Senior RF Hardware Engineer

Senior RF Hardware Engineer focuses on selecting and integrating rf components including amplifiers, mixers, filters, oscillators, clocking systems and converters.

What the role involves

• Selecting and integrating RF components including amplifiers, mixers, filters, oscillators, clocking systems and converters.
• Working closely with signal processing and FPGA engineers to ensure RF hardware supports system-level performance requirements.
• Producing high-quality design documentation, schematics.

Skills and requirements

• Experience with PCB design tools such as KiCad, Altium Designer or similar, with a preference for candidates comfortable developing complete board designs.
• Experience developing hardware for Software Defined Radio systems.
• Experience integrating RF hardware with FPGA-based platforms such as Zynq or similar architectures.
• Experience designing hardware for low-SWaP or edge-deployed systems.

Confirmed role details

• We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role).
• We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

• Headquartered in Bristol, Rowden employs around 160 people and operates over 20,000 square feet of engineering and manufacturing facilities.
• Deliver advanced wireless sensing and communication systems across Research and Product.
• As part of this journey, we are expanding our RF hardware capability to design.