Senior RF Engineer - Defense Tech & C4ISR

Beacon Red; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visa

Annual flights

Medical insurance

Education allowance

Job summary

EDGE in the United Arab Emirates invites applications for a Senior RF Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead the design, integration, testing and optimization of advanced RF systems for C4ISR and border security projects.

You will work across radar, surveillance, tactical radio, microwave, LTE/5G and SATCOM, performing site surveys, link budgets, spectrum analysis and RF validation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable communications in challenging environments.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s in Electrical/Electronics/Telecommunications or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of RF engineering experience with hands-on RF systems.
• Strong knowledge of RF design, planning, link budgets and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design RF network architectures for radar, surveillance, LTE/5G and sensor systems.
• Perform RF link budgets, frequency planning, spectrum analysis and propagation modelling.
• Conduct site surveys, antenna placement studies, coverage assessments and field measurements.
• Integrate RF systems with C4ISR and mission-critical platforms.
• Test, troubleshoot and optimize RF equipment, antennas and SDR/microwave links.
• Identify and mitigate interference to improve network performance.
• Support deployment, commissioning and acceptance testing.
• Contribute to RF simulation and digital twin for coverage predictions.
• Prepare design reports, frequency plans and test documentation.

Skills

RF design

Frequency planning

Link budget analysis

Propagation modelling

RF optimization

Radios & antennas

SDR & SATCOM & LTE/5G

Field testing & site surveys

Interference analysis & mitigation

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Pathloss

HFSS

ATDI IC

Job description

EDGE in the United Arab Emirates invites applications for a Senior RF Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead the design, integration, testing and optimization of advanced RF systems for C4ISR and border security projects.

You will work across radar, surveillance, tactical radio, microwave, LTE/5G and SATCOM, performing site surveys, link budgets, spectrum analysis and RF validation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable communications in challenging environments.