RF Engineer

Carbon 60, Inc.; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon 60, Inc. seeks an RF Engineer to join the HWIL team in Stevenage. You will design, develop and maintain RF equipment, working with RF, electronics and software specialists to deliver realistic missile simulations in a multidisciplinary environment.

The role supports on-site collaboration with a flexible work-from-home day. You will contribute to real-time HWIL simulations and integration efforts across hardware and software components.

Qualifications

• RF design and testing capabilities.
• Ability to analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks.
• Interface debugging and integration across hardware and software.
• Experience with real-time application design and evaluation.
• Linux operating system proficiency.
• C++ programming experience is advantageous.
• Experience integrating microcontrollers or SBCs (e.g. Raspberry Pi) with RF hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain RF equipment and subsystems.
• Collaborate with RF, electronics and software teams on integration.
• Develop capabilities for advanced HWIL simulations.
• Support RF hardware, electronics and software integration.
• Investigate and resolve interface and system-performance issues.
• Adapt to new and complex engineering challenges.
• Analyze simulations and missile behavior to extract key results.

Skills

RF design

System analysis

Interface debugging

Real-time systems

Linux

C++

SBC integration

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Job description

RF Engineer

We are working with one of Europe's major defence companies, specialising in the design, development and manufacture of missile systems and related defence technology. They are looking to hire an RF Engineer to join the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) team. This role offers the chance to work with world-class test equipment in a technically challenging, multidisciplinary engineering environment.

The position will require you to be on site 4 days per week, with 1 day working from home.

About the team

The HWIL team performs highly realistic missile testing without conducting a live firing. Complex, real-time simulations are designed around physical missile hardware, allowing the team to replicate operational scenarios and effectively "fire missiles indoors".

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain new and existing RF equipment.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across RF engineering, electronics and software development.
• Develop new capabilities that enable the HWIL team to run advanced simulations.
• Support the integration of RF hardware, electronic systems and software.
• Investigate and resolve interface, integration and system-performance issues.
• Adapt to new and complex engineering situations.
• Analyse simulations and missile behaviour by identifying and abstracting the most important technical details.

Skills and experience

• Radio-frequency design and testing.
• System-performance analysis.
• Interface debugging and system integration.
• Hardware and software design requirements.
• System design for real-time applications.
• Linux operating systems.
• Computer science or software development knowledge.
• C++ programming experience, which would be advantageous.
• Integration of microcontrollers or single-board computers into RF hardware, such as Raspberry Pi