Principal RF Electronics Engineer

Mass Consultants Ltd; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Principal RF Electronics Engineer to lead a new team at a state-of-the-art test laboratory in St Neots. This role involves developing testing capabilities, managing customer interactions, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates must hold a STEM degree or equivalent and have significant experience in related fields.

Benefits

25 days annual leave including Christmas shut-down

Buy or sell up to 5 days’ annual leave

Annual Wellbeing allowance

Two pension schemes to choose from

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary

Share Save scheme

Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Career development support

Qualifications

• Experience with LabView, Python, and MATLAB for test programs.
• Knowledge in synthetic testing environments and integration of systems.
• Strong in managing teams and production lab environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in setting up and operating a synthetic test laboratory.
• Act as primary technical contact for customer trials and project facility.
• Ensure successful deployment, verification, and validation of projects.

Skills

Creating test scripts/programmes

Understanding synthetic testing environments

Integration/calibration of hardware/software

Operation of entity models through GUIs

Technical management of a production laboratory

Leading and managing a team

Education

STEM Degree or extensive relevant experience

Tools

LabView

Python

MATLAB

Vector Signal Analysers

Signal Generators

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Principal RF Electronics Engineer – St Neots (PE19) -Perm

• 25 days annual leave inclusive of up to 3 days Christmas shut-down
• Buy or sell up to 5 days’ annual leave
• Annual Wellbeing allowance
• Two pension schemes to choose from
• Private Medical Insurance + discounts for additional family members
• Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary
• Share Save scheme
• Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Career development support

Come and join our expanding Electronic Warfare Operations Support Group (EWOS) which is made up of 60+ electronic warfare specialists. From all manner of backgrounds, our engineers, scientists, and ex-military personnel combine their experience to help our customers achieve the true operational potential and help keep their people and platforms safe.

We are building a new team that you will lead at a state-of-the-art test and evaluation facility in Cambridgeshire.

You will be the primary technical contact customers will liaise with when planning trials.

You willhelp plan and supportdomestic and international trials, while working with both present and future technology. You will be responsible for leading the development of the laboratory, ensuring integration of new capabilities, assets and test equipment is successful and controlled.

Working autonomously with unprecedented access to the customer, you will be crucial to ensure that deployment, verification, and validation are successful. You will develop into the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the project facility acting as the main point of contact for stakeholder queries.

The invaluable experience you’ll bring, to help us achieve more.

Joining a large project at the initial stages, you will lead a small dynamic team in the setup, operation, scheduling and development of the synthetic test laboratory to achieve key stakeholder milestones.

This will mean you will be expected to bring your experience to nurture and coach junior team members to bring out their full potential.

Essential:

• Experience creating test scripts/programmes (e.g. LabView, Python, MATLAB).
• Understanding of synthetic testing environments.
• Experience Integration/calibration of hardware and software models into a laboratory environment.
• Operation of entity models through GUIs (understanding mission objectives for each model).
• Technical management of a production laboratory, including support for customer trials.
• Leading and managing a small team of engineers.
• STEM Degree or extensive relevant experience.

Desirable:

• EW Domain Knowledge
• Experience managing both analogue and digital interfaces between electronic components (RF/EO/Data).
• Use of laboratory equipment (Vector Signal Analysers, Signal Generators & Oscilloscopes).
• Understanding of RF/EOIR systems and sensors.
• Version controlling hardware and software components.
• Mentoring & coaching of junior engineers.
• Experience working on agile projects.

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowingemployees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our people are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that supportindividuals including, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive employee assistance programme

Our non-negotiables:

Due to the highly secure nature of the projects that you will be involved with, youmustbe:

• A UK National and eligible to work in the UK
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a UK GovernmentDV-levelsecurity clearance

Apply todayto see how working for MASS could work for you!