RF Design Engineer

Roke Manor Research Limited; Romsey; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading technology firm focused on defence solutions. As an RF Design Engineer, you'll design and develop cutting-edge RF electronics, contributing to projects that significantly impact national security. This role offers a blend of hands-on design and project leadership, allowing you to work on diverse challenges across various sectors. With a culture of flexibility and collaboration, you'll thrive in an environment that values your expertise and encourages professional growth. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

Flexible Benefits

Life and Leisure Benefits

Community Groups for Shared Interests

Qualifications

• Experience in RF design engineering and development of RF performance models.
• Strong skills in using Microwave Office and Altium for PCB design.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement RF circuits for defence-related projects.
• Conduct testing and troubleshooting of RF electronic systems.

Skills

RF Design Engineering

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering

Master's degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Microwave Office

Altium

Spectrum Analyser

Vector Analyser

Power Meters

Signal Generators

Job description

At Roke

Roke imagines a more secure world. A world where technology protects, rather than exposes. A world where expert engineers, consultants, and business support staff collaborate to protect what matters most to our clients.

We are a friendly and flexible team with a culture of ‘time, trust, and freedom’. We pride ourselves on listening to each other’s aspirations and accommodating wherever possible.

The Opportunity

Roke is a leader in cutting-edge technology solutions for the defence industry with clients spanning National Security, Defence, and wider. We work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.

Your projects will be diverse – working with varying clients, across a number of sectors, using a range of skills. Consequently, we are looking for individuals able to work flexibly across projects in different domains. You might apply your skills to rapidly prototype new approaches and solutions or to complement or advance existing solutions.

You will be part of a stimulating, collaborative, and driven team that offers you autonomy, challenge, and a strong sense of purpose. Depending on the project, there will be opportunities to demonstrate technology to customers and support customer test and acceptance.

We seek a passionate RF Design Engineer to join our dynamic team. You'll contribute to cutting-edge electronics for defence and electromagnetic warfare systems. This role combines hands-on design with project leadership.

Why We Want You

As an RF Design Engineer at Roke, you will play a pivotal role in designing and developing cutting-edge RF electronics for defence and electromagnetic warfare applications. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects that make a significant impact on defence and national security.

You will:

• Design, simulate, and implement RF and analogue electronic circuits and systems for defence-related projects (in domains such as electromagnetic warfare, positioning and timing, and survivability) with cutting-edge solutions.
• Conduct hands-on integration, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging of RF and analogue electronic circuits, systems, and components to optimize their performance (e.g., impedance, VSWR, wideband operation).
• Participate in design reviews and provide valuable technical input to enhance project outcomes.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation and reports with the highest quality (e.g., design specifications, test plans, and results for compliance evidence) with a focus on RF and analogue electronic circuits and systems.
• Provide technical support to the Technical Lead (e.g., risk management, input to customer meetings).
• Provide mentoring and feedback to junior engineers in support of the team's professional growth.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, within and outside the project team.
• Comply with Roke policies effectively.
• Comply with Roke design and development processes.
• Possess excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Excellent communication and organisation skills.
• Foster the use of industry standards and best practices and safety standards, to ensure compliance, in a collaborative agile delivery.
• Identify and collaborate with all stakeholders.
• Engage with other technical experts.
• Provide guidance to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Able to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Project & Agile Methodology:

• Undertake engineering design and development activities on time, on budget, and in quality.
• Provide timely and accurate estimates of effort to completion, assessing complexity, and identifying risks.
• Support the definition of, and meeting of, project goals.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Design Authorities, Systems Engineers, and other stakeholders to translate project requirements into actionable tasks.

Collaboration & Process Improvement:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Foster a positive and productive work environment.
• Identify opportunities for improving engineering processes and practices.
• Implement best practices and tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the development.
• Continually review the process by identifying bottlenecks and proposing improvements.

Desirable Knowledge:

• Excellent skills in using Microwave Office.
• Excellent skills in using Altium.
• Design at frequencies from LF up to X Band.
• Design of Low Noise Amplifiers.
• Design of receivers.
• Working with high-power amplifiers.
• Performing Radiation Hazard Analysis.
• Preparing Level Plans.
• Knowledge of the defence business domain.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, or equivalent qualification in the relevant field.
• Experience in RF design engineering.
• Experience in the development and use of RF performance models (e.g., Microwave Office) and PCB circuit layout design (e.g., Altium).
• Experience in designing solutions with very low SWaP-C (Size, Weight and Power, and Cost).
• Experience in RF design for harsh environments (EMC, vibration, thermal).
• Experience overseeing the transition of development hardware into production, including environmental testing, qualification testing, and design certification.
• Experience working with spectrum analysers, vector analysers, power meters, signal generators, filters, switches, receivers, and power supplies.

Why You Should Join Us

We have a competitive salary and access to a number of additional flexible benefits, which will cover Health and Wellbeing, Savings and Protection, and Life, Leisure and Entertainment.

Roke has a great community of groups with shared interests. These enable people to share ideas and be passionate about tools, technologies, and techniques, which interest them.

We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Our working environment is friendly, creative, and inclusive and supports a diverse workforce and those with additional needs.

Security Information

Due to the nature of this position, we require you to be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance and then DV clearance. To qualify, the candidate should be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years for SC and 10 years for DV.