Job summary

An Aerospace company based in Luton are recruiting for Microwave Engineers with expertise in Design and Test of Rf and Microwave products. This in an inside IR35 contract for an initial 12 month period.

Key skills required for this role

Rf, Microwave, Design, Test

Important

Principal Microwave Engineer

Job description

Are you an experienced Microwave Engineer that would like to aid in the delivery of high performance RF hardware that forms part of our self-protection systems installed on fast jet, UAV, land and naval platforms?

What you will do

• The Microwave Engineer will work with the support of experts in their field, to aid in test, fault diagnostics, propose and implement corrective design changes, qualification, verification, and product life cycle support.
• The scope of work will involve support to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) for various products
• You will be involved in the documents and procedures for the above as well as providing help for the products lifecycle.

What we need from you

What you really must have:

• Detailed knowledge of test (design proving and production) and integration over a wide selection of different RF / Microwave Electronic products
• Experience in testing RF and Microwave Designs with integrated Digital and High Speed driver controls.
• Experience of proposing and implementing design changes to RF / Microwave products and / or test methods
• A Wide breadth of experience with the latest test equipment and able to be work independently with limited guidance.
• Experience of using RF modelling tools (e.g. ADS, Microwave Office), for example, to investigate unexpected test results.
• Support to IPT's, to attend project update meetings and be able to communicate and work within those teams with good interpersonal skills. To produce reports where necessary and work to test and design procedures.
• Provide experienced guidance/coaching to other members of the discipline to promoting a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation across the function.
• To support the various IPTs with guidance and direction to identify, mitigate or resolve technical issues within projects
• You will have either a HNC/HND or Undergraduate Degree (Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Applied Physics) or you may just have lots of skills and experience gained through your hard work.