Principal RF Systems Engineer

MASS; Little Paxton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave (plus Christmas 3

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Share Save scheme

Car leasing (Electric/Hybrid)

Cycle to work

Retail discounts

Wellbeing allowance

Two pension schemes

Career development support

Job summary

MASS is seeking a Principal RF Systems Engineer to lead synthetic range activities from St Neots, delivering innovative Test & Evaluation capabilities and providing technical direction to engineers and stakeholders.

You will work with cutting-edge EW/RF technologies, enabling delivery of customer and innovation projects and supporting MASS’s EWOS group with expert input and leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience creating test scripts/programmes/suites for Test Bench Equipment and bespoke hardware.
• Experience of synthetic hardware and testing methods (DSI and IQ streaming).
• Use of laboratory equipment (Network Analysers, Signal Generators, Oscilloscopes).
• Experience performing calibration and configuration tasking with defined test strategies.
• STEM Degree.
• Knowledge about EW systems (Radar) would be beneficial.
• Experience on trials (field, synthetic, or virtual).
• Experience using version control software (Git).
• Experience using networking analysis tools (Wireshark, SolarWinds TFTP).
• Experience of analogue circuit design and build in low power laboratory environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead MASS’s synthetic range activities and deliver synthetic T&E trials.
• Provide technical direction to engineers and act as a key technical contact for customers.
• Solve complex challenges using cutting-edge tech and support customer projects.

Skills

Test script development

Synthetic hardware testing

Lab equipment operation

Test strategy calibration

Education

STEM Degree

Tools

LabVIEW

Python

MATLAB

Git

Wireshark

SolarWinds TFTP

Analog circuit design

Job description

Principal RF Systems Engineer – St Neots (PE19) - Perm - On-site

• Salary £65,000 - £75,000 DOE
• 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

Join our growing Electronic Warfare Operations Support Group (EWOS), made up of 80+ electronic warfare specialists, and play a key role in delivering innovative Test & Evaluation (T&E) capabilities for our customers.

As a Principal RF Systems Engineer, you’ll lead MASS’s synthetic range activities from our Enterprise House facility in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, supporting customer and innovation projects and delivering synthetic T&E trials.

You’ll also provide technical direction to engineers and act as a key technical point of contact for customers and stakeholders, solving complex challenges, and working with cutting-edge technology.

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

Essential:

• Experience creating test scripts/programmes/suites (e.g. LabView, Python, or MATLAB) for Test Bench Equipment (TBE) and bespoke hardware (e.g. GNSS emulators).
• Experience of synthetic hardware and testing methods (e.g. DSI and IQ streaming).
• Use of laboratory equipment (Network Analysers, Signal Generators, Oscilloscopes).
• Experience performing calibration and configuration tasking with defined test strategies.
• STEM Degree.

Desirable:

• Knowledge about how EW systems (e.g. Radar) work.
• Experience working on trials (field, synthetic, or virtual).
• Experience using Version Control software (e.g. Git)
• Experience using networking analysing tools (Wireshark, SolarWinds TFTP etc.)
• Experience of analogue circuit design and build in low power laboratory environments (e.g. Up/Down Conversion).
• Mentoring & coaching of junior engineers.
• Experience working on agile projects

Why MASS?

At MASS, you’ll work alongside specialists who are passionate about solving complex technical challenges. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your expertise to exciting customer and innovation projects while helping develop future synthetic T&E capabilities.

Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, with a range of support including mental health first aiders and our extensive employee assistance programme.

Our non-negotiables

Due to the highly secure nature of our projects, you must be:

• A UK National and eligible to work in the UK
• Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government SC-level security clearance