Senior RF Engineer

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior RF Engineer to take ownership of critical RF and microwave work packages, covering module development, antenna design, test, and production support for advanced engineering products.

This is a hands‑on senior role for someone who enjoys technical leadership, deep RF problem‑solving, and working across the full product lifecycle – from requirements and design through to manufacture and in‑service support.

What You’ll Be Doing

Leading the development of RF modules and antenna systems, using internal teams and external partners

Maintaining and improving existing RF and antenna designs, including obsolescence management

Deriving, managing, and verifying RF and antenna requirements and specifications

Providing RF and antenna expertise to Supply Chain, Quality, Suppliers, and Customers

Supporting external RF/antenna designs and maintaining production test solutions

Supporting RF module manufacture, including trend analysis and root‑cause investigation

Ensuring engineering procedures and quality standards are consistently applied

Estimating, planning, and managing small technical work packages

Producing and maintaining clear, accurate technical documentation

What We’re Looking For

Essential Strong experience in PCB design at microwave frequencies, including schematic manipulation and layout review

In‑depth knowledge of RF components such as HPAs, LNAs, limiters, circulators, filters, mixers, and PLLs

Experience with RF system design and cascade analysis

Hands‑on use of RF test equipment (VNAs, spectrum analysers, etc.)

Strong understanding of antenna theory, design, and test, including array, slotted, and printed antennas

Design for testability and manufacturability, with experience supporting production (e.g. SMT environments) xlqdzyr

Self‑motivated team player with strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

Familiarity with Altium for PCB design

Experience using Altair RF and antenna simulation tools

Background in radar or communications systems

Knowledge of digital electronics or power supply design

Experience With Requirements Management Or Systems Engineering Test automation using MATLAB or Python

Understanding of EMC and regulatory compliance (FCC, ITU, ETSI)

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy