Radar R&D Engineer — Next-Gen Concepts & Simulation

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and stock opt

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an R&D Engineer to help develop next-generation multistatic radar capabilities. You will model, simulate, and experimentally validate concepts to de-risk early system development and explore architectural options.

The role requires a STEM degree, radar theory understanding, and hands-on experience with measurements and data analysis. You will work in a fast-paced environment and contribute to CONOPS and processing workflows.

Qualifications

• STEM degree in electronics, physics or similar.
• Understanding of radar theory; willingness to deepen.
• Experience with experimental design, data collection and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver R&D activities on next-generation radar concepts.
• Reduce technical risk through modelling, simulation, and empirical testing.
• Shape system requirements and early architecture options.
• Explore processing techniques and draft processing workflows.
• Contribute to system CONOPS and identify limitations.
• Conduct measurements using COTS equipment and analyse results.

Skills

Radar theory

Experiment design

Data analysis

COTS measurement

Education

STEM degree (Electronics, Physics, or similar)

Tools

DSP

RF hardware

Algorithm development

Job description

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an R&D Engineer to help develop next-generation multistatic radar capabilities. You will model, simulate, and experimentally validate concepts to de-risk early system development and explore architectural options.

The role requires a STEM degree, radar theory understanding, and hands-on experience with measurements and data analysis. You will work in a fast-paced environment and contribute to CONOPS and processing workflows.