Your opportunity to join this well respected group and help to design products with significant RF electronics content for automotive, industrial, consumer and defence clients. You will have the opportunity to make a significant technical contribution, liaising with and presenting to clients.

Their expertise is in the fields of RF based imaging and detection, advanced control and signal processing. They are well resourced for RF design to 10GHz in terms of experience, test equipment and simulation tools and provide hardware and system design for products with a significant RF electronics content.

To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have an excellent first degree or post graduate degree in electronic engineering or a related discipline and significant relevant experience. Doctorates with RF design experience will also be considered.

Due to the nature of the work, it will be necessary to obtain security clearance for the successful applicant, and therefore the applicant must hold UK nationality.

Significant depth of knowledge and experience in at least one of the following:
· RF design for systems operating at frequencies between 400MHz and 10GHz
· Sensor design (Analogue, RF and Microwave)
· RF circuit board level design
Additionally it would be advantageous to have knowledge in the following:
· EMC testing
· Type approval standards and testing for European, US and far eastern markets
· Design for and transfer of products to volume production

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The opportunity for an experienced RF Engineer to join this leading company and be involved in customers’ technical support on all RF issues relating to Bluetooth in a mobile phone. In addition, the job requires the evaluation and fault finding of Bluetooth RF designs either in Cambridge or at the customers’ facilities. Some travel to visit customers will therefore be necessary.

An Electronics graduate, you will have good RF diagnostic and measurement skills in the ISM band. You will have good communication skills gained ideally in a customer technical support role. Knowledge of Bluetooth, GPS and PCB CAD would be beneficial.

As well as advising their customers on all matters relating to RF performance, you will train other application engineers in all aspects of RF design, diagnosis and measurement techniques.

A great opportunity for a Senior RF Engineer to join this successful company and help with the design of on-chip passive components and the development of simulation tools.

Key Responsibilities:

* On-chip passive component design. Examples include inductors, transformers, baluns, capacitors and interconnect lines.
* Simulation of passive structures using 3D and 2.5D field-solving simulators.
* Setting up test benches, analysing simulation data and comparing it to measured data.
* Building equivalent lumped models, based on simulation and measured data, for passive and active networks.
* Investigation and simulation of coupling mechanisms between two or more on-chip passive structures.
* Investigation and simulation of packaging to quantify interaction between packaging and on-die structures.
* Providing layout and floor-planning guidance and support to analogue/RF designers.
* Calibration of field solver simulation setup against measured data provided by the foundry.
* Development of source code to integrate simulation tools into a common design environment.
* Cadence: simulation and layout for test chips.
* Measurement of test chips - wafer level and board level.

Person Specification:

Required:

* Masters or PhD in electronics, or equivalent.
* Sound knowledge of electromagnetic theory and 3D electromagnetic field solvers.
* Experienced in RF engineering skills: component level, circuit level, system level and propagation.
* Familiar with simulation tools (Ansoft Designer, HFSS, Agilent Momentum, Spice simulators)
* Familiar with RF measurement instruments, measurement methods, calibration and de-embedding methods.

Desired:

* Knowledge of AutoCAD, Matlab, high-level languages.
* Experienced in using Cadence.
* Knowledge of silicon process technology.
* Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
* Excellent problem solving skills.
* Self-starter who has the ability to identify and exploit new opportunities.
* Can play a leading role in technology development.


Keywords: RF Engineer; Electromagnetic theory; Simulation tools (Ansoft Designer, HFSS, Agilent Momentum, Spice simulators).

The opportunity for an outstanding Graduate Electronics Engineer to join this respected product development consultancy and help to design, implement and test analogue electronic hardware.

As a member of a project team working on a client assignment, you will be responsible for completing specific tasks within the time-scale and budget agreed with the project manager. As you gain knowledge and experience, you will take responsibility for progressively larger and more complex tasks. Opportunities to move into project management or commercial roles are likely to arise as your career develops.

Activities may include:
· Designing analogue and digital circuits for use in radar and location systems
· Working with their team of PCB designers to design circuit boards
· Specifying and sourcing components
· Testing and evaluating prototype designs
· Researching and reporting on the capabilities of new and existing sensor technologies

To meet the requirements of this role you will have:
· An excellent first degree in a relevant engineering discipline
· A solid foundation in analogue and digital electronics design
· Strong mathematical skills
· Good communication skills, both written and verbal

In addition, any experience of the following will also be beneficial:
· RF circuit design
· Digital circuit design
· Power supply design

Applicants should be both willing and able to work on UK defence projects.

The Embedded Systems team of this leading product development consultancy is currently looking to recruit a consultant with RF experience.

You would be expected to support development of wireless-enabled products; to advise both internal teams and clients on RF approaches; and to support sales leads that have a wireless aspect. You would also be expected to support other aspects of product development, such as electronic or software design. This role requires considerable team work and candidates must be able to demonstrate good project co ordination and first-rate prioritising skills. You will be expected to become involved in a range of projects serving clients across several industries.

The successful candidate should have strong RF experience and a background in electronic or embedded engineering.

In addition you will have:

· A good academic track record, with at least a 2.1 in a related discipline, eg, electronic-engineering, computer science, or equivalent
· Excellent knowledge of the current range of communications standards and chipsets including Bluetooth, Zigbee etc
· Solid background with demonstrable experience of product development projects

This is an exciting opportunity to join this well established company and develop new innovative products.

Please note: even if you don't have exactly the background indicated, do contact us now if this type of job is of interest - we may well have similar opportunities that you would be suited to. And of course, we always get your permission before submitting your CV to a company.

This is an exciting role with a pioneering business developing highly deployable instruments for customers in the energy, security and defence industries. With further growth, they now seek an experienced electrical / electronics hardware engineer to join their development team - responsible for the development of high-precision products. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with extensive experience of designing and developing Analogue and HF circuits to join a dynamic company at a key point in its development.

With an excellent academic record (in electronics, physics or similar), your skills should include some (ideally many) of the following:

Generation of RF power for medical, industrial or scientific purposes:
- Closed-loop control of analog signals
- Switch-mode power supply design, both low voltage and off-line

Generation of high-voltages using switch-mode techniques:
- Design of high slew-rate amplifiers
- Good theoretical grasp of control and feedback theory, RF concepts coupled with practical experience in design

High-speed digital design using FPGAs and standard logic families.

Use of standard bus technologies such as PCI, PC104, I2C, CAN, RS485 etc.
- Use of D/A and A/D converters in high-noise environments
- Appreciation of the use of embedded computers and microprocessors in complex real-time systems

Good bench development skills and practical circuit building/debugging/testing experience

Other useful skills include:

Schematic capture using Orcad
PCB layout using Orcad Layout or Allegro
Use of appropriate test equipment
Use of SolidWorks for mechanical packaging of electronic sub-assemblies
General IT skills based on Microsoft Office
Supervision of technician level staff

This is a great career opportunity with a fast-growing company.

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The opportunity to join one of the most successful high technology design consultancies.

You will be experienced in the design of RF and/or microwave ICs, although applications from candidates with component level PCB or MIC design experience will also be considered. In addition to IC design the position would also include PCB/MIC based circuit and sub-system design. Successful candidates would be expected to design in a range of technologies including:

• GaAs MMIC
  
• Si RFIC
  
• Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs)
  
• SMT based design at RF & microwave frequencies to component level
  
• Various substrate technologies including HDI FR4, thick and thin-film ceramic, LTCC
  
  Experience in, or knowledge of, some of the following areas would also be an advantage:
  
• Low noise synthesiser design
  
• Communications system design
  
• Digital modulation schemes
  
• AD/DA conversion
  
• Passive component design (filters, couplers, baluns)
  
• RF PA design
  

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Summary: Project Manager, Fluid Measurements, for innovative company, salary to £40k.

This small, innovative company design and develop novel low-power RF sensors. With further success, they now seek a tallented Project Manager to lead a team of engineers working on Fluid Measurements.

In this challenging role, you will be responsible for planning and running the development activities in the Fluid Measurements area as well as contributing directly.

A knowledge of dielectric measurements in fluids or electrochemistry is essential together with development experience of sensors or analytical equipment.

This is your chance to join a motivated and creative team solving challenging measurement problems, as part of a rapidly growing company in its early stages.

Keywords: Project Manager, Fluid Measurements, Dielectric Measurements, Electrochemistry, Sensors, to £40k.

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Summary: To test firmware embedded and associated with radio devices. This will involve designing and implementing automated tests, running existing test harnesses and test cases and monitoring the day-to-day running of such tests. Documentation of results and fault logging, tracking are also required.

This is a challenging role where you will have responsibility for assisting with testing of Bluetooth and other radio protocol software before customer release:

· Continues development of and integrates a set of test systems in co-operation with the development team, applications team and production team.
· Works with individual developers and test team members to further test design. This includes troubleshooting of individual software problems and subsequent regression test development and implementation.
· Involved with current and forthcoming releases of software testing according to an agreed test plan. Performs tests on each release and feeds back test results (including bug reports) to the test and development teams.
· May be involved in reception of bug reports from customers and may need to take responsibility for reproducing such bugs on-site and reporting them to the test and development team.

With proven experience of working with, and testing, software implementing communication protocol stacks, you will have the ability to work under pressure to tight timescales and maintain a flexible attitude.

Competent with using laboratory equipment such as scopes, digital multimetres, etc, any knowledge of electronics and/or RF would be a benefit, as would experience of scripting/programming languages.

Keywords: Embedded software testing, TCL, Scripting.

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This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Project Manager.

Offering a high level of diversity and interest, you will manage challenging and often very complex wireless product developments covering a range of applications including consumer goods, healthcare, telecommunications and automotive.

The position involves the management of projects through the complete development lifecycle, from requirements definition through to final delivery. These projects typically consisting of multidisciplinary teams (including hardware, software, digital signal processing, mechanics and production engineering). You will be involved in proposal preparation, selection of the team, negotiations with 3rd parties, managing concept generation, analysis of the system architecture, liaison across engineering disciplines and the specification, implementation and testing of the design.

You will manage projects typically in the region £10k to £3M that require delivery within tight timescales and budgets, managing both internal and external resources.

With a good degree in engineering, you will have substantial industrial experience working in wireless product design and development. Project management experience is essential. Other attributes include:

• Understanding of the wireless product development process
  
• Experience in managing products through manufacture
  
• Familiarity with managing multi-disciplinary projects (RF, analogue, digital, software, mechanics)
  
• Working knowledge and experience of the wireless regulatory and type approval environment desirable
  
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
  

Please note: even if you don't have exactly the background indicated, do contact us now if this type of job is of interest - we may well have similar opportunities that you would be suited to. And of course, we always get your permission before submitting your CV to a company.