RF Engineer required for design development testing and approvals of short-range RF embedded devices for both the existing portfolio and the future roadmap. The job also entails researching new technologies evaluating new development tools/processes and providing support and assistance in all RF matters.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
- Primarily contributing to the RF design and development of embedded hardware for offender monitoring equipment.
- Work within embedded development team to help identify current areas of concern in design process.
- Evaluate and analyse 3rd party software designed to enhance embedded systems development.
- Support efforts that ensure new products quickly reach the market.
- Develop new IP and ensure that it can be protected by following IP documentation and confidentiality processes.
- Maintain up to date understanding of the technology sectors applicable to the companys current and future products.
- Ensure that all designs are fully documented and archived.
- Help ensure that all designs are fully type approved and that they meet all aspects of functionality and performance defined in the specifications.
- Provide technical support to operations and production teams to ensure product designs are understood and can be correctly manufactured tested and maintained.
- Providing frequent updates on task progress with estimates of time elapsed and engineering effort required to complete assigned project tasks.
Key Competencies
- Self-starter.
- Delivering performance.
- Technical mind-set.
- Customer thinking.
- Awareness of the market environment.
- Sharing & Co-operating.
- Driving change.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent electronic and hardware design skills.
- At least 5 years experience in low-power microcontroller-driven wireless systems.
- Fundamental firmware knowledge.
- Significant Altium product knowledge.
- Significant RF knowledge applied in commercial designs.
- Knowledge of RF simulation tools.
Desirable
- History of driving hardware development process changes.
- Embedded C programming experience.
- High volume product development.
- Proven RF design capabilities.
- Familiarity with approvals processes.