Contract RF Design Engineer Paignton, Devon Paignton, Devon 6 months initially Rate – open (typically £65-75ph ltd) Outside of IR35 This is a new electronics design engineer position that requires excellent RF design experience. An experienced RF design engineer is required to join a start-up involved with the research, development and design of optics / photonic technologies. Their technologies radically improve network speed and energy efficiency. This RF design engineer role requires: Contract RF Design Engineer Excellent RF schematic capture experience, IDEALLY working on 40 Ghz bandwidth circuits for highspeed network hardware (or with a strong understanding of the practices required) Experience of managing losses, impedance and managing material usage to optimise electronics design. You will work with suppliers to oversee, approve and deliver PCB layouts and will be involved with pre and post layout simulation and validation. Experience of using tools such as Ansys HFSS or ADS. Mixed signal hardware design experience. In addition, experience of high-speed optical transceiver design would be preferred. You will need a strong RF electronics product development background and experience with highspeed network interface or optical transceiver products would be great. This would be gained in a commercial product development environment. RF design candidates may have worked in other arenas involving highspeed network technologies (e.g. network, and data centre hardware, telecoms systems, storage / servers / HPC, consumer electronics or specialist test and measurement products). Skills / Experience required: Contract RF Design Engineer A degree or masters in a relevant subject area (e.g. electronics engineering) Experience of electronics / RF design for products used in high-speed networking applications – e.g. optical transceivers, network / data centre electronics, telecoms systems, storage / servers / HPC, consumer electronics or specialist test and measurement products Excellent RF schematic capture experience, IDEALLY working on 40 Ghz bandwidth circuits for highspeed network hardware (or with a strong understanding of the practices required) Experience of managing losses, impedance and managing material usage to optimise electronics design. You will work with suppliers to oversee, approve and deliver PCB layouts and will be involved with pre and post layout simulation and validation. Experience of using tools such as Ansys HFSS, ADS and PADS. Mixed signal hardware design experience. In addition, experience of high-speed optical transceiver design would be preferred. Knowledge of highspeed network interface design and optical transceiver systems would be preferable The Contract RF Design Engineer role is based on site in Paignton, Devon 5 days per week. Relocation assistance and working visas may be possible for the right candidate