RF Payload Engineer
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£52,000
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2124 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (36% match). If the code is right — and SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
Responsible For
Design, implementation and verification of RF payload solutions into SSTL missions
Key Tasks
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to develop RF payload solutions for SSTL missions
• System level design and performance analysis of RF payloads (communications, radar, SIGINT)
• Specification of payload hardware including transmitters, receivers and antennas
• Specification of in-orbit or ground based signal processing solutions
• Specification and development of tools for payload design, test and calibration
• Work with other SSTL engineering teams and/or external subcontractors to develop and implement payload hardware and signal processing solutions
• Define and support payload verification by on ground environmental test and in-orbit commissioning
• Manage payload delivery, integration and test as part of SSTL projects
• Work package manager responsibilities including planning/reporting budget/schedule/resources
• Input to bids involving RF payloads
• Support project reviews including presentation of technical solutions and programmatic progress to internal and external stakeholders
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Previous Experience
• Ideally 5+ years relevant experience
• System engineering for complex, multidisciplinary products or project solutions
• Requirements analysis and flow down
• Experience with some of the following: link budget analysis, RF and/or digital design, signal processing, antenna design/simulation, test definition/support for development and product verification
• Experience of manufacture and test for space advantageous
Qualifications Knowledge & Skills • Good 1st degree in engineering, maths or physics
• Comfortable working with experts while maintaining ownership of the solution
• Confident delving into detail as required without being distracted from project objectives
• Good inter-personal skills - both written and oral communications; ability to interface with customers and technical representatives
• Familiarity with Matlab or Python for mathematical modelling
• Good knowledge of MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint, plus MS Project or similar planning tool
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Ability to work well in teams but also individually
• Results orientated, can-do approach
• Pro-active and able to take initiative
• Decision making and problem-solving skills
• Highly organised with clear communication skills
• Able to demonstrate company mindsets; accountability, one team, customers and projects rule, and audacity
Location Guildford, Surrey
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Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2124 going rate of £52,000. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.