Senior RF Engineer

JR239: Senior RF Engineer  Location: Enfield, North LondonSalary: CompetitiveOverview:  First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior RF Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.  Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration. Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Proactively lead RF equipment development, via internal or sub-contracted work packages.
• Maintain RF designs – e.g., for Product Improvements or Obsolescence.
• Oversee derivation of requirements and specifications and their verification & validation.
• Provide technical support to Supply Chain, Quality, Suppliers and Customers.
• Support external RF designs and maintain RF Production Tests.
• Support RF module manufacture – responding to technical issues, undertaking trend analysis and root cause analysis.
• Ensure that Engineering Procedures are correctly followed, and the quality is maintained through design and manufacture.
• Generate Estimates, Plans and generally manage small work packages.
• Ensure adequate documentation is maintained.
• Any other tasks associated with this role

Skills and Qualifications:  

• PCB Design at microwave frequencies - comfortable with manipulating schematics and defining/reviewing required layout.
• RF Component selection; knowledge of High Power RF amplifier, Low Noise Amplifiers, Limiters, Circulators, Filters, Mixers and Phase Locked Loop usage.
• RF System Design (e.g. Cascade Analysis).
• Familiarity with RF test equipment (e.g. Spectrum Analysers, Vector Network Analysers).
• Design for test and design for manufacture.
• Experience of a Production Environment (e.g. good understanding of processes such as SMT).
• Self-motivated and enjoys working within a team.
• Good command of written and verbal English. 

Location: Enfield, North LondonSalary: Competitive