Lead RF Systems Engineer – Autonomous Defense Platforms

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in London is seeking an RF Systems Engineer to own the Thunder Mission System communications architecture. You will set the RF architecture, prove it through link budgets and co-site analysis, and drive design decisions across the team for a high-performance autonomous platform.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, own trade studies, and ensure robust RF integration on the Thunder system, with a focus on meticulous validation and real-world field testing.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on RF systems design, build, test, and troubleshooting.
• Depth in RF link budgets, co-site analysis, and desense, and a working understanding of EMI and the system-level integration issues that come with dense platforms.
• Fluency with RF test equipment: spectrum analysers, network analysers, power meters, signal and function generators, and the judgement to know when a measurement is telling you something real.
• Experience with RF system modelling and simulation.
• Experience with the electrical integration of avionics modules and payloads into UAVs, ground vehicles, C2 systems, or weapons systems.
• Working knowledge of aviation communications systems (radios, antennas, and similar) and tactical communication systems, plus the fundamentals of Ethernet and IP networking.
• Python for test automation and data analysis, and a habit of automating any measurement you take more than twice.
• The ability to work across disciplines: defining product requirements, running trade analyses, developing specifications, and conducting system-level tests with people who are not RF engineers.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active UKSV Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, integrate, test, and optimise communications hardware across the Thunder Mission System and its subsystems.
• Develop RF link budgets, co-site analysis, and desense reports, and translate them into design decisions the wider team can act on.
• Configure, simulate, evaluate, and test RF systems and datalinks, in the lab and in the field.
• Create and maintain RF system interconnect diagrams and supporting design documentation.
• Select and manage radio, RF component, cable, and antenna vendors.
• Represent the communications subsystem in vehicle-level, cross-disciplinary trade studies that define and optimise our platforms.
• Support other engineering teams' development efforts by bringing an understanding of communications system impacts and trades to their design decisions.

Skills

RF design

System integration

RF testing

Python

Automation

EMI knowledge

Ethernet/IP networking

Trade studies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Spectrum Analyzers

Network Analyzers

Power Meters

Signal Generators

Function Generators

Job description

Anduril Industries in London is seeking an RF Systems Engineer to own the Thunder Mission System communications architecture. You will set the RF architecture, prove it through link budgets and co-site analysis, and drive design decisions across the team for a high-performance autonomous platform.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, own trade studies, and ensure robust RF integration on the Thunder system, with a focus on meticulous validation and real-world field testing.