Lead Radar Systems Engineer

Technical Futures Ltd; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary package

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Technical Futures Ltd is seeking a Radar Systems Expert to lead hands-on engineering projects and define advanced radar and RF architectures from concept to deployment.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, ensure architectures meet customer requirements, and engage customers with strong technical leadership. Hybrid working and a competitive salary package are offered; candidates must be eligible for UK security clearance (SC/UKEO).

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial experience in customized radar systems development.
• Experience with Pulse radar, FMCW, SAR and radar imaging systems.
• Knowledge of RF propagation, RF links and transceiver architectures.
• RF hardware knowledge: Millimetre-wave circuits and distributed microwave tech.
• Commercial awareness with ability to engage customers.
• Team leadership and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical definition of advanced radar systems and RF architectures from concept through deployment.
• Define and assess RF architectures against customer requirements and make system-level decisions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

Radar systems development

RF system design

Team leadership

Customer engagement

Industrial experience

Education

Strong academic background

Job description

A Radar Systems Expert who continues to enjoy hands-on engineering projects will play a key role in developing the radar capability within a cutting edge Technical Consultancy. You ll lead the development of advanced radar and RF systems, identifying new opportunities and acting as the technical authority for customers.

Key Skills and experience should include:

• 10+ years industrial experience in customized radar systems development.
• Experience working across a range of radar systems such as Pulse Radar Systems, FMCW systems, SAR and radar imaging systems, radar performance modelling.
• Knowledge of RF System design such as Radio propagation, RF link and level planning, RF transceiver architectures.
• Knowledge of RF Hardware: RF and Microwave circuit design, Millimetre-wave systems, distributed microwave techniques.
• Strong academic background.
• Commercial awareness with ability to engage well with customers.
• Team Leadership skills.

The successful Lead Radar Systems Engineer will lead the technical definition of advanced radar systems and RF architectures from concept through to deployment, working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams. You ll define and assess Radio Frequency architectures against customer requirements as well as making critical system level decisions.

A highly competitive salary package will be offered with Hybrid working and numerous benefits.

Due to the nature of projects you must be British with eligibility for UK SC / UKEO Clearance.