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RF Test Engineer
Rowden
Bristol, GBR
Full-time
Mid
Hybrid
GBP 40000-60000 yearly / year
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Key areas of responsibility
- Developing test approaches to validate RF system performance, covering things like sensitivity, dynamic range, noise figure, and bandwidth.
- Setting up and running RF tests using lab equipment such as spectrum analysers, vector network analysers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
- Writing scripts (typically Python) to automate tests, control lab equipment, and make results repeatable.
- Supporting hardware bring-up and early-stage testing of new RF platforms, and feeding findings back to the design team.
- Working out what needs to be tested in cases where requirements aren’t fully defined, and building the test approach from there.
- Analysing test results and working with engineers to diagnose and resolve performance issues across analogue, mixed-signal, and digital domains.
- Working with QA and product validation teams to develop structured, repeatable test procedures that support product releases.
- Maintaining and improving lab test setups, equipment configurations, and test infrastructure over time.
- Producing clear test documentation including test plans, procedures, and results reports.
- Working closely with RF, hardware, software, and systems engineers to make sure test coverage lines up with system-level performance requirements.
Key skills, experience and behaviours
- Experience working hands-on with RF systems in a test, validation, or characterisation role.
- Practical experience using RF lab equipment such as spectrum analysers, vector network analysers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
- Experience writing code for test automation and equipment control, typically in Python or similar.
- Strong understanding of RF performance metrics including noise figure, gain, dynamic range, sensitivity, and bandwidth.
- Ability to understand how a system works and figure out what needs to be tested, even when requirements aren’t fully nailed down.
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