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Senior RF Engineer

Senior RF Engineer

LeonardoEdinburgh, GB
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description : Opportunity

We are looking for a talented, motivated, and experienced RF / Microwave Engineers at Senior level to join our growing hardware engineering team within a radar team in Leonardo, based in the Edinburgh office.

As an RF Engineer, you will play a critical role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of cutting-edge radio frequency systems. With a focus on ensuring optimal performance and functionality, you will contribute to the advancement of our defence technology.

What you’ll do as a Senior RF Engineer :

This is an exciting opportunity for you as an experienced engineer to bring your skillset and knowledge into our working environment. You will :

  • Lead a series of applied research work-packages and feasibility studies, document and report on their findings, and provide RF architectural recommendations to support the creation of a digital antenna concept for our next generation surveillance radar system
  • Work closely with the Antenna Design Authority; Receiver Design Authority; Lead Hardware Specialist while providing RF hardware support to your counterparts within the Digital hardware, Systems, Software, Firmware Engineering, Product Support and Test engineering team
  • Take ownership of a system or functional block of RF PCB assemblies and :
  • Create high quality and robust designs; fully document and record your work products, keep them under configuration management and provide plans and progress reports; and conduct design reviews within the design review framework
  • Supervise junior responsible engineers from within your system or functional block of RF assemblies
  • Solve real integration problems on both current and next generation advanced systems over the entire engineering life cycle

What we need from you :

  • Qualifications : first or second degree (BSc, BEng, MEng, MSc, PhD, EngD) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (preferable) or related science (e.g. Physics)
  • Proven experience (5 years +) in RF circuit design and analysis and a strong understanding of microwave techniques and electromagnetic theory
  • Proficiency in using commercial software tools for RF analysis / simulation and schematic capture such as ADS, AWR, CST
  • Familiarity with RF measurement equipment and techniques
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail and ability to meet project deadlines
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
  • It would be great if you have :

  • Specific radar development experience in either antenna or receiver development
  • Advanced research experience / expertise to be applied in a technical study investigation
  • Concept development, defining architectures / partitioning in their domain
  • Lab prototyping to support rapid development
  • Hardware requirement specification definition
  • Experience with providing layout support, including prototyping layouts
  • Design verification testing
  • Security Clearance

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