MBDA
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PrincipalRFEngineer
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“Principal RF Engineer at MBDA. Skills: Radio Frequency design and testing, System performance analysis, Interface debugging and system integration, Hardware/Software design requirements, System design for real-time applications. designing and developing and maintaining new and existing RF equipment. working with multi-disciplinary teams to combine RF, electronics engineering and software development to produce new capabilities that enable the HWIL team to run new simulations”
Industry & Context.
abstracting detail
British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship, HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Radio Frequency design and testing, System performance analysis, Interface debugging and system integration, Hardware/Software design requirements, System design for real-time applications, Familiarity with Linux operating system, Familiarity with computer science (C++ an advantage), Integration of microcontrollers into RF hardware (e. g. Raspberry Pi)
Nice to Have
C++
What You'll Do.
designing and developing and maintaining new and existing RF equipment
working with multi-disciplinary teams to combine RF
electronics engineering and software development to produce new capabilities that enable the HWIL team to run new simulations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working with multi-disciplinary teams
Full Job Description
You will be able to adapt to new engineering situations and be comfortable in abstracting detail in order to understand the simulation and missile’s behaviour! **Salary** : Up to £55,000 depending on experience **Dynamic (hybrid) working** : 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification **Security Clearance** : British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team. **What we can offer you:** * **Company bonus** : Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) * **Pension** : maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% * **Overtime:** opportunity for paid overtime**** * **Flexi Leave:** Up to 15 additional days * **Flexible working:** We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements * **Enhanced parental leave:** offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments * **Facilities** : Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more… **The opportunity:** We are looking for ambitious engineers with a growth mind-set to join our team. If you are the right person for us, you will seek a supportive environment, surrounded by passionate experts while being a part of a collaborative and driven team. The Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) team conduct the most complete test of missiles other than a firing and are MBDA’s Missile test track. We design complex, real-time simulations that surround _real_ missile hardware to allow us to ‘fire missiles indoors’. As a HWIL RF engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing and maintaining new and existing RF equip
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