Principal RF Engineer

Overview

In this role you lead RF/mmW design activities from concept to production within Filtronic’s engineering team. You’ll own RF/mmW specifications, optimize performance, and drive reliability and manufacturability across telecom and defence products. You collaborate with mechanical, PCB, and test teams to deliver robust solutions and contribute to best-practice development. The opportunity combines technical leadership with hands-on design across sub-circuits, modules, and systems, at a state-of-the-art facility in County Durham. You will shape product delivery and cross-functional execution in a fast-paced environment.

Pay / Benefits

• excellent salary and benefits package

Responsibilities

• Lead RF/mmW sub-circuits, modules, and systems design for telecom and defence products
• Own RF/mmW specification, design, simulation, realization and verification
• Provide technical guidance to other engineers and review design documentation
• Perform system line-up, tolerance, and design-for-manufacture analyses
• Assist with component/IC/MMIC selection and supplier liaison
• Collaborate with mechanical, electronics, PCB layout, manufacturing and test teams
• Lead design reviews and manage technical risks
• Support verification, validation, testing, and reliability programs
• Support problem solving during product introduction and production
• Ensure designs meet project technical, schedule, and cost targets

Key requirements

• Significant RF/mmW circuit or system design experience
• Experience with RF design tools (Microwave Office, CST, EMPro or ADS)
• Strong microwave circuit design and tolerance/yield analysis knowledge
• Experience with transceiver, amplifier, filter, module or subsystem design (beneficial)
• Ability to lead technical activities and mentor engineers
• Strong problem-solving and practical engineering delivery skills
• Good communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities

• leadership
• communication
• problem-solving
• RF/mmW circuit design
• system line-up analysis
• tolerance/yield analysis

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