SNR RF Engineer

at  Raytheon

SUMMARY

Raytheon UK is looking for an experienced and high performing RF Engineer to join a successful Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) team within the Global Sensors Mission Area, creating RF GPS/GNSS Anti-Jam Systems for the military market. The role will be based at Raytheon’s Harlow facility and the successful candidate will report directly to the APNT RF Hardware Engineering Section Lead.
This is a creative and stimulating role offering development opportunities and the chance to work alongside our highly skilled technical team.
The RF Hardware Engineer will be able make their mark on a broad and varied range of product designs and will be expected to assist in the integration of these designs into product being the focal point for the complete solution. They will have the opportunity to support engineering solutions, overseeing the integration of contributions from all other engineering disciplines – including systems, hardware, mechanical, software, safety and reliability.
Above all, this is the ideal opportunity for a self-starting RF Hardware Engineer who wants to work on exciting technology and product development projects in a collaborative environment. The successful candidate will have demonstrated competence in RF product design for challenging environments and design for high volume techniques. The home office location will be based at Harlow with attendance on site expected in line with Raytheon’s hybrid working model.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• In depth experience in design and layout of RF and analogue micro circuitry and micro integration into products for harsh environments and hostile EM conditions.
• Design experience in Receiver technologies in the 1-2 GHz band with an emphasis on GPS/GNSS signal.
• Design experience of down conversion and up conversion techniques and processing methods.
• Good knowledge of product design and problem solving within a design for manufacture environment.
• Familiarity with Microwave simulators (Cadence preferred), PCB layout and Mechanical modelling tools.
• Experience in full system design lifecycle and ability to take an overall systems view.
• Good team player who is willing to take ownership of problems and actively engages in IPT and group activities.
• Fully understand circuit operation, debug, diagnose and implement fixes.
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills, willing to take ownership as well as positively contributing within cross-disciplined teams.
• Able to prioritise and manage their tasks to ensure all are completed to time and schedule.
• Develop hardware concepts efficiently from limited or vague customer requirements and communicate potential solutions.
• Experience in interpretation of customer specs and end use environments.
• Good communication skills. Ability to tailor communications to level and audience at all levels.
• Excellent stakeholder management and customer interfacing skills.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK, Europe and the US.
• Understands the principles of 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.
• Eligible or current holder of SC security clearance.

Desired Skills:

• Experience of interpretation of customer specs and end use environments
• Experience in design for manufacture for high volume product.
• Analytical engineer who can process data efficiently to provide solutions to problems and communicate the outcomes at all levels.
• Experience with interfacing to RF circuitry and high-speed D/A /A/D conversion
• Experience using the Mentor Graphics tool suite; DX Designer, Constraints Editor, HyperLynx tools such as Signal Integrity & Power Analyser or equivalents would be advantageous.
• Proven analytical skills in circuit simulation (MATLAB, LT Spice)) and thermal analysis.
• Product Quality Testing and Certification.
• Experience of working with Industry standard toolsets for requirement capture, design and task management (e.g., DOORs, Microsoft Project).

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Minimum of Degree in related subject, preferably in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
• Proven experience in a product design and development role, within an Electronics Product Environment.

THIS ROLE INCLUDES:

• Developing requirements for new products
• RF hardware design and development with technical leadership – From the initial concept stage, developing these concepts through to final production and certification.
• Design and implement RF test solutions.
• Working within the product hardware team and working with all other engineering disciplines throughout the design cycle, in a collaborative working and shared environment.
• Producing design documentation and reports for project artefacts and deliverables.
• Working with Customers and the Product Design Authority to develop and shape the technical requirements design and then manage these requirements through the in order to meet the requirements set during product development.
• Interface with suppliers and industry experts.
• Solving complex technical problems on new and existing GPS/GNSS Anti-Jam Products.
• Support and mentor junior engineers through their activities.