Principal Antenna Engineer and Capability Lead

Overview

As Capability Lead & Principal Antenna Engineer, you will drive the design, development, and sustainment of RF and antenna systems across the full lifecycle. You will guide the Antenna Design Team, providing technical leadership, mentorship, and development opportunities while collaborating with senior engineering leadership to meet strategic objectives. You will tackle design, simulation, testing, and production support, delivering high-impact antenna solutions for aerospace applications. This role offers meaningful influence on product capability, quality, and delivery at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and testing of RF and antenna systems
• Carry out electromagnetic simulation and performance optimisation
• Support RF test, verification, and qualification activities
• Lead requirements capture, analysis, and customer engagement
• Oversee prototype testing and product validation
• Support bids, technical proposals, and project estimates
• Maintain project plans with Project Managers and report progress
• Line manage the antenna team, including mentoring, reviews, and development

Key requirements

• Degree in Engineering (or equivalent)
• Strong RF, antenna, and microwave engineering background
• Experience with EM simulation tools (e.g. CST, HFSS, FEKO)
• Experience with RF test equipment (VNA, spectrum analysers)
• Background in antenna design and RF circuit principles
• Experience with antenna test ranges / anechoic chambers
• Proven team leadership or line management experience
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• mentoring and team development
• RF engineering
• antenna design
• microwave engineering

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