Senior Antenna Engineer — Radar & RF Systems Lead

Matchtech Group; Enfield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking a Senior Antenna Engineer in Enfield to join its Defence Radar and Naval Solutions team. You will lead antenna design, modelling and testing across microwave frequencies for advanced radar and RF systems.

The role involves deriving specifications, supporting production test facilities, and ensuring design quality and documentation standards are maintained within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in antenna design and development at microwave frequencies.
• Strong understanding of antenna theory, antenna system design and RF component selection, including rotary joints, filters, splitters and combiners.
• Experience using antenna or electromagnetic modelling software; familiarity with Altair RF software would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of RF components and systems, including high-power RF amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, limiters, circulators, mixers and phase-locked loops.
• Practical experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum analysers and vector network analysers.
• Understanding of design for test, design for manufacture and production environments, including near-field scanning, compact ranges and anechoic chambers.
• Working knowledge of radar systems, RF engineering, EMC and related defence applications.
• Strong communication skills, a proactive approach and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Leading antenna research, development and engineering work packages
• Designing, modelling and testing printed, waveguide, slotted array and other antenna technologies at microwave frequencies
• Maintaining antenna designs, technical data, test methodologies and documentation, including product improvements and obsolescence management
• Deriving technical requirements, specifications and verification and validation activities
• Providing technical support to systems, hardware engineering, supply chain, quality, suppliers and customers
• Supporting antenna and RF design, production test facilities and associated test methodologies
• Investigating manufacturability issues through trend analysis, root cause analysis and technical problem-solving
• Preparing estimates and plans while ensuring engineering procedures, design quality and documentation standards are maintained

Skills

Antenna design

Microwave engineering

RF modelling

MATLAB/Python

Tools

Altair RF

EM modelling tools

Job description

Matchtech Group is seeking a Senior Antenna Engineer in Enfield to join its Defence Radar and Naval Solutions team. You will lead antenna design, modelling and testing across microwave frequencies for advanced radar and RF systems.

The role involves deriving specifications, supporting production test facilities, and ensuring design quality and documentation standards are maintained within a multidisciplinary team.