Blighter Surveillance Systems
Blighter radars combine patented technology and advanced processing techniques Blighter Surveillance Systems
Our Scholarships
Placement Location
Great Chesterford (near Saffron Walden, Essex)
Type of Placements Offered
• Summer placements • 6-month MEng placements
Restrictions/Notes
(1) Must have a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in UK; (2) Candidates may be required to undergo security clearance; (3) One hardware and one embedded software focused scholarship; (4) No 12-month placements; (5) MEng students only (not BEng); (6) No first year students
2024/25 Scholarships
Two new scholarships
Who we are and what we do
Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd is a UK-based electronic-scanning radar and sensor solution provider. Blighter radars combine patented technology and advanced processing techniques to achieve market-leading performance and reliability.
What you could be doing during your work placement
- Software: Using C++ or Python to develop a new feature for our user interface, or developing & testing a function for our new radar control software.
- Electronics: Designing, developing, and testing an electronics unit to improve radar testing.
- Software: Development of a new feature for BlighterView HMI to be implemented in C++.
- Placements would involve working with engineering development tools (hardware and/or software), and testing developments on real radars.
- You’ll work as part of a small but experienced and specialist engineering team, who will support your development efforts & learning.
Meet one of our Engineers
“I am a recent graduate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a keen interest in radio systems, having become a radio amateur while at university. Since joining Blighter, I have undertaken a wide range of projects involving characterising the performance of microwave RF modules and working on automated radar testing.
I think that Blighter has a great environment to work in, where you will have colleagues with a wide variety of engineering backgrounds from which to draw knowledge from. I have no doubt that completing a placement here would help develop your skills and provide an interesting, fulfilling time outside of the university environment.”
Meet a Scholar
Name: Nathan
Sponsor: Blighter Surveillance Systems
University: University of Cambridge
Degree Course: MEng Engineering
What appeals to me about Electronics
I particularly enjoyed maths and physics at school, and wanted to do a university degree which could make practical use of these disciplines which naturally led me towards engineering. During my degree, I gained a further interest in electrical and electronics engineering, due to enjoying modules related to circuit design and semiconductor engineering. I also see electronics as a tool for carrying out meaningful work that can improve people’s lives, examples being electronics that control medical devices to electronics that improves energy efficiency of technologies such as batteries. I find the potential career opportunities and work that can be carried out in electronics to be diverse and appealing, making electronics an interesting field to me.
My experience working for Blighter
During my placement at Blighter, I was responsible for investigating and designing circuitry to bias an RF GaN power amplifier. This involved researching various methods of controlling these power amplifiers, evaluating candidate components using RF lab equipment and culminating in using Altium Designer to design the associated circuitry. I enjoyed working on new things and doing a real project that was beneficial to the company and wasn’t just busywork – I wanted to try working in RF as it was a field I hadn’t yet had exposure to beyond lecture courses at university, so gaining real world experience in the RF domain from both a lab and design perspective was valuable for me.
My interests outside of work
In my spare time I enjoy reading, as well as sometimes practising speedcubing and trying different puzzles.