RF Design Authority

BAE Systems; Cowes; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as an RF Design Authority at the forefront of the defence industry. In this role, you will lead technical initiatives, develop next-generation radar systems, and ensure compliance with engineering standards. The position offers a unique opportunity to work on innovative projects that protect and serve, all while enjoying flexible working arrangements. This is your chance to make a real impact in a collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about engineering and technology, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Green car scheme

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in RF technologies and system architectures.
• Experience in simulating RF systems using tools like ADS or HFSS.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on RF engineering matters.
• Develop and promote new technologies for implementation.

Skills

RF technologies

System and circuit architectures

Simulating RF systems

Generating component level designs

Integration and design proving

Evidence gathering for acceptance

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering

Degree in Telecommunications

Tools

ADS

HFSS

Job description

Job Title: RF Design Authority

Location: Cowes– We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £ 70 k depending on skills and experience

Put yourself into a dynamic RF Design Authority role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribution to our strategy for new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.

What you’ll be doing:

•Provide technical leadership and guidance on RF engineering matters.

•Develops, promotes and shares new technologies for implementation across businesses and programme(s)

•Integration activities in a complex equipment environment.

•Generates design documentation and technical reports

•Conducting Full Engineering Lifecycle and conducting progress, peer, and design reviews.

•Ensuring design is compliant with specifications, standards and regulations

Your skills and experience:

Substantial experience of:

•RF technologies, system and circuit architectures

•Simulating RF systems (for example using ADS or HFSS or similar tools)

•Generating component level designs for volume production

•Integration, design proving, and defect resolution

•Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety

•A degree in Electronic Engineering or strongly related subject (electrical engineers, telecommunications)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The team:

This technical role focuses on the RF aspects of hardware design, developing solutions for new products and integrating technologies into legacy systems. The role involves creating detailed designs, addressing engineering challenges, and managing board-level and unit-level designs.

BAE Systems’ Radar Sector is advancing next-generation radar and sensor systems, offering the opportunity to work on projects across the engineering lifecycle, supporting both UK and export markets.

In this role, you will be able to enjoy both flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing date:9th May 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.