Lead Radar Systems Engineer

Holt Recruitment Group; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Recruitment Group is seeking a Lead Radar Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across advanced radar and RF programmes. This hands-on role requires shaping definitions from concept to deployment and coordinating with multidisciplinary teams in RF, electronics, signal processing, software and systems engineering.

You will influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, engage with customers and help develop new capabilities and programmes within a technology-led organisation near

Qualifications

• Experience leading radar and RF programmes.
• Strong systems engineering and architecture definition skills.
• Ability to mentor engineers across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of advanced radar and RF systems.
• Define RF architectures against customer requirements.
• Make trade-offs across performance, cost, risk and complexity.
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop radar system requirements and performance models.
• Analyze radar performance, including range, resolution and clutter.
• Act as technical authority in customer engagements.
• Support scoping, proposals and programme development.
• Identify opportunities from customer challenges and new technologies.
• Mentor engineers in radar, RF and systems disciplines.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and capability development.

Skills

Radar systems

RF architectures

System engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements analysis

Modelling & simulation

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Radar Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across advanced radar and RF programmes within a growing, technology-led engineering organisation.

This is a hands-on technical leadership position for an experienced radar specialist who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while helping shape the future direction of radar and RF capabilities.

You will lead the technical definition of advanced radar systems and RF architectures from concept through to demonstration and deployment, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across RF, electronics, signal processing, software and systems engineering.

The role also offers the opportunity to influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, support customer engagements and contribute to the development of new capabilities and programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of advanced radar and RF systems.


• Define and assess RF architectures against complex and evolving customer requirements.


• Make system-level trade-offs across performance, cost, risk and implementation complexity.


• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams.


• Develop radar system requirements, architectures and performance models.


• Conduct system-level analysis and evaluate radar performance, including detection range, resolution, sensitivity and clutter.


• Act as a technical authority when engaging with customers and stakeholders.


• Support technical scoping, proposals, project planning and programme development.


• Identify opportunities arising from customer challenges and emerging technologies.


• Mentor and develop engineers across radar, RF and systems disciplines.


• Contribute to technology roadmaps, research and capability development.

Experience & Skills

• Pulse and FMCW radar systems


• SAR and radar imaging systems


• Radar performance modelling, analysis and architecture development


• Antenna concepts and system integration


• Radio propagation and RF link/level planning


• RF transceiver architecture and synthesiser systems


• RF and microwave circuit design


• Distributed microwave and millimetre-wave techniques


• High-performance frequency synthesisers and analogue RF electronics


• Requirements capture, analysis and systems engineering


• Verification and validation planning


• Technical leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams


• Project definition, technical scoping and capability development

Security Clearance

UK Security Check (UKSC) / UK Eyes Only (UKEO) eligibility is essential.

Candidates must also be willing and eligible to obtain NATO Secret and UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.

Existing NATO Secret and/or UK DV clearance would be highly desirable.

Whats on Offer

• A senior technical leadership position within an advanced engineering environment.


• The opportunity to influence the development of radar and RF capabilities.


• Exposure to technically challenging, multidisciplinary programmes.


• Significant autonomy and the opportunity to shape technical direction.


• Strong opportunities for technical and career development.


• A collaborative working environment with regular team and social activities.


• Convenient access to Cambridge by road and rail.

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