Systems Test Engineer (RF)

Salary: £38,000 - 48,000 per year

Requirements:

• At least 2 years hands-on experience supporting or delivering test, trials, integration, commissioning or verification activity in a laboratory, workshop, or representative system environment.
• Able to follow and contribute to clear procedures and checklists, and work methodically with guidance to deliver safe, repeatable outcomes.
• Practical working knowledge of common test and measurement equipment and bench practices, including oscilloscope use, spectrum analysis basics, signal generation basics, and power measurement.
• Networking fundamentals sufficient to support lab set-ups and basic troubleshooting, including reading connection diagrams, cabling and physical interfaces, IP addressing/subnet basics, and knowing when to involve network SMEs for complex issues.
• RF fundamentals to support RF-adjacent testing, including frequency/bandwidth, power levels, dB/dBm, attenuation/loss, interference awareness, and the ability to follow safe RF handling procedures.
• Strong practical engineering mindset, with comfort in hands-on set-up, basic fault-finding, and re-test activity, escalating to SMEs when required.
• Good organisation and evidence capture skills, including recording results, configurations and observations clearly, and maintaining accurate trial notes and evidence packs.
• Able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team, communicate progress and issues clearly, and take direction when priorities change.
• Safety-conscious approach, able to work within safe systems of work, identify hazards, and stop or escalate when controls are unclear.
• Some exposure to Electronic Warfare (EW), through industry, military, or adjacent programmes, or a demonstrated ability to learn new mission and threat domains quickly.
• Experience using planning and documentation tools, such as Jira, Confluence, or Excel trackers, to manage actions, evidence and outputs.
• Working knowledge of test governance concepts, including acceptance criteria, test cases, V&V, and readiness reviews, and how to apply them in practice.
• Experience writing or improving repeatable procedures, checklists and safe systems of work.
• Experience with configuration and document control, including controlled document repositories, version control, and maintaining traceable records.
• Broader networking experience, such as VLAN configuration, routing changes, or deeper troubleshooting, and confidence coordinating with network SMEs to resolve set-up issues quickly.
• Experience working in a delivery environment with changing priorities, and supporting multiple stakeholders.
• Broader EW domain experience, such as threat/mission context, sensor/effector integration, or EW test and evaluation, and an understanding of how effects can be represented and assessed.
• Experience coordinating with internal support functions, such as facilities, security, or IT, to enable test and trials activity.
• A STEM degree, or equivalent experience, with a strong practical engineering mindset.
• Eligible to work in the UK and eligible to obtain and maintain a UK Government SC-level security clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Support the practical preparation of trials, including helping to set up equipment and test environments, checking asset readiness, preparing data and documentation, and ensuring the right tools, access and safety controls are in place before activity starts.
• Implement technical tasks during trials, following agreed procedures and checklists, operating test equipment safely, and recording configuration details so results remain traceable and repeatable.
• Support laboratory-based trials from preparation and execution through to post-activity reporting.
• Capture results and evidence, raise issues promptly, support fault-finding and re-test activity, and contribute to clear, timely reporting to enable customer decisions.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and develop capability through day-to-day coaching, structured feedback, and opportunities to broaden experience across projects and trial activities.
• Contribute to major projects by delivering high-quality trial execution and evidence under the guidance of the Senior Systems Test & Trials Lead and alongside the Principal Test & Trials Engineer.
• Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to understand objectives and acceptance criteria, communicate progress, and maintain disciplined documentation.

Technologies:

• Confluence
• Excel
• Support
• JIRA
• Network
• Security
• Hardware

More:

We are an expanding Electronic Warfare Operations Support Group made up of more than 60 electronic warfare specialists, including engineers, scientists, and ex-military personnel. We help our customers achieve true operational potential and keep their people and platforms safe. This is a permanent, on-site role based at our head office in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, within our state-of-the-art test and evaluation facility. We offer a salary of £38,000 to £48,000, 25 days annual leave including up to 3 days Christmas shut-down, the option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave, an annual wellbeing allowance, two pension schemes, private medical insurance with discounts for additional family members, life assurance up to 4 x salary, a share save scheme, electric/hybrid car leasing, cycle to work, retail discounts, and career development support. We have a strong wellbeing culture, with mental health first aiders and an employee assistance programme to support our people.

last updated 36 week of 2026