Senior RF Payload Engineer — Full Payload Lifecycle

IC Resources; Guildford; Presencial; GBP 65.000 - 105.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IC Resources' client in Guildford is seeking a Senior RF Payload Engineer to develop satellite payloads for communications, radar and SIGINT, spanning system design to hardware integration and in-orbit commissioning.

You will define payload architectures, analyse performance, specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing, and collaborate with hardware teams and suppliers to deliver reliable payloads.

Formación

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

Responsabilidades

• Define payload architectures and analyse performance.
• Specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing.
• Work with hardware specialists and external suppliers to turn requirements into payloads.
• Develop design, test and calibration tools and support environmental testing and commissioning.
• Take responsibility for technical delivery, schedules and budgets.

Conocimientos

Systems engineering

RF design

Signal processing

Educación

Engineering/Physics degree

Herramientas

MATLAB

Python

Descripción del empleo

IC Resources' client in Guildford is seeking a Senior RF Payload Engineer to develop satellite payloads for communications, radar and SIGINT, spanning system design to hardware integration and in-orbit commissioning.

You will define payload architectures, analyse performance, specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing, and collaborate with hardware teams and suppliers to deliver reliable payloads.