RF Design Engineer

Overview

In this role you design and integrate cutting-edge RF electronics for defence and electromagnetic warfare applications. You will work within a collaborative team to deliver robust, high-performance solutions across diverse projects and domains. You’ll lead hands-on design, testing, and optimization, while contributing to reviews, documentation, and knowledge transfer. This position offers independence, impact, and opportunities to engage with customers and drive technical excellence in a mission-critical context.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• flexible benefits covering health and wellbeing, savings and protection, life
• committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion
• friendly, creative, inclusive work environment
• employee groups and communities with shared interests

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate, and implement RF and analogue circuits and systems for defence projects across domains like electromagnetic warfare, positioning and timing, and survivability
• Conduct hands-on integration, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging to optimize performance (impedance, VSWR, wideband operation)
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical input to improve outcomes
• Prepare and maintain high-quality technical documentation and reports (design specs, test plans, results) for compliance
• Provide technical support to the Technical Lead (risk management, customer meeting input)
• Mentor and give feedback to junior engineers for team growth
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders inside and outside the project team
• Comply with Roke policies and design/development processes
• Demonstrate excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Undertake engineering design and development activities on time, budget, and quality
• Provide effort estimates, assess complexity, and identify risks
• Assist in defining and achieving project goals
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Design Authorities, Systems Engineers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into tasks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, foster a positive work environment, identify process improvements
• Continuously review processes to remove bottlenecks and implement improvements

Key requirements

• RF design engineering experience
• Experience with RF performance models (e.g., Microwave Office) and PCB layout (e.g., Altium)
• Experience designing solutions with very low SWaP-C
• RF design for harsh environments (EMC, vibration, thermal)
• Overseeing hardware transition to production, including environmental testing, qualification testing, and design certification
• Experience with spectrum analysers, vector analysers, power meters, signal generators, filters, switches, receivers, and power supplies
• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, or equivalent
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong collaboration in cross-functional teams
• Proactive communication with stakeholders
• Microwave Office
• Altium
• RF design from LF to X Band

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