Principal RF Design Engineer

Position DescriptionThis is a senior technical role relating to the Radio Frequency (RF) aspects of hardware design. The Role Holder will :-

• Apply depth and breadth of design expertise and knowledge to generate RF design solutions for both new products and technology insertions into legacy products.
• Be capable of generating detailed designs from concept to completion and addressing a range of complex engineering issues.

Typically act as an engineering, technical, or design authority for a Line Replacement Unit or sub-system.

Core Duties

• Detailed RF circuit design including component selection, evaluation, simulation, schematic capture, and preparing guidance for PCB design teams.
• Electromagnetic simulation and analysis.
• Specification of bespoke procured hardware.
• Design verification using a combination of simulation, analysis, and test techniques including support to EMC test houses and customer installations.
• Integration activities in a complex equipment environment.
• Generates design documentation and technical reports. Vets documentation generated by others.
• Interfacing with related disciplines including systems engineering, mechanical/thermal engineering, Integrated Logistics Support, Safety, Product Data Management, and manufacturing areas.
• Adherence to Engineering Lifecycle and conducting progress, peer, and design reviews.
• Contribute to bids, proposals, and estimates.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on RF engineering matters.
• Develops, promotes and shares new technologies for implementation across businesses and programme(s)
• May lead a team of engineers including line management responsibility

The role holder will have:

• A degree in Electronic Engineering or strongly related subject.
• Substantial experience of generating component level designs for introduction into volume production.
• Substantial experience of developing firmware.
• Previous experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment.
• Substantial experience of design proving, integration, and defect resolution.
• Substantial experience of gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.

The role holder:

• Requires an understanding of how activities of own teams interrelates and interacts with other functional areas aligned to the same discipline and project
• Understands in detail the technical specification aligned to the functional area of activity. Requires a limited understanding of the external environment

Leadership (Requirements of the position for providing leadership and guidance to others)

The role holder:

• Provides advice and guidance to others within the same team or same discipline area.
• Within the team, project or discipline is recognised by others as a source of authoritative knowledge and is sought out for advice & mentoring

Problem Solving (Breadth of mental skills required in order to perform the position)

The role holder performs analysis, evaluation and resolution of complex engineering issues and specifications. Developing innovative and creative solutions to challenging engineering problems and issues

Nature of Impact (Impact on business by detailing the overall responsibility associated with the job)

The role holder is accountable for the quality and delivery of own work schedule. The job has a direct impact on the quality of the overall solution provided by the team.

Area of Impact (Business area impacted Delivery/Functional)

The role holder has an impact on the activities and effectiveness of developments associated with own team and engineering solution.

Interpersonal Skills (type of people skills required to perform the job)

The role holder:

• Requires strong communication, diplomacy and interpersonal skills. Typically communication will be internally focussed but may include limited communication and interface with external contacts and customers.
• Is required to influence, guide and convince others to adopt a particular course of action