Roke is a world-class technology and engineering consultancy. Roke delivers advanced research, development services and products to high profile customers who come to Roke with varied and challenging problems to solve.
We are looking for someone to join our specialist National Security Sensors and Comms (S&C) team to continue our ability to create innovative solutions which help our customers complete their missions.
Job Purpose & Key Responsibilities
As a Lead Engineer in the Sensors and Comms team you will:
1. Design system architecture which meets customer requirements
2. Lead a team of multi disciplined engineers to implement and deliver solutions
3. Work with customers and other stakeholders to gather requirements and validate solutions
4. Engage with project managers and customers to estimate delivery times.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
An ideal candidate will have demonstrable evidence of all or many of the following skills/knowledge:
Technical:
5. Full System design (from antenna to GUI)
6. Embedded software: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, RT Linux
7. FPGA and VHDL/Verilog
8. Understanding/experience in 5G protocol
9. Familiarity with other comms protocols: 2G/GSM, 4G/5G LTE L1 PHY/L2
10. CommEx System engineering
11. Array Processing
12. RF knowledge/skills
Leadership:
13. Technical leadership of project team setting up tasking and ensuring delivery
14. Requirements elicitation and solution verify/validation
15. Champion and ensure best engineering practices
16. Excellent communication skills
17. Identify and manage project risks
18. Engage with project stakeholders (project manager, client managers etc)
Security
Due to the nature of this position, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance. As a result, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 10 years.