Senior RF Design Engineer

Overview

DTC - A Codan Company operates in fast growing markets offering innovative and robust wireless security products, leading‑edge IP centric network devices, and C4I application software solutions, along with high performance wireless broadcast systems for all industries.

• Define RF system and hardware design from initial concept through requirements, architecture, part selection, detailed design, analysis, qualification testing, manufacturing and in‑life support.
• Create block diagrams, detailed schematics, PCB layout and routing, run simulations, and develop design test plans.
• Work on transmitters, power amplifiers, receivers, LNA, filters, software‑defined radios and down‑converters.

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Electronics or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of industry experience in design and analysis of RF electronics and systems.
• Proficient in RF fundamentals: impedance matching, Smith charts, passive RLC, filter design, linearity, harmonics, noise figure analysis.
• Proficient in professional simulation tools such as AWR and EDA tools such as PADS.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with lab instruments such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators and oscilloscopes.
• Proven experience in design, simulation, prototyping and testing of baseband, IF and RF circuits.
• Expertise in schematic capture and PCB layout for multilayer RF designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Knowledge of receivers, transmitters, synthesizers, VCOs, low‑noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers and filters.
• Experience with radio propagation, transceiver architecture, modulation schemes, antenna theory and radio/EMC compliance.
• Experience with digital signal processing.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• A generous pension plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Income protection.
• Flexible core working hours.
• On‑site subsidised café.
• A personal approach to training and development.