Team Lead - RF Design

Team Lead – RF Design

Take ownership of major RF engineering programmes while developing your leadership career. This role offers the chance to guide technical delivery, influence engineering direction and progress along either a technical or people management pathway within the defence sector.

Essential requirements
• British Citizen able to obtain and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance
• Proven experience leading technical teams and delivering complex RF design activities
• Strong practical RF circuit design and test experience across a broad frequency range
• Knowledge of radio transceiver architectures and RF system design
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering environments

Salary and rewards
Circa £75,000 depending on experience, plus an annual bonus of up to 21% of salary.

Your role
• Lead the delivery of complex RF design work packages from concept through to implementation
• Provide day to day technical and functional leadership to a team of RF engineers
• Work closely with engineering specialists and programme stakeholders to achieve delivery objectives
• Support planning, resource allocation and project execution to meet quality, cost and schedule targets
• Contribute to the development of RF and electronic engineering capability across the wider function
• Drive the design, integration and verification of advanced RF technologies

Your experience
• Technical leadership experience within RF engineering environments
• RF design and test expertise covering amplifiers, filters, oscillators, synthesisers and modulation technologies
• Knowledge of analogue, digital and power supply design principles
• Experience with RF and antenna design tools such as Microwave Office or HFSS
• Understanding of manufacturing methods and design for manufacture and test principles
• Project planning and delivery experience using recognised planning tools and techniques

Benefits and balance
You will enjoy practical benefits including:
• Annual performance-related bonus opportunity of up to 21% of salary
• Pension contributions of up to 14% through combined employer and employee funding
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance

Where you will work
Stevenage with a hybrid working pattern, typically including three days on site each week.

Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens who can obtain SC clearance.
This is a permanent role.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.