Description of role:
World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage and Bristol is currently looking to recruit a RF EW Product Engineer subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.
Rate: £80.00 per hour
Location: Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference
Hybrid / Remote working: 3 days per week onsite and the rest working from home. A compressed 4-Day week of Monday to Thursday is possible
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’
Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
RF Electronic Warfare Engineer Job Description:
The department are growing their Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) capabilities.
The EW Group supports activities on relevant weapon system and missile programmes, with specific responsibilities for the physical integration and functional operation of RF Electronic Support / Attack payloads as part of the wider EW effects chain at Missile, Weapon System and System of Systems levels.
We are recruiting an RF EW Product Engineer who will work with the wider organisation and industrial partners to ensure delivery of configured hardware and validation evidence whilst ensuring time, cost and quality constraints are adhered to.
You will be joining an exciting, expanding, and rapidly evolving area, with the opportunity to work on new and innovative products. With support in terms of your professional development, you’ll be able to increase your knowledge and understanding of EW Systems. Opportunities for travel within the UK in support of programmes are also available.
Responsibilities:
Reporting directly to a Design Lead or Chief Design Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the development of the equipment’s requirements, ensuring suitable flow down into the supply chain (internal or external), specifying and collecting technical evidence through testing or analysis, and ensuring safe and secure integrity is maintained throughout the development cycle and into the hands of our Customers.
Skillset/experience required:
Rate: £80.00 per hour
Location: Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference
Hybrid / Remote working: 3 days per week onsite and the rest working from home. A compressed 4-Day week of Monday to Thursday is possible
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’
Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
RF Electronic Warfare Engineer Job Description:
The department are growing their Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) capabilities.
The EW Group supports activities on relevant weapon system and missile programmes, with specific responsibilities for the physical integration and functional operation of RF Electronic Support / Attack payloads as part of the wider EW effects chain at Missile, Weapon System and System of Systems levels.
We are recruiting an RF EW Product Engineer who will work with the wider organisation and industrial partners to ensure delivery of configured hardware and validation evidence whilst ensuring time, cost and quality constraints are adhered to.
You will be joining an exciting, expanding, and rapidly evolving area, with the opportunity to work on new and innovative products. With support in terms of your professional development, you’ll be able to increase your knowledge and understanding of EW Systems. Opportunities for travel within the UK in support of programmes are also available.
Responsibilities:
Reporting directly to a Design Lead or Chief Design Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the development of the equipment’s requirements, ensuring suitable flow down into the supply chain (internal or external), specifying and collecting technical evidence through testing or analysis, and ensuring safe and secure integrity is maintained throughout the development cycle and into the hands of our Customers.
Skillset/experience required:
- A strong understanding of RF and electronic systems, ideally ES and EA systems.
- Ability to specify clear and accurate requirements onto design teams (internal or external).
- Experience of working closely with a Design Authority and the Customer community to develop the solution, including the management of technical trades.
- Management of the technical status and progression of assigned work packages.
- Working with a project team to define the verification and validation strategies, and agreement of key functional & performance tests.
- Management of a supplier’s performance, and the adherence to cost, schedule and technical requirements.
- Ability to exchange, communicate and explain technical information between various internal and external stakeholders.
- A background as a RF Systems Engineer could be beneficial.
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