Lead RF Design Engineer in Bristol

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are looking for candidates with the following technical skills:

• RF Circuit Design and Testing: Designing and simulating RF circuits (amplifiers, oscillators, mixers). Experience with PCB layout for high-frequency signals. Hands-on testing with spectrum analysers, network analysers, signal generators.
• Antenna Design and Measurement: Designing, simulating, and optimizing antennas. Conducting antenna pattern measurements and gain tests.
• Wireless Communication Systems: Working with protocols and standards (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE, 5G, etc.). Familiarity with modulation schemes and multiplexing techniques. RF simulation software (ADS, HFSS, CST, MATLAB) for circuit/antenna/system design.

Good experience within wider digital electronics and embedded systems engineering fields. Exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept generation through to product release including demonstrable experience of delivering your designs into service/mass production. Possession of a good understanding of the regulatory landscape of the UK, EU and US and a proven track record of designing for compliance with appropriate standards. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable explaining complex engineering concepts to both a technical and non-technical audience.

And the following qualities:

• Someone not afraid to be ‘Hands-on’ and work with the team to work through challenges from first principles on the bench.
• Energy and enthusiasm to take on unfamiliar challenges, coupled with the ability to innovate and think freely.
• Enthusiasm to help build the careers of our less experienced engineers.

Qualifications:

This is a challenging role, so we expect experience to be reinforced by a strong academic background. Degree qualified – a good degree in electronic engineering or a related subject. The ability to gain UK SC security clearance if not already acquired (in practice, this requires sole UK nationality).

Benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com.