Electronics Engineer — Radar & RF Systems (Stock Options)

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private Medical

Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an Electronics Engineer to turn complex signals into operational advantage, deriving system requirements through modelling, simulation and implementation. You will develop signal-processing capability at the core of our platforms, applying radar, imaging, communications and PNT expertise from concept to production.

In this role you will contribute to radar subsystem design, create high-speed PCB layouts, and develop embedded hardware architectures.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Strong knowledge of radar principles, RF electronics and signal processing fundamentals.
• Experience with embedded hardware and microcontrollers.
• Proficiency with PCB design tools (Altium, KiCad, Cadence).
• Familiarity with test equipment: oscilloscopes, VNAs, spectrum analysers and logic analysers.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, modelling, and testing of radar subsystems including RF front-ends, signal conditioning, antennas, and timing/synchronisation circuits
• Create schematics and multilayer PCB layouts for high-speed digital, RF, mixed-signal, and power electronics using industry-standard CAD tools
• Develop hardware architectures for embedded systems, including microcontrollers, FPGAs, ADC/DAC interfaces, and power management circuits
• Build and evaluate prototypes, perform debugging, and conduct hardware validation using oscilloscopes, VNAs, spectrum analysers, and other lab equipment
• Integrate electronic modules into radar platforms or wider system architectures, ensuring compatibility, EMC compliance and reliability

Skills

Radar principles

RF electronics

Signal processing fundamentals

Embedded hardware

Microcontrollers

Digital interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, LV

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Cadence

Oscilloscopes

VNAs

Spectrum analysers

Logic analysers

Job description

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an Electronics Engineer to turn complex signals into operational advantage, deriving system requirements through modelling, simulation and implementation. You will develop signal-processing capability at the core of our platforms, applying radar, imaging, communications and PNT expertise from concept to production.

In this role you will contribute to radar subsystem design, create high-speed PCB layouts, and develop embedded hardware architectures.