Senior HIL Engineer (RF)

Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; permanent, full-time, on-site.

Salary: £50,000–£65,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global supports electronic warfare operations by combining engineering, scientific, and ex-military expertise to help government and industry customers protect people and platforms.

What you will do

• Design and build analogue RF circuits for complex RF system integration.
• Deploy, integrate, and verify conceptual, in-service, and legacy RF systems in a synthetic range.
• Deliver synthetic trials for government and industry partners, verifying requirements across varied systems.
• Develop automated and repeatable test solutions for real-time HIL systems.
• Perform scaling and calibration activities so synthetic environments accurately represent real-time HIL systems.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of analogue RF design and testing, including bandwidth and signal-purity trade-offs.
• Experience with scaling and calibration for synthetic environments and real-time HIL systems.
• Experience writing test-automation scripts for real-time systems using MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, or similar tools.
• Methodical problem-solving ability.
• STEM degree.
• Must be a UK national, eligible to work in the UK, and eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government SC-level security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with signal generators, spectrum analysers, oscilloscopes, network analysers, and power meters.
• Experience generating test harnesses for analogue RF, digital IQ, TCP/IP, UDP, JTAG, and UART hardware-model interfaces.
• Familiarity with synchronisation and timing architectures.
• Network debugging and fault-finding at packet and port level.
• Experience implementing ICDs and APIs and reviewing customer SUT documentation.
• PCB design and manufacture experience, a safety-conscious approach to RF equipment, and knowledge of electronic warfare systems.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, including up to 3 days of Christmas shutdown, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days.
• Annual wellbeing allowance, mental health first aiders, and an employee assistance programme.
• Two pension schemes, private medical insurance, life assurance up to four times salary, and a Share Save scheme.
• Electric or hybrid car leasing, cycle-to-work scheme, retail discounts, and career development support.
• Work within an 80+ person electronic warfare specialist group supporting high-importance synthetic trials.

Hiring process

• Apply for the permanent on-site role at the St Neots site.