RF Engineer

RF Electronic Warfare Engineer Location: Stevenage or Bristol (hybrid - minimum 3 days/week onsite) Duration: 6 months (extension possible) Rate: £50-£80 per hour (Umbrella) IR35: Inside IR35 Clearance: SC required…

Inside IR35 Hybrid Public Sector
Pay rate £50 – £70/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 14 October 2026

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RF Electronic Warfare Engineer

Location: Stevenage or Bristol (hybrid - minimum 3 days/week onsite)
Duration: 6 months (extension possible)
Rate: £50-£80 per hour (Umbrella)
IR35: Inside IR35
Clearance: SC required (BPSS to start) | UK Eyes Only (UKEO)

Overview

We're recruiting for an RF EW Product Engineer to support the development and delivery of configured hardware and validation evidence for RF Electronic Support / Electronic Attack payloads, working across missile / weapon system programmes.

Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to a Design Lead or Chief Design Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the development of the equipment's requirements, ensuring suitable flow down into the supply chain (internal or external), specifying and collecting technical evidence through testing or analysis, and ensuring safe and secure integrity is maintained throughout the development cycle and into the hands of our Customers.

Skillset/experience required:

A strong understanding of RF and electronic systems, ideally ES and EA systems.
Ability to specify clear and accurate requirements onto design teams (internal or external).
Experience of working closely with a Design Authority and the Customer community to develop the solution, including the management of technical trades.
Management of the technical status and progression of assigned work packages.
Working with a project team to define the verification and validation strategies, and agreement of key functional & performance tests.
Management of a supplier's performance, and the adherence to cost, schedule and technical requirements.
Ability to exchange, communicate and explain technical information between various internal and external stakeholders

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