Systems Test Engineer (RF)

Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom — permanent, on-site

Company

hirify.global delivers specialist engineering and operational support through its Electronic Warfare Operations Support Group of more than 60 specialists.

What you will do

• Prepare laboratory-based test and trials activities, including equipment, test environments, assets, data, documentation, tools, access, and safety controls.
• Execute technical tasks using agreed procedures and checklists, operate test and measurement equipment safely, and record configurations for traceable and repeatable results.
• Support RF and electronic warfare trials by configuring threat representations, running repeatable trial scenarios, and assessing system performance.
• Capture results and evidence, raise issues, support fault-finding and re-test activity, and contribute to timely post-activity reporting.
• Work with hardware, software, networking, customer, and internal stakeholders to understand objectives and acceptance criteria, communicate progress, and maintain disciplined documentation.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience supporting or delivering test, trials, integration, commissioning, or verification activity in a laboratory, workshop, or representative system environment.
• Ability to follow and contribute to procedures and checklists, work methodically with guidance, and deliver safe, repeatable outcomes.
• Practical knowledge of test and measurement equipment and bench practices, including oscilloscope use, spectrum analysis basics, signal generation basics, power measurement, safe connections, range and level settings, and result recording.
• Networking fundamentals for laboratory setups, including connection diagrams, cabling, physical interfaces, IP addressing, subnet basics, and escalation of complex issues to network specialists.
• RF fundamentals including frequency, bandwidth, power levels, dB/dBm, attenuation or loss, interference awareness, and safe RF handling procedures.
• Strong practical engineering mindset, including hands-on setup, basic fault-finding, re-test activity, and escalation to subject-matter experts when required.
• Good organisation and evidence-capture skills, including clear recording of results, configurations, observations, trial notes, and evidence packs.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary hardware, software, and networking team, communicate progress and issues, take direction when priorities change, and work within safe systems of work.
• Some exposure to Electronic Warfare through industry, military, or adjacent programmes, or demonstrated ability to learn new mission and threat domains quickly.
• 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 Jira, Confluence, Excel trackers, or similar planning and documentation tools.
• Knowledge of test governance concepts such as acceptance criteria, test cases, V&V, and readiness reviews.
• Experience writing or improving repeatable procedures, checklists, and safe systems of work.
• Experience with configuration and document control, controlled repositories, version control, and traceable records.
• Broader networking experience, including VLAN configuration, routing changes, or deeper troubleshooting.
• Experience working in delivery environments with changing priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Broader Electronic Warfare experience, including threat or mission context, sensor or effector integration, or EW test and evaluation.
• Experience coordinating with facilities, security, IT, or other internal support functions.
• STEM degree or equivalent experience with a strong practical engineering mindset.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, on-site work within an in-house specialist engineering and support team at the St Neots head office.
• Development through day-to-day coaching, structured feedback, career support, and opportunities to broaden project and trials experience.
• 25 days of annual leave, including up to 3 Christmas shutdown days, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Annual wellbeing allowance, mental health first aiders, and employee assistance support.
• Two pension schemes, private medical insurance, life assurance up to 4 times salary, Share Save, electric or hybrid car leasing, cycle-to-work scheme, and retail discounts.