Radio Frequency Engineer

Overview

As an Electronics Engineer (RF), you will design and deliver the radio‑frequency capability at the heart of our systems. From concept and detailed design through implementation and test, you will develop RF and microwave electronics that enable our platforms to sense, communicate and operate in demanding environments. Your work will take critical hardware from early prototypes into production, supporting air defence systems as they move from the lab to real‑world deployment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and define the requirements for the architecture of RF modules in conjunction with the wider engineering team
• Select components, perform analyses of RF chains, design distributed and hybrid filters, perform 2.5D and 3D EM simulations, draw schematics, direct (and occasionally engage in) layout activities, perform initial bring-up testing, and define production testing of RF and microwave electronic systems (including PCBs)

Requirements

• Experience with RF design up to 10GHz (absolute minimum, ideally higher)
• Proven experience in RF chain analysis (and ideally frequency planning)
• PCB design experience
• Experience in power supply design for RF circuits
• BEng/MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering or related field

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Experience working in a fast-paced R&D or start-up environment, with rapid      prototype iteration
• Experience designing high-power amplifiers, including SSPAs and TWTs
• Experience with power-combining techniques and matching-network design
• Experience with RF frequency synthesisers and waveform generators
• Experience designing waveguide components
• Experience performing phase-noise analysis and budgeting

  
About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.  

We’re building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery. 

We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission. 

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.    

Our Commitment to Inclusion   

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.