Electronic Warfare & DAS Radar Engineer

Expleo Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ExpleoAcademy opportunities

Competitive company benefits

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Expleo Group in Edinburgh, UK is seeking a Defensive Aids Systems (DAS) Radar Engineer to help design and integrate radar-based sensing for next-generation combat aircraft survivability. You will work on system requirements, architecture, verification, and interface definition across engineering teams.

The role emphasizes radar/RF technologies, EW principles, and model-based system engineering, with opportunities for growth and exposure to advanced simulation and testing in a national defence

Qualifications

• Bachelor-like degree in a STEM field or significant demonstrable experience without formal qualification
• Experience delivering systems engineering in aerospace/defence environments preferred
• Knowledge of radar, RF, and EW concepts advantageous

Responsibilities

• Support development of DAS and survivability system requirements.
• Contribute to systems architecture and interface definition activities.
• Assist integration of radar sensing within survivability solutions.
• Produce engineering artefacts and technical documentation.
• Support technical trade studies and performance assessments.
• Participate in integration, test and verification activities.
• Contribute to modelling, simulation and synthetic environment activities.
• Support design reviews and customer engagements.
• Collaborate with radar, mission systems and EW teams.
• Support continuous improvement and engineering excellence initiatives

Skills

Systems lifecycle

Radar technologies

Electronic Warfare

Requirements management

MBSE

MATLAB

Digital engineering

Education

Degree in Systems/Electronic/Aerospace Engineering or related STEM

Tools

MATLAB

MBSE tools

Job description

Expleo is a trusted partner for engineering, quality services, and digital transformation. We collaborate with world-leading aerospace manufacturers, delivering cutting‑edge solutions in structural analysis, finite element modelling, numerical simulation, and certification support. At Expleo, we foster innovation, technical excellence, and professional growth, empowering our teams to shape the future of aerospace engineering.

We are seeking Defensive Aids Systems (DAS) Radar Engineers to support the development of advanced survivability and electronic warfare capabilities for the next generation of combat aircraft. This role will focus on the integration of radar‑based sensing technologies within the wider survivability architecture, supporting the delivery of capabilities that enhance threat awareness, platform survivability and mission effectiveness in highly contested operational environments.

This role offers an opportunity to influence future combat air capability through the development, integration and optimisation of advanced sensing architectures, supporting delivery across the full engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Support development of DAS and survivability system requirements.
• Contribute to systems architecture and interface definition activities.
• Support integration of radar sensing capabilities within wider survivability solutions.
• Produce engineering artefacts and technical documentation.
• Support technical trade studies and performance assessments.
• Participate in integration, test and verification activities.
• Contribute to modelling, simulation and synthetic environment activities.
• Support design reviews and customer technical engagements.
• Work collaboratively with radar, mission systems and electronic warfare teams.
• Support continuous improvement and engineering excellence initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or a related STEM discipline.
• Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don’t hold formal qualifications.

Essential Skills

• Systems Engineering lifecycle knowledge.
• Understanding of radar and RF technologies.
• Understanding of Electronic Warfare principles.
• Integration of complex system architectures.
• Requirements management and traceability.
• Verification and validation planning.
• Technical analysis and problem solving.
• Stakeholder engagement and technical communication.
• Defensive Aids Sub-Systems (DASS).
• Radar Warning Receivers (RWR).
• Electronic Support Measures (ESM).
• Threat detection and tracking.
• Electromagnetic environment analysis.
• RF countermeasure concepts.
• Survivability assessment techniques.
• Mission systems integration.
• Sensor fusion.
• MBSE.
• MATLAB or similar modelling environments.
• Digital engineering approaches.

Experience

• Experience delivering systems engineering activities within aerospace, defence or complex engineering environments.
• Experience working across requirements, architecture and verification activities.
• Sensor or radar system development experience.
  • Electronic Warfare programmes.
  • DAS or DASS architectures.
  • Airborne survivability systems.
  • Threat analysis environments.
  • Combat air platforms.
  • Military aviation.
  • Integrated mission systems.
• Combat air, military aviation or defence programme experience.
• Experience supporting digital engineering initiatives.

What Do I Need Before I Apply

• Right to work in the UK.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).
• Ability to satisfy customer security and export control requirements.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer and partner locations.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive