Senior RF Electronics Engineer

Senior RF Electronics Engineer

Cambridge area | £70,000-£75,000 base

UK Eyes / SC eligibility required

We're partnered with an engineering consultancy working on advanced electronics systems used in the Defence, Space, Security and Industrial sectors. This role joins an established FPGA team delivering project-based work. The role joins a 20‑person hardware‑led team and sits at senior engineer level, with responsibility beyond pure design work.

What you’ll work on

• Lead RF design activity across multiple programmes, taking systems from concept through verification.

• RF systems for radar, radios, autonomous platforms, and sensing
• Airborne, mobile, and low‑Swap platforms
• Customer‑led consultancy projects rather than single long‑cycle products

• RF system design and architecture
• Detailed RF, microwave, and analogue circuit design (amplifiers, filters, synthesizers)
• Adjacent analogue electronics and power supply design
• Organising and generating project workload
  
  Design reviews, verification planning, and technical sign‑off
• Explaining technical decisions to non‑technical customers
• Working closely with systems, digital, and test engineers

• MEng (2:1 or above) in an engineering discipline
• 6‑10 years post‑graduate RF electronics experience
• RF system‑level design experience (not just block ownership)
• Strong analogue and microwave design capability
• Eligibility for UK Eyes / SC clearance

• Consultancy background
• Experience owning design and architecture, not just implementation

• Radar or radio systems experience
• Digital circuit design exposure
• mmWave design
• Team leadership or technical mentoring

Candidates from product environments are considered only if they’ve owned end‑to‑end RF design decisions.

• Hardware‑focused team of ~20 engineers
• Scope to influence technical direction and workload planning

• Telephone screen with Hiring Manager
• On‑site interview (Cambridge):
  • Technical interview
  • HR interview

• Based just south of Cambridge
• £70,000-£75,000 base (aligned to experience and impact)
• Career progression across technical, commercial, or leadership paths
• Access to advanced lab and test facilities

• Job Title:
  
  Senior RF Electronics Engineer
• Company:
  Vantage Consulting Ltd
• Location:
  
  Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Posted:
  Feb 6th 2026
• Closes:
  Mar 9th 2026
• Sector:
  Consulting
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
  
  Hours:
  
  Full Time