- Location
- Sedgefield, England, United Kingdom · published
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Lead
- Source
- Workable
Description
Filtronic is looking for a Lead RF Engineer to join our team, based at our new state-of-the-art facility in County Durham UK, to work on a range of exciting products from concept through to production.
With a wide range of design tools, experienced engineers and in-house RF/mmW manufacturing capabilities, you will play a key role in the design and delivery of new products as part of the Filtronic team.
Our products range from low volume niche opportunity devices to high volume telecommunications and defence equipment.
Purpose of Role:
Responsible for leading the design of RF/mmW elements and systems, ensuring that electrical performance, quality, cost and manufacturability requirements are met.
The Lead RF Engineer will provide technical leadership at a senior level across design activities, support project delivery and help develop best practice within the engineering team.
Summary of responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of RF/mmW sub-circuits, sub-modules and systems within telecommunications and defence products.
- Take technical responsibility for RF/mmW specification, design, simulation, realisation and verification.
- Provide technical guidance and support to other engineers within the team.
- Carry out system line-up analysis, tolerance analysis and design for manufacture.
- Support the selection of components, ICs and MMICs, including liaison with suppliers where required.
- Work closely with mechanical, electronics, PCB layout, manufacturing and test teams to deliver robust product designs.
- Prepare and review design documentation, including design logbooks, data packs, peer reviews and design release information.
- Lead and participate in design reviews, identifying and managing technical risks.
- Support design verification and validation, including test specifications, test reports and reliability testing.
- Support problem solving and fault diagnosis during product introduction and production.
- Ensure designs are delivered in line with project technical, schedule and cost requirements.