My client, a world leader in the defence sector, requires a Principal RF Engineer to join their team in Stevenage, a team which designs real-time simulations for hardware-in-the-loop weapons testing.

Principal RF Engineer

As a Principal RF engineer within the HWIL team, you will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining new and existing RF equipment and working with multi-disciplinary teams to combine RF, Electronics Engineering and Software Development to produce new capabilities that enable the HWIL team to run new simulations.

You will be able to adapt to new engineering situations and be comfortable in abstracting detail in order to understand the simulation and missile’s behaviour.

To be considered for this role, applicants will need to be qualified to degree level (ideally Masters) in a relevant engineering subject, with experience in most of the following:
*Radio Frequency design and testing
*System performance analysis
*Interface debugging and system integration
*Hardware/Software design requirements
*System design for real-time applications
*Familiarity with Linux operating system
*Familiarity with computer science (C++ an advantage)
*Integration of microcontrollers into RF hardware (e.g. Raspberry Pi)

My client is keen to hear from candidates who are passionate about the defence industry and technology.  In return they offer support in helping you build a successful career while working with incredible technologies and products.

Principal RF Engineer
Stevenage
Salary to circa £55k DOE plus benefits (bonus, pension, paid overtime, flexi leave, excellent site facilities)
Hybrid working (project dependent, typically 3 to 4 days per week on-site)

Key Skills: RF Engineer, RF Engineering, Radio Frequency, Design, Test, Development, Performance Analysis, Systems Integration, Linux, C++, Microcontrollers, RF, Hardware.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client’s site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens (or Dual UK nationals with British citizenship). Applicants who meet these criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don’t hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time. 

This role is a PERMANENT position