Electronics Engineer (RF - Antenna/Component)

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and stock opt

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace seeks an Electronics Engineer (RF) to design and deliver RF capability at the heart of our systems. You will develop RF and microwave electronics from concept to production, enabling sensing, communication, and operation in demanding environments.

This role advances hardware from prototypes to real-world deployment within a fast-paced defence tech setting. Join a mission-driven team building low-cost interceptors and surveillance systems, with stock options and private

Qualifications

• Experience with RF design up to 10GHz (absolute minimum, ideally higher).
• Proven experience in distributed filter design and 2.5D/3D EM simulation.
• Proven experience in RF chain analysis (and ideally frequency planning).
• PCB design experience over a significant number of boards.
• Experience in power supply design for RF circuits.
• BEng / MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Identify and define RF electronic system architecture with the wider engineering team.
• Select RF components, analyze RF chains, design filters, run 2.5D/3D EM sims, draft schematics, layout, bring‑up and production testing.

Skills

RF design up to 10GHz

Filter design

RF chain analysis

PCB design

Power supply design

Education

BEng/MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Tools

2.5D EM simulation

3D EM simulation

Job description

As an Electronics Engineer (RF), you will design and deliver the radio‑frequency capability at the heart of our systems. From concept and detailed design through implementation and test, you will develop RF and microwave electronics that enable our platforms to sense, communicate and operate in demanding environments. Your work will take critical hardware from early prototypes into production, supporting air defence systems as they move from the lab to real‑world deployment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and define the requirements for the architecture of electronic systems in conjunction with the wider engineering team
• Select components, perform analyses of RF chains, design distributed and hybrid filters, perform 2.5D and 3D EM simulations, draw schematics, direct (and occasionally engage in) layout activities, perform initial bring-up testing, and define production testing of RF and microwave electronic systems (including PCBs)

Requirements

• Experience with RF design up to 10GHz (absolute minimum, ideally higher)
• Proven experience in distributed filter design and 2.5D / 3D EM simulation
• Proven experience in RF chain analysis (and ideally frequency planning)
• PCB design experience over a significant number of boards
• Experience in power supply design for RF circuits
• BEng / MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering or related field

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We’re building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.