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Principal RF Engineer
Largely remote, 1 or 2 days per month in Edinburgh – 6 month duration – inside IR35 pay rate negotiable
We are looking for an RF Engineer at Senior or Principal Level to join our defence client based in Edinburgh. Our client develops cutting edge Radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon and SAAB Gripen fighter jets, as well as Maritime and Airborne surveillance systems. They are also investors in innovation, undertaking own research to fuel future products. We are recruiting talented, motivated engineers to join the growing Electronics team.
What you'll do as a Principal RF Engineer:
You will be involved in developing a range of multifunctional RF, PCB and Module designs using the latest technologies available and enhancing your understanding of key design and manufacture processes.
As an RF/Microwave engineer, you will be responsible for;
• Full hardware lifecycle for products: from system concept, through detailed design and prototyping, test and verification, system integration and support in production.
• Creating high quality and robust designs, conducting design reviews for your design, fully documenting and recording your work products, keeping them under configuration management and providing plans and progress reports.
• Developing a range of multifunctional RF PCB and Module designs using the latest technologies available and enhancing your understanding of key design and manufacture processes.
• Designing to test, creating test prototypes for design validation, verification of development models and support for production test.
• Carrying out all detail design activities from requirements capture to design verification.
• Ensuring design reviews are completed successfully.
• Preparing robust manufacturing data packs and provide technical support to sub-contracts and engineering interface with manufacturing.
• Working closely with Systems, Test and Electronics engineers you will be solving real integration problems on advanced systems
Requirements:
You will ideally have ability in the following areas;
• Microwave PCB materials & design techniques.
• RF Microwave Sub-System Design.
• Microwave design tools – e.g. AWR, VSS, ADS, Systemvue, Matlab.
• EM 3D and 2D simulation techniques – e.g. CST.
• GaAs/GaN MMIC design and application
• RF Synthesiser design, using DDS and PLL technologies
• RF downconverter and digitiser design
• Design of passive microwave structures.
• Low phase noise design and measurement
• Non-linear circuit simulation.
• PCB schematic capture tools – e.g. Mentor.
• Lab measurements such as signal generation, spectrum analysis and vector network analysis
• Microwave component selection.
• Requirements capture and management.
• Technical report writing
• Design reviews and lifecycle management
• Design for manufacture and cost.
Additional information:
Due to the nature of our clients work, any candidate must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance with access to UK Eyes Only and ITAR export control information.
This role shall operate Inside IR35.
