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Job Title – RF Researcher

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Job ID – 31078

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury is our HQ for our Intelligence & Cyber International division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

We are looking for researchers/algorithm developers with a Radio Frequency (RF) background to join our electronic warfare engineering team.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 3,000 to 6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week but this is project dependent.
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7 employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Lead or support research in cutting edge technology in the fields of RF signal analysis, propagation and electronic countermeasures in the communications domain.
• Develop algorithms and/or simulations (using MATLAB, Python or other similar tools) to demonstrate new functionality or analyse digitised RF data
• Review and analyse the latest research in the fields of RF signal analysis and electronic warfare (EW)
• Produce technical documentation and present project outcomes to customers and internally
• Lead or contribute to the generation of technical proposals and bids
• Interface with customers and other industry partners within the defence EW arena
• Identify opportunities to pull through low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) technology into existing and future EW products

What you’ll bring 

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• An understanding of RF in the communications frequency ranges to include some of either modulation, demodulation, signal analysis, propagation and software defined radios (SDRs).
• An understanding of communications electronic countermeasures
• Proven track record in the generation of algorithms to process and analyse RF data, ideally in the fields of communication systems or communications EW.
• Ability to understand and sift through relevant scientific papers covering state of the art in the fields of RF, software defined radios (SDRs) and electronic countermeasures
• Some awareness of software (ideally Python coding experience), firmware (FPGA) and electronic design (digital and RF).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex scientific principles to a wide audience including customers, engineers and senior managers
• Proactive self-starter who can take responsibility for their work and growing their network both internally and externally.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

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