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Job Title: RF Design Authority
Location: Cowes – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £70k depending on skills and experience.
Put yourself into a dynamic RF Design Authority role at the forefront of real-world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be opportunities to develop next-generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribute to our strategy for new technology. Your day-to-day will be exciting and diverse, applying engineering principles across the entire development lifecycle as you develop radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Provide technical leadership and guidance on RF engineering matters.
* Develop, promote, and share new technologies for implementation across businesses and programmes.
* Engage in integration activities in a complex equipment environment.
* Generate design documentation and technical reports.
* Conduct full engineering lifecycle activities, including progress, peer, and design reviews.
* Ensure design compliance with specifications, standards, and regulations.
Your Skills And Experience
Substantial experience in:
* RF technologies, system and circuit architectures.
* Simulating RF systems (e.g., using ADS, HFSS, or similar tools).
* Generating component-level designs for volume production.
* Integration, design proving, and defect resolution.
* Gathering evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.
* A degree in Electronic Engineering or a related field (electrical engineering, telecommunications).
Benefits
In addition to a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans, extensive flexible discounts on health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Team
This technical role focuses on RF hardware design, developing solutions for new products and integrating technologies into legacy systems. Responsibilities include creating detailed designs, addressing engineering challenges, and managing board-level and unit-level designs.
BAE Systems’ Radar Sector advances next-generation radar and sensor systems, supporting projects across the engineering lifecycle for UK and export markets. The role offers flexible and hybrid working arrangements, with accessible commute options from Southampton via ferry and shuttle service.
Why BAE Systems?
Make a real difference in an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.
Applications from current BAE Systems employees who have been in their role for 12 months or longer are encouraged. Roles may be subject to security and export control restrictions based on nationality, residency, and security vetting requirements.
Closing date: 9th May 2025. We may close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received, so apply promptly.
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