RF & Communications Engineer – UAV PlatformsPriority

Bear Systems; Delhi; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Bear Systems in Delhi NCR seeks a Senior RF & Communications Engineer for UAV platforms. You will design, harden, and test RF links, balancing range with weight and mounting constraints.

You will enhance the datalink chain, implement ECCM measures, and validate performance across bench and field ranges to ensure mission readiness. The role focuses on real-world interference resilience, secure datalinks, and end-to-end RX/TX verification, reporting to the Team Aerospace & Defence Engineering

Qualifications

• Four or more years in RF engineering, communications systems, or antenna design for airborne/defence platforms.
• Strong grounding in RF fundamentals, link budgets, antenna theory, propagation, and modulation schemes.
• Experience with anti-jamming, frequency-hopping, or spread-spectrum designs.
• Comfort with RF test equipment and structured RX/TX validation.
• Experience with encrypted or secure datalinks for command and control.
• Ability to debug intermittent RF issues encountered in the field.

Responsibilities

• Design, harden, and test RF and communications links for UAV platforms.
• Own RF system enhancements across the datalink chain to improve range and reliability.
• Build and integrate anti-jamming and ECCM measures for robust operation.
• Own end-to-end RX/TX testing in bench, chamber, and field environments.

Skills

RF Engineering

Antenna Design

Datalinks

Field Testing

ECCM

Test & Validation

Education

Bachelor's in Electronics & Communications

Tools

Spectrum Analyzers

Vector Network Analyzers

Signal Generators

Job description

RF & Communications Engineer – UAV Platforms

Design, harden, and test the RF and communications links that keep UAV platforms connected and controllable in contested electromagnetic environments.

Team Aerospace & Defence Engineering

Location Delhi NCR

Arrangement On-site

Type Full-time

Level Senior

Experience 4+ years

Design and select antennas and RF front ends for command, control, and telemetry links, balancing range, gain, and platform constraints (weight, aerodynamics, mounting) against real mission profiles, not just a spec sheet in a lab.

Own RF system enhancement across the datalink chain — power amplifiers, filtering, frequency planning, and link budget analysis — to push usable range and reliability under real-world interference, not clean-room conditions.

Build and integrate anti‑jamming and ECCM measures: frequency-hopping spread spectrum, adaptive nulling, and resilient waveform design so the platform keeps flying and reporting when someone is actively trying to break the link.

Own end-to-end RX/TX testing — bench, anechoic chamber, and live field range — validating link performance, jam resistance, and failure behaviour before a platform is trusted with an operational mission.

Requirements

• Four or more years in RF engineering, communications systems, or antenna design, ideally for airborne or defence platforms
• Strong grounding in RF fundamentals — link budgets, antenna theory, propagation, and modulation schemes
• Practical experience with anti-jamming, frequency-hopping, or spread‑sphere communications design
• Comfortable with RF test equipment — spectrum analysers, vector network analysers, signal generators — and structured RX/TX validation
• Experience with encrypted or secure datalinks for command and control
• Able to debug intermittent, field-only RF issues that never reproduce cleanly on the bench

Nice to have

• +ECCM (Electronic Counter-Countermeasures) design experience
• +SDR (software-defined radio) platform experience (USRP, GNU Radio, or similar)
• +Prior work on military or paramilitary communications systems
• +Antenna simulation tooling (HFSS, CST, or equivalent)

Education

Bachelor's in Electronics & Communication Engineering, RF/Microwave Engineering, or related discipline; Master's preferred for anti-jam/ECCM specialisation

Compensation

Structured to compete with leading defence and aerospace employers.

Role facts

Posted 30 September 2026

Closes 18 January 2027

Applications close 18 January 2027. A person reads every submission.

Hiring Process

• We read it
  A person reads every application. No keyword filter.
• Reply
  Within 5 working days if there is a fit.
• Conversation
  90 minutes with the people you would work with.
• Paid trial
  A real, scoped problem. Paid at contract rate.