Senior RF Engineer
Location: North London
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Schedule: Monday to Friday
The client, a highly respected engineering and technology business operating within advanced surveillance and radar systems, is seeking an experienced Senior RF Engineer to join their growing team in North London. This is an excellent opportunity for an RF/Microwave specialist to play a key role in the development of cutting‑edge products within a technically advanced and highly regulated environment. You will take ownership of meaningful engineering work packages, supporting the full product lifecycle from concept and design through to testing, manufacture, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead RF and antenna development projects, both internally and through external partners
- Design, develop, and improve RF/Microwave modules and antenna systems
- Support product enhancements, redesigns, and obsolescence management activity
- Produce and manage technical requirements, specifications, verification, and validation plans
- Provide technical support to manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and customers
- Support production test systems and resolve technical issues during manufacture
- Conduct root cause analysis, fault finding, and performance trend analysis
- Ensure engineering procedures, quality standards, and documentation are maintained
- Generate cost estimates, schedules, and manage small technical work packages
- Contribute technical expertise across wider engineering and systems projects
Essential Experience
- Strong background in RF/Microwave engineering
- PCB design at microwave frequencies
- RF component knowledge including amplifiers, filters, mixers, PLLs, LNAs, circulators, limiters, etc.
- RF system design and cascade analysis
- Hands‑on experience using RF test equipment such as:
- Spectrum analyzer
- Vector Network Analyzer
- Strong understanding of antenna theory, design, and testing, including array antennas
- Experience with design for manufacture and design for test principles
- Exposure to manufacturing environments such as SMT production
- Strong communication skills and collaborative working style
Desirable Experience
- Altium PCB design software
- RF modelling/simulation tools
- Radar, defence, communications, or related sectors
- Digital electronics or power supply knowledge
- Systems engineering/requirements management
- Test automation using MATLAB or Python
- EMC knowledge
- Regulatory standards such as FCC, ETSI, ITU
Benefits
This role offers the chance to make a real impact on product development, continuous improvement, and future innovation, whilst gaining broad exposure across research and development, manufacturing, testing, and customer‑facing engineering activity. For the right individual, there are strong long‑term career prospects within a stable organisation that values technical expertise and professional growth.
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Location: North London
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Schedule: Monday to Friday
The client, a highly respected engineering and technology business operating within advanced surveillance and radar systems, is seeking an experienced Senior RF Engineer to join their growing team in North London. This is an excellent opportunity for an RF/Microwave specialist to play a key role in the development of cutting‑edge products within a technically advanced and highly regulated environment. You will take ownership of meaningful engineering work packages, supporting the full product lifecycle from concept and design through to testing, manufacture, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead RF and antenna development projects, both internally and through external partners
- Design, develop, and improve RF/Microwave modules and antenna systems
- Support product enhancements, redesigns, and obsolescence management activity
- Produce and manage technical requirements, specifications, verification, and validation plans
- Provide technical support to manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and customers
- Support production test systems and resolve technical issues during manufacture
- Conduct root cause analysis, fault finding, and performance trend analysis
- Ensure engineering procedures, quality standards, and documentation are maintained
- Generate cost estimates, schedules, and manage small technical work packages
- Contribute technical expertise across wider engineering and systems projects
Essential Experience
- Strong background in RF/Microwave engineering
- PCB design at microwave frequencies
- RF component knowledge including amplifiers, filters, mixers, PLLs, LNAs, circulators, limiters, etc.
- RF system design and cascade analysis
- Hands‑on experience using RF test equipment such as:
- Spectrum analyzer
- Vector Network Analyzer
- Strong understanding of antenna theory, design, and testing, including array antennas
- Experience with design for manufacture and design for test principles
- Exposure to manufacturing environments such as SMT production
- Strong communication skills and collaborative working style
Desirable Experience
- Altium PCB design software
- RF modelling/simulation tools
- Radar, defence, communications, or related sectors
- Digital electronics or power supply knowledge
- Systems engineering/requirements management
- Test automation using MATLAB or Python
- EMC knowledge
- Regulatory standards such as FCC, ETSI, ITU
Benefits
This role offers the chance to make a real impact on product development, continuous improvement, and future innovation, whilst gaining broad exposure across research and development, manufacturing, testing, and customer‑facing engineering activity. For the right individual, there are strong long‑term career prospects within a stable organisation that values technical expertise and professional growth.
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