Senior RF Payload Engineer

Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources is representing a space engineering client in Guildford seeking a Senior RF Payload Engineer to develop satellite payloads from design through to in-orbit commissioning.

You will define payload architectures, analyze performance and specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing, working with hardware specialists and external suppliers to realise requirements.

Qualifications

• RF experience with systems engineering and requirements flow-down.
• Experience in link budgets, RF/digital design, signal processing, antenna design, and payload verification.
• Degree in engineering, maths or physics; able to own technical decisions across disciplines; space hardware experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define payload architectures and analyse performance; specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing.
• Collaborate with hardware specialists and external suppliers to turn requirements into working payloads.
• Develop design, test and calibration tools; support environmental testing and commissioning; manage delivery schedules and budgets; own payload lifecycle.

Skills

RF experience

Systems engineering

Requirements flow-down

Link budgets

RF design

Digital design

Signal processing

Antenna design

Payload verification

Technical ownership

Education

Engineering/ Maths/ Physics degree

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Our client, a space engineering company in Guildford, Surrey, is looking for a Senior RF Payload Engineer to develop satellite payloads for communications, radar and signal intelligence applications. The work spans system design through to hardware integration, verification and in-orbit commissioning.

The role

As a Senior RF Payload Engineer, you’ll define payload architectures, analyse performance and specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and associated signal processing. Working with hardware specialists and external suppliers, you’ll help turn requirements into working payloads.

You’ll also develop design, test and calibration tools, support environmental testing and commissioning, and take responsibility for technical delivery, schedules and budgets.

What they’re looking for

• Relevant RF experience, including systems engineering and requirements flow-down.
• Experience across some of the following: link budgets, RF or digital design, signal processing, antenna design and payload verification.
• Familiarity with MATLAB or Python for modelling.
• An engineering, maths or physics degree, with the confidence to own technical decisions and work across disciplines.
• Space hardware manufacture and test experience would be useful.

Why consider it?

This Senior RF Payload Engineer position offers responsibility across the full payload lifecycle, with visibility of how your design performs in orbit. It suits someone who enjoys detailed technical work alongside broader system ownership and close collaboration with engineering specialists.

For more information, contact Zac Taylor at IC Resources.