Lead Radar Systems Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Radar Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across advanced radar and RF programmes within a growing, technology-led engineering organisation.

This is a hands-on technical leadership position for an experienced radar specialist who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while helping shape the future direction of radar and RF capabilities.

You will lead the technical definition of advanced radar systems and RF architectures from concept through to demonstration and deployment, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across RF, electronics, signal processing, software and systems engineering.

The role also offers the opportunity to influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, support customer engagements and contribute to the development of new capabilities and programmes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development of advanced radar and RF systems.
Define and assess RF architectures against complex and evolving customer requirements.
Make system-level trade-offs across performance, cost, risk and implementation complexity.
Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Develop radar system requirements, architectures and performance models.
Conduct system-level analysis and evaluate radar performance, including detection range, resolution, sensitivity and clutter.
Act as a technical authority when engaging with customers and stakeholders.
Support technical scoping, proposals, project planning and programme development.
Identify opportunities arising from customer challenges and emerging technologies.
Mentor and develop engineers across radar, RF and systems disciplines.
Contribute to technology roadmaps, research and capability development.
Experience & Skills

We are looking for a highly capable engineer with 10+ years' industrial experience in customised radar systems development, with deep expertise across a substantial proportion of the following:

Pulse and FMCW radar systems
SAR and radar imaging systems
Radar performance modelling, analysis and architecture development
Antenna concepts and system integration
Radio propagation and RF link/level planning
RF transceiver architecture and synthesiser systems
RF and microwave circuit design
Distributed microwave and millimetre-wave techniques
High-performance frequency synthesisers and analogue RF electronics
Requirements capture, analysis and systems engineering
Verification and validation planning
Technical leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams
Project definition, technical scoping and capability development
Security Clearance

UK Security Check (UKSC) / UK Eyes Only (UKEO) eligibility is essential. Candidates must also be willing and eligible to obtain NATO Secret and UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. Existing NATO Secret and/or UK DV clearance would be highly desirable.

What’s on Offer

A senior technical leadership position within an advanced engineering environment.
The opportunity to influence the development of radar and RF capabilities.
Exposure to technically challenging, multidisciplinary programmes.
Significant autonomy and the opportunity to shape technical direction.
Strong opportunities for technical and career development.
A collaborative working environment with regular team and social activities.
Convenient access to Cambridge by road and rail. 

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed