Senior RF Design Engineer

ic resources; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company based in Cambridge is seeking a Senior RF Design Engineer to ensure their RF Module Designs meet customer specifications for high volume production. This role involves collaboration across teams to optimize product performance and integrate seamlessly with customer applications, providing a dynamic and innovative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Pension contribution

Company Share option scheme

Recruitment referral bonus

Weekly company lunches

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in developing RF modules for high-volume production.
• Knowledge of 4G/5G RF front-end design techniques.
• Proficient in RF fundamentals and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure RF modules meet specified requirements.
• Collaborate with design teams for integration.
• Document results and share with team members.

Skills

Impedance matching

Linear designs

Harmonics analysis

Electronics

RF fundamentals

Simulation tools

Tools

ADS

Microwave Office

RF test equipment

Job description

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We're currently working with an innovative, Cambridge-based Telecommunications company seeking a Senior RF Design Engineer to take on the responsibility of ensuring their RF Module Designs meet customer requirements and can be produced in high volume.

This role involves guaranteeing that their products seamlessly integrate into customers' applications, both electrically and mechanically.

Key Responsibilities as a Senior RF Design Engineer:

• Ensure RF modules meet specified requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external IC design teams working on integrated digital tunable capacitors, Power Amplifiers, Low Noise Amplifiers, RF switches, digital interfaces, and power management solutions.
• Integrate design blocks on our multi-chip module for low loss, high-performance implementations.
• Optimise layouts for size and performance.
• Collaborate with applications, systems, algorithm, and software teams to optimise module performance in the application.
• Define and deliver the module test plan in collaboration with internal stakeholders and test teams.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, highly innovative start/scale-up environment.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively.
• Document results and share work with team members.

Qualifications as a Senior RF Design Engineer:

• Previous experience in developing modules or sub-systems for high-volume production.
• Knowledge of low noise, low power, high linearity design techniques for 4G/5G RF front-end modules.
• Proficient in RF fundamentals: impedance matching, Smith charts, passive RLC, filter designs (pole/zero analysis), linearity, harmonics, etc.
• Electronics experience and familiarity with standard interfaces such as MIPI RFFE is advantageous.
• Experienced in using simulation tools like ADS, Microwave Office, etc.
• Some experience in using RF test equipment such as Noise Meters, VNA, Spectrum Analyser for Gain, NF, IIP3, and Isolation measurements and troubleshooting.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary.
• Pension contribution.
• Company Share option scheme.
• Recruitment referral bonus.
• Regular social events, including weekly company lunches.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.

If you're interested in hearing more about this role as a Senior RF Design Engineer, please contact Zac Taylor.