G4S

RF Engineer required for design, development, testing and approvals of short-range RF embedded devices for both the existing portfolio and the future roadmap. The job also entails researching new technologies, evaluating new development tools/processes and providing support and assistance in all RF matters.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Primarily contributing to the RF design and development of embedded hardware for offender monitoring equipment.
• Work within embedded development team to help identify current areas of concern in design process.
• Evaluate and analyse 3rd party software designed to enhance embedded systems development.
• Support efforts that ensure new products quickly reach the market.
• Develop new IP and ensure that it can be protected by following IP documentation and confidentiality processes.
• Maintain up to date understanding of the technology sectors applicable to the company’s current and future products.
• Ensure that all designs are fully documented and archived.
• Help ensure that all designs are fully type approved and that they meet all aspects of functionality and performance defined in the specifications.
• Provide technical support to operations and production teams to ensure product designs are understood and can be correctly manufactured, tested and maintained.
• Providing frequent updates on task progress with estimates of time elapsed and engineering effort required to complete assigned project tasks.

Key Competencies

• Self-starter.
• Delivering performance.
• Technical mind-set.
• Customer thinking.
• Awareness of the market environment.
• Sharing & Co-operating.
• Driving change.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent electronic and hardware design skills.
• At least 5 years’ experience in low-power, microcontroller-driven wireless systems.
• Fundamental firmware knowledge.
• Significant Altium product knowledge.
• Significant RF knowledge applied in commercial designs.
• Knowledge of RF simulation tools.

Desirable

• History of driving hardware development process changes.
• Embedded C programming experience.
• High volume product development.
• Proven RF design capabilities.
• Familiarity with approvals processes.