Lead Radar Systems Engineer
Lead Radar Systems Engineer (Permanent)
Location: South of Cambridge, hybrid
Salary: £70k to £90k, depending on background and experience, plus benefits
Industry: Radar and RF Systems Engineering Consultancy
Our client is a respected technology and engineering consultancy, known for solving technically challenging problems for customers across defence, security, space and other sectors. They are looking for a recognised radar expert who still enjoys hands on engineering, to help shape the future direction of a rapidly expanding radar capability.
As Lead Radar Systems Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across radar activities, supporting customer delivery, capability development and business growth. You will lead the technical definition of advanced radar systems and RF architectures from concept through to demonstration and deployment, working closely with multidisciplinary teams spanning RF, electronics, signal processing, software and systems engineering.
UKSC / UKEO is essential. Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain NATO Secret and UK DV clearance. Existing NATO Secret and/or UK DV clearance would be highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of advanced radar and RF systems
- Define and assess RF architectures against customer requirements, which may at times be unclear
- Make critical system level trade offs involving performance, cost, risk and implementation complexity
- Guide multidisciplinary teams through the delivery of complex projects
- Develop radar system requirements and performance models
- Carry out system level analysis and architecture selection
- Evaluate radar performance trade offs including detection range, resolution, sensitivity and clutter performance
- Act as a trusted technical authority for customers, presenting complex concepts clearly to customers and stakeholders
- Support project scoping, proposal generation and technical planning
- Identify new opportunities arising from customer challenges and emerging technologies
- Mentor and coach engineers across radar, RF and systems disciplines
- Contribute to technology roadmaps and research activities, and support recruitment and technical development within the radar team
Essential skills and experience
- Significant industrial experience (minimum 10 years) in customised radar systems development
- Deep expertise across a substantial proportion of: pulse radar, FMCW radar, SAR and radar imaging systems, radar performance modelling and architecture development, antenna concepts and system integration
- RF systems design experience, including radio propagation, RF link and level planning, synthesiser design and transceiver architecture selection
- Strong RF hardware understanding, covering RF and microwave circuit design, distributed microwave techniques, millimetre wave systems, high performance frequency synthesisers and relevant analogue electronics
- Systems engineering experience, including requirements capture and analysis, verification and validation planning, project definition and technical scoping
- Proven technical leadership of multidisciplinary teams
- Recognised by peers as an authority in radar systems
- Commercially aware, comfortable operating with autonomy and engaging directly with customers
- A natural mentor who enjoys developing less experienced engineers
Benefits
- Employer pension contribution of 10%
- Car lease scheme available
- Private medical insurance paid
- Life assurance at 6x salary
Working arrangements and start date
- Hybrid working: 2 days working remotely and 3 days onsite
- Start date as soon as possible.