RF Electronics Engineer

MASS; Allington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense technology company in Porton Down is seeking an RF Electronics Engineer to support the development of RF receiver hardware. Key responsibilities include testing in laboratory environments and field trials, collaborating with stakeholders, and designing real-time algorithms. Essential qualifications include a STEM degree or extensive experience in RF electronics, as well as proficiency in RF lab equipment. This permanent role offers a competitive salary and extensive wellbeing benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave inclusive of up to 3 days Christmas shutdown

Annual wellbeing allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary

Career development support

Qualifications

• Understanding of RF sensor systems and Test & Evaluation practices.
• Experience using standard RF laboratory equipment and setting up/testing RF systems.
• Experience creating scripts/programs (MATLAB, Python, C++).

Responsibilities

• Support test and development of RF Receiver hardware.
• Use RF equipment for testing in various environments.
• Work with stakeholders to assess and improve receiver performance.

Skills

Understanding of RF sensor systems and Test & Evaluation (T&E) practices

Experience using standard RF laboratory equipment

Experience creating scripts/programs (MATLAB, Python, C++)

Education

STEM Degree or extensive experience with RF Electronics

Tools

Vector Signal Analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Signal Generators

Job description

Overview

RF Electronics Engineer - Porton Down, Salisbury - Permanent - On-site

• Salary: £40,000 - £60,000
• 25 days annual leave inclusive of up to 3 days Christmas shutdown
• 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

Responsibilities

• The primary role is to support test and development of RF Receiver hardware in laboratory, ground-based field trials, airborne trials and synthetic environment testing.
• Use a range of RF equipment to cover direct inject testing, free-space testing and chamber testing, including field trials of RF receiver equipment in the UK and abroad.
• Work with military stakeholders, academia, industry and international partners to assess performance of receiver hardware, develop improvements, and provide advice.
• Secondary focus on implementation and testing of real-time algorithms deployed to RFSoC boards within a larger laboratory setup.
• Design said algorithms, working with technical stakeholders to derive and capture requirements, ensuring constraints and limitations are understood prior to deployment.
• Contribute across stages of the engineering lifecycle, including trials support in the UK and internationally.
• Opportunity to develop into a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on RF Sensing and Electronics and their use in modern EW applications.
• Algorithm deployment involves assessing where on the RFSoC board computations should be performed (Application Processing Units, FPGA, or off-board distributed computing).
• Work autonomously with access to the customer, supported by on-site and home-site MASS teams.

Essential

• Understanding of RF sensor systems and Test & Evaluation (T&E) practices.
• Experience using standard RF laboratory equipment (Vector Signal Analysers, Signal Generators & Oscilloscopes) and setting up/testing RF systems.
• Experience creating scripts/programs (MATLAB, Python, C++).
• STEM Degree or extensive experience with RF Electronics.

Desirable

• Design & Development of EW models (understanding mission objectives and functions expected).
• Strong background in EW systems and concepts, including radar systems.
• Experience working in synthetic testing environments.
• Experience Integration/calibration of hardware and software models into a laboratory environment.
• Experience with C++, embedded C++, or VHDL programming.
• Experience managing both analogue and digital interfaces between electronic components (RF/Data).
• Experience working on agile projects.
• Experience with Simulink, HDL Coder, and Embedded Coder toolboxes.
• Understanding the development of user and systems requirements.
• Understanding of analogue & digital signal processing techniques.

Wellbeing and culture

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees 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 support individuals 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, you must be:

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

Apply today to see how working for MASS could work for you