RF Engineer

RF Engineer

Location: Edinburgh

Rate: £43,48ph

Duration: 6 Months

Type: Contract

A global aerospace and defence organisation specialising in complex airborne applications are seeking a RF Engineer responsible for designing RF and Microwave circuits with very high performance levels.

You will be using a combination of the latest cutting-edge RF components and also tried-and-tested design approaches. The work involves extensive use of computer aided design tools, and also practical construction of lab prototypes.

Key Responsibilities -RF Engineer

• Full hardware lifecycle for our products: from system concept, through detailed design and prototyping, test and verification, system integration and support in production.

• Creating high quality and robust designs, for fully documenting and recording your work products, keeping them under configuration management and providing plans and progress reports.

• Carrying out all detail design activities from requirements capture to design verification; ensure design reviews are completed successfully; prepare robust manufacturing data packs; provide technical support to sub-contracts and engineering interface with manufacturing.

• Working closely with Systems, Test and Electronics engineers you will be solving real integration problems on complex systems

Skills & Qualifications -RF Engineer

• A degree in engineering or related discipline;

• Understanding of Radar Systems or Radar Receivers. This would include current practical experience in one or more of the following areas: Frequency synthesiser design, Receiver architectures and design, General RF and microwave PCB-level design with COTS active and passive components;

• Previous experience of working with some of the following: DDS, PLL, DAC, ADC, high dynamic range / low noise design, phase noise;

• Knowledge in at least one of: AWR Microwave Office, Keysight ADS, Matlab, CST.

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