RF Engineer required for design, development, testing and approvals of short-range RF embedded devices for both the existing portfolio and the future roadmap. The job also entails researching new technologies, evaluating new development tools/processes and providing support and assistance in all RF matters.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
* Primarily contributing to the RF design and development of embedded hardware for offender monitoring equipment.
* Work within embedded development team to help identify current areas of concern in design process.
* Evaluate and analyse 3rd party software designed to enhance embedded systems development.
* Support efforts that ensure new products quickly reach the market.
* Develop new IP and ensure that it can be protected by following IP documentation and confidentiality processes.
* Maintain up to date understanding of the technology sectors applicable to the company’s current and future products.
* Ensure that all designs are fully documented and archived.
* Help ensure that all designs are fully type approved and that they meet all aspects of functionality and performance defined in the specifications.
* Provide technical support to operations and production teams to ensure product designs are understood and can be correctly manufactured, tested and maintained.
* Providing frequent updates on task progress with estimates of time elapsed and engineering effort required to complete assigned project tasks.
Key Competencies
* Self-starter.
* Delivering performance.
* Technical mind-set.
* Customer thinking.
* Awareness of the market environment.
* Sharing & Co-operating.
* Driving change.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
* Excellent electronic and hardware design skills.
* At least 5 years’ experience in low-power, microcontroller-driven wireless systems.
* Fundamental firmware knowledge.
* Significant Altium product knowledge.
* Significant RF knowledge applied in commercial designs.
* Knowledge of RF simulation tools.
Desirable
* History of driving hardware development process changes.
* Embedded C programming experience.
* High volume product development.
* Proven RF design capabilities.
* Familiarity with approvals processes.