About us
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.
Our passion for innovation keeps us one step ahead in the rapidly changing and increasingly challenging environments within which we perform, whether on the battlefield, in the streets of our cities, or at the world’s largest sporting events.
High performance IP Video, communications, and broadcast systems enable our customers to securely monitor, control, communicate, and share information with confidence in complex environments and in the most demanding situations.
What will you be doing?
We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking and self-motivated individual to join our Hardware Engineering team at DTC in Hampshire.
Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in board-level and system-level RF electronics design.
You will be responsible for RF system and hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, architecture definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, qualification testing, manufacturing, and in life support.
Hardware design tasks will include block diagrams, detailed schematics, PCB layout and routing, simulations, and design test.
DTC RF Engineers work on Transmitters, Power Amplifiers, Receivers, LNA, Filters, Software Defined Radios and Down converters.
If you enjoy component level RF design and are passionate about developing leading edge RF solutions, we would like to hear from you.
This role requires candidates to undergo Security Screening to 'SC' level.
Qualifications
- A 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, etc.
- Proficient in professional simulation tools such as AWR, as well as EDA tools such as PADS.
- Extensive hands‑on experience with lab instruments such as network analysers, spectrum analysers, signal generators and oscilloscopes.
- Proven experience of 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.
Desirable
- Experience with Receivers, Transmitters, Synthesizers, VCOs, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers and filters.
- Knowledge of radio propagation, transceiver architecture, modulation schemes, antenna theory and radio/EMC compliance.
- Digital Signal Processing.
Benefits and Culture
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank holidays
- A generous pension plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Income protection
- Flexible core working hours
- Onsite subsidised cafe
- A personal approach to training and development
Enjoy working as part of a global organisation with teams in Whiteley, Hampshire; USA; Denmark, Singapore; Dubai and Australia.
DTC is committed to promoting a culture that supports personal development and embraces a diverse mix of employees throughout all levels of the organisation.
