respond to customer inquiries, comments, and complaints in a timely
and professional manner.
• Analyses engagement data and community feedback to inform
community engagement strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Sales & Technical) to ensure
that community engagement initiatives are aligned with other
organisational initiatives
• Identify and cultivate relationships with key influencers and advocates
within the community.
• Building Brand awareness for Alaris and its subsidiaries
• Video deployment using YouTube, brand building, and educational
insights
• Audience research identifying key discussion groups
• Social media posts – LinkedIn across the group, building continuity and
SSI rankings
• Website Maintenance and Management. This is foundational to the role,
ensuring the website's continuous operation. It includes monitoring
performance, troubleshooting, updating, and backing up the website.
• Content Management. Updating and managing content is essential for
keeping the website & social media sites relevant and engaging. This
involves collaboration with content creators and alignment with the
organisation's strategic goals, including SEO considerations.
• User Experience and Accessibility. Enhancing the user experience and
ensuring the website is accessible and mobile-friendly is crucial for
retaining visitors and improving engagement rates.
• SEO and Analytics . Implementing SEO strategies, and analysing website
and social media data, to improve visibility and make improvements is
critical for digital success, and aligns with broader marketing goals, of
building brand awareness and lead generation.

• Technical Development. Involvement in the technical aspects of the
website, such as developing new features, integrating applications, and
managing hosting, requires dedicated time, especially for more complex
projects.
• Collaboration and Communication. Working with different subsidiaries
ensures the website aligns with organisational goals. Effective
communication of technical information to non-technical colleagues is
also key.
• Compliance. Ensuring the website meets legal and regulatory
requirements is essential but may not require as much continuous effort
as other areas, hence the lower percentage. (This applies to GDPR, POPI,
and SSL requirements)

Positions: 

• 1

Department:

• Testing

Reporting to: 

• Head of Testing 

Job Purpose:

• Alaris Antennas is looking for a hardworking, driven, self-motivated, ambitious person who will be able to work independently and accurately.

Application Requirements:

Minimum education (essential):

• N. Diploma

Minimum education (suggested):

• Either B. Eng or B. Tech.

Minimum applicable work experience (years):

• 2 Years

Required nature of applicable experience:

• Experience in a production and testing environment would be advantageous.
• Experience in any Radio Frequency environment would be an advantage.
• Experience in fine-pitch soldering would be an advantage.

Computer literacy (essential):

• MS Excel (Intermediate)
• MS Word (Intermediate)

Test Equipment Proficiency: 

• Vector network analyse
• LCR meter
• Multimeter

Language proficiency: 

• English 

Other requirements:

• Be a hardworking, driven, self-motivated, ambitious person who will be able to work independently and accurately.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• People centric.
• Flexibility.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Self-driven.
• Good communicator.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Logical thinker.
• High levels of initiative.
• Work independently, with a high degree of responsibility.
• Work well under pressure and adhere to deadlines.
• Problem solving skills.
• Good planning.
• Organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Confidentiality.
• Accuracy.
• Use Initiative.
• Professional approach.
• Excellent Administration.
• Strong ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to acquire new skills as needed.

Main responsibilities:

• Perform inline electrical testing of antenna sub-assemblies (Cables, PCB’s, switches) during production.
• Sign off assembly instructions of performed electrical tests
• Accurately and record test results.
• Phase group of cables and PCB’s
• Set-up and perform environmental stress screening tests as per Acceptance Test Procedure.
• Set-up and perform Advanced Final Acceptance Test of antenna systems.
• Complete Final Acceptance Test Result documentation with test results.
• Identify antenna build and design problem during testing (Electronic or mechanical).
• Record and analyze common build problems and possible root-causes.
• Perform product repairs and reworks on Ad-hoc basis.
• Assist R&D engineers with prototype testing.
• Maintain test equipment (tools, platforms, jigs, etc.).
• Support automated testing developments.
• Propose process improvements.
• Take part in the planning, implementation and continuous improvement of test programs and equipment.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by management.
• Adhere to QA procedures and standards.

Position

Position title: 

• Configuration Engineer

Department: 

• Configuration (Operations)

Reporting to: 

• Configuration Manager

Requirements

Education (essential): 

• Grade 12, Technicon Diploma

Education (suggested): 

• Appropriate university degree, preferably in engineering or BSc is suggested.

Minimum applicable work experience (years):

• 5 years

Required nature of applicable experience: 

• Quality and Configuration Management experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the military arena.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.

Computer literacy (essential): 

• MS Excel (Expert), MS Word (Expert)

Computer literacy (suggested): 

• Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Language proficiency: 

• English

Other requirements (Based on the Values and Competency Frameworks):

• Be a hardworking, driven, self-motivated, ambitious person who will be able to work independently and accurately.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Experience in creating bill of materials from Assembly drawings or Instructions.
• Drive hard for continuous improvement of our products and processes.
• Should accept full responsibility for achieving the necessary delivery dates to our customers.
• Configuration Management knowledge and training will be an advantage. Some kind of technical background

Key responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Configuration:
  • Actively Manage Company Documents
  • Establishing of new Procedure and Work Instruction
• Continuous improvement
  
  • Implement automation of processes and drive efficiency.
  • Reduce waste and unnecessary steps in processes to speed up the release process and improve accuracy.

Position Details

Requirements

Key Performance Areas and Tasks

Alaris Kuhne, based in Berg, Bavaria, Germany develops, manufactures, and sells products, and sub-systems for communications technology in high frequency and microwave.

To support our finance team and assist the directors, we have an opening for an experienced, multi-talented and analytical financial accountant to join our finance team.

This is an exciting role that will challenge the financial knowledge and analytical capability. Other controlling and Human Resource tasks will ensure an exciting workday.

The Alaris Group currently operates in the UK, Germany, Finland, the UK and US.  The job holder will also collaborate with our sister sites.

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Respond to customer enquiries in a timely manner and update them on progress.
• Manage end-to-end customer experience whilst meeting customer expectations.
• Develop opportunities that could deliver new areas of growth to the business, increasing the awareness of our entire product and development portfolio with our customers.
• Meet with clients on local site visits.
• Help manage client expectations.
• Maintain and develop the customer database.
• Order processing, monitoring delivery times, Invoicing and delivery
• Calculations of sales prices for offering together with purchasing, development and production manager

• Participate in Sales, Quotation and Pricing meetings, maintaining minutes of resulting actions.
• Support the generation of the sales forecast.
• Maintain customer database.
• Maintain and report on KPIs and targets for the Sales group,
• Communicate customer’s feedback on suggested solutions / improvements.
• Investigate and implement opportunities to develop the sales function to drive efficiency and improve our business processes.
• Understanding of products and their applications via Engineering.
• Understand and adhere to company quality and process requirements, particularly related to Sales activities.

Required skills and experience:

• Knowledge and suitable experience of business administration and management. 
•  Approx. 1,5 years’ relevant business administration and/or sales experience
• Company engaging in the supply of electronic components, modules or sub systems.
• Hands-on working on any reputable ERP and CRM package (Preferably MS Dynamics Navision or Business Central)
• MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel

• Both fluent in German and minimum B2 in English re essential.
• Any additional European languages are an advantage
• Keen interest in technology and the electronic / technical marketplace.
• Ability to develop and maintain robust customer relationships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• People and customer centric approach.
• Adaptable.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• High levels of initiative.
• High level of problem-solving skills.
• Good planning ability.
• Good organizational, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Outcome/results driven.

What the company offers:

• Working within an international, medium-sized group, and within a small family orientated business
• Exciting tasks with challenging technologies and opportunities
• Pleasant working atmosphere together with a skilled and motivated team
• Performance-oriented and attractive salary/rewards

Interested? Then please apply for the position with your CV and experience including your salary expectations at:

Alaris Kuhne
The Managing Director
Scheibenacker 3
95180 Berg
Germany

Or by email: [email protected]

About the Alaris Group

Founded in 1997, is a global radio frequency (RF) technology Group. The Group prioritises the creation of its own products and safeguarding its intellectual property. It delivers technologically advanced solutions and products to various sectors, including defence, aviation, marine, wireless, industrial, healthcare, research communities, and government institutes. The Group strives to become a dependable technical advisor and partner in the RF technology field, as reflected in its subsidiaries’ customer-focused approach.

An acquisitive group, currently based in South Africa and until recently listed in the JSEx in Johannesburg, the group is currently exploring the opportunity to relocate its holding company to the UK with a possible releasing on the LSE AIM in the future to assist drive its growth strategy.