Senior RF Engineer — Radar & Microwave Systems

Energy Jobline CVL; Enfield; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL seeks a Senior RF Engineer to lead radar and microwave system development in a defence/aerospace focused environment. The role emphasizes hands-on RF module development, antenna design, and RF testing within a highly technical team.

You will contribute to RF circuit design, antenna arrays, RF PCB layouts and component selection, collaborating across suppliers, Quality, and Engineering to ensure robust, manufacturable solutions.

Qualifications

• RF / Microwave engineering experience.
• Antenna design experience.
• RF PCB design at microwave frequencies.
• Experience with RF components including LNAs, filters, mixers, PLLs and amplifiers.
• Familiarity with Vector Network Analysers and Spectrum Analysers.
• Experience within radar, defence, aerospace, communications or surveillance systems.
• Manufacturing or production support experience.

Responsibilities

• RF and microwave circuit design.
• Antenna design and array antenna development.
• RF PCB layout and schematic review.
• RF system analysis and component selection.
• Support RF manufacturing, SMT and production test.
• Validation, verification and troubleshooting of RF systems.
• Work with suppliers, quality and engineering teams.
• Support design for manufacture (DFM) and design for test (DFT).

Skills

RF / Microwave Engineering

Antenna design

RF PCB design (microwave)

RF components (LNAs, filters, mixers,

VNA & Spectrum Analyzers

Radar/defence/aerospace surveillance

Manufacturing / production support

Tools

Altium Designer

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Energy Jobline CVL seeks a Senior RF Engineer to lead radar and microwave system development in a defence/aerospace focused environment. The role emphasizes hands-on RF module development, antenna design, and RF testing within a highly technical team.

You will contribute to RF circuit design, antenna arrays, RF PCB layouts and component selection, collaborating across suppliers, Quality, and Engineering to ensure robust, manufacturable solutions.