Lead Radar Systems Engineer

Platform Recruitment; Cambridge; Ibrido; GBP 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Employer pension 10%

Car lease scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 6x salary

Descrizione del lavoro

Platform Recruitment is assisting a leading radar and RF systems engineering consultancy in the Cambridge area to recruit a Lead Radar Systems Engineer on a permanent basis. Hybrid working, with two days remote and three days on site near Cambridge, and a salary range of £70k–£90k plus benefits.

The role demands deep radar expertise, hands-on engineering, and the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams, shape roadmaps, and engage with customers.

Competenze

• Ten+ years in customised radar systems development.
• Expertise across pulse, FMCW, SAR and radar imaging.
• RF design including propagation, links and synthesisers.
• Systems engineering: requirements, verification and scoping.
• Proven leadership and ability to mentor engineers.

Mansioni

• Lead development of advanced radar and RF systems.
• Define RF architectures against customer requirements.
• Make system-level trade-offs balancing performance, cost and risk.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams through complex projects.
• Develop radar system requirements and performance models.
• Mentor engineers across radar, RF and systems.

Conoscenze

Radar systems

RF design

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Descrizione del lavoro

Lead Radar Systems Engineer (Permanent)

Location: South of Cambridge, hybrid

Salary: £70k to £90k, depending on background and experience, plus benefits

Industry: Radar and RF Systems Engineering Consultancy

Our client is a respected technology and engineering consultancy, known for solving technically challenging problems for customers across defence, security, space and other sectors. They are looking for a recognised radar expert who still enjoys hands on engineering, to help shape the future direction of a rapidly expanding radar capability.

Responsibilities

UKSC / UKEO is essential. Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain NATO Secret and UK DV clearance. Existing NATO Secret and/or UK DV clearance would be highly desirable.

• Lead the development of advanced radar and RF systems


• Define and assess RF architectures against customer requirements, which may at times be unclear


• Make critical system level trade offs involving performance, cost, risk and implementation complexity


• Guide multidisciplinary teams through the delivery of complex projects


• Develop radar system requirements and performance models


• Carry out system level analysis and architecture selection


• Evaluate radar performance trade offs including detection range, resolution, sensitivity and clutter performance


• Act as a trusted technical authority for customers, presenting complex concepts clearly to customers and stakeholders


• Support project scoping, proposal generation and technical planning


• Identify new opportunities arising from customer challenges and emerging technologies


• Mentor and coach engineers across radar, RF and systems disciplines


• Contribute to technology roadmaps and research activities, and support recruitment and technical development within the radar team

Essential skills and experience

• Significant industrial experience (minimum 10 years) in customised radar systems development


• Deep expertise across a substantial proportion of: pulse radar, FMCW radar, SAR and radar imaging systems, radar performance modelling and architecture development, antenna concepts and system integration


• RF systems design experience, including radio propagation, RF link and level planning, synthesiser design and transceiver architecture selection


• Strong RF hardware understanding, covering RF and microwave circuit design, distributed microwave techniques, millimetre wave systems, high performance frequency synthesisers and relevant analogue electronics


• Systems engineering experience, including requirements capture and analysis, verification and validation planning, project definition and technical scoping


• Proven technical leadership of multidisciplinary teams


• Recognised by peers as an authority in radar systems


• Commercially aware, comfortable operating with autonomy and engaging directly with customers


• A natural mentor who enjoys developing less experienced engineers

Benefits

• Employer pension contribution of 10%


• Car lease scheme available


• Private medical insurance paid


• Life assurance at 6x salary

Working arrangements and start date

• Hybrid working: 2 days working remotely and 3 days onsite


• Start date as soon as possible