Senior Radio Frequency EngineerNew
The opportunity
The Maneuver Dominance team is building Thunder - an autonomous attack rotorcraft built to fight alongside crewed combat aviation to deliver overwhelming mass effects deep beyond the front lines. The team in London builds the Mission System and the autonomy that makes aircraft like Thunder work.
What you'll do
Architect, design, integrate, test, and optimise communications hardware: across the Thunder Mission System and its subsystems.
Develop RF link budgets, co-site analysis, and desense reports, and translate: them into design decisions the wider team can act on.
Configure, simulate, evaluate, and test RF systems and datalinks, in the lab and in the field.
Create and maintain RF system interconnect diagrams and supporting design documentation.
Select and manage radio, RF component, cable, and antenna vendors.
Represent the communications subsystem in vehicle-level, cross-disciplinary: trade studies that define and optimise our platforms.
What they're looking for
- Familiarity with Ofcom and/or FCC spectrum authorisations.
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464; DO-160 or MIL-STD-810 environmental qualification.
- Experience with MANET and mesh waveforms (for example Silvus or DTC).
- Experience designing or testing for GPS-denied and EW-contested environments.
- Anechoic chamber and antenna pattern measurement experience.
