RF Design Engineer to Principal level

Expert Employment; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment agency seeks an experienced RF Design Engineer in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on the design and development of RF systems for defence and aviation, covering the full product lifecycle. Candidates should have a relevant degree and expertise in RF Simulation, PCB design, and appreciable knowledge of RF technologies. This position offers opportunities for innovative project contributions in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• RF Design for New Product Introduction and evolution of existing RF systems.
• RF System Architecture exploiting the latest RF components and technologies.
• RF Simulation using appropriate tools.
• Schematic capture and PCB Design Layout in Altium.
• Design of linear high power wide band RF amplifiers up to 200 Watts.
• RF filter design.
• Radio Transmitter and Receiver Design.
• Design LNA, Down converter and Upconverter.
• Antenna design.
• Use of oscilloscopes, analysers and signal generators.

Skills

British citizen eligible for security clearance

Radio Frequency System Architecture

RF Simulation

Altium Electronics Schematic capture, PCB Layout and Footprint or symbol creation

Real time long range data link knowledge

High resolution video transfer understanding

RF inhibitor exposure

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering or related subject

Tools

LabVIEW

Altium

Cadence AWR Microwave Office

Ansys HFSS

Job description

RF Design Engineer required, ideally Senior level to work on defence, military and avionics communications for long range real time video new product design and development. You will join a successful RF and Hardware Design team and work across the full product lifecycle from requirements through design, test, release and support of RF systems.

Requirements

• British citizen eligible for security clearance
• Radio Frequency System Architecture
• RF Simulation
• Altium Electronics Schematic capture, PCB Layout and Footprint or symbol Creation
• Real time long range data link knowledge
• High resolution video transfer understanding.
• RF inhibitor exposure.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering or related subject.

Role

• RF Design for New Product Introduction or NPI and the evolution of existing world class RF systems for defence and aviation.
• RF System Architecture exploiting the latest RF components and technologies.
• RF Simulation using tools such as LabVIEW.
• Schematic capture and PCB Design Layout in Altium.
• Linear high power wide band RF amplifiers up to 200 Watts using for example GaN or LDMOS.
• RF filter design.
• Radio Transmitter and Receiver Design.
• LNA, Down converter and Upconverter design.
• Antenna design.
• Use of oscilloscopes, analysers and signal generators.
• Cadence AWR Microwave Office.
• Ansys HFSS.
• Switch mode PSUs, embedded circuitry, glue logic, analogue electronics and EMC circuitry.