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A Master’s-level engineering research project is proposed to evaluate a novel calibration technique for low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) in cryogenic conditions, using a fixed known-temperature reference and biasing of a secondary LNA with iterative data fitting. The study also considers optimizing the LNA design, including pursuing a custom broadband LNA design in the second year.
A Master’s degree Engineering study is proposed on mm-wave multiplexers for radio astronomy, supervised by Prof Tinus Stander (University of Pretoria). The work will apply manifold multiplexing theory to two mm-wave spectrometers: a kinetic inductance read-out and a multi-channel atmospheric radiometer, with milestones covering literature review/theoretical synthesis in Y1 and testing/design/measurement plus final dissemination in Y2.
A 2027 MSc project is proposed to apply computer vision foundation models (such as DINOv3) to radio data and use interpretability tools (such as saliency maps/Grad-CAM) to understand what features of radio galaxies the model focuses on, using the MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey (MGCLS) dataset and anomaly detection results from Astronomaly: Protege (Lochner & Rudnick 2025).
The document states that the full resources of the RATT compute cluster are available to support this MSc research project, which uses MeerKAT and ASKAP data for a multifrequency polarimetric study.
A doctoral candidate opportunity is described to join the HERA collaboration and apply fringe rate filters to HERA data to mitigate systematic effects (including mutual coupling) that limit power spectrum sensitivity, with the aim of improving 21 cm upper limits.
This document is a SARAO vacancy notice for a permanent Junior Electrician position in Carnarvon, Northern Cape. It describes the role, requirements and responsibilities, and instructs applicants to apply online with a CV, motivation letter and referee details. Applications close on 07 October 2026.
