{"id":816245,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ubiqaerospace-experienced-rf-hardware-engineer-radar-systems","title":"Experienced RF Hardware Engineer (Radar Systems)","company":{"id":692263,"name":"Ubiq Aerospace","domain":"ubiqaerospace.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ubiqaerospace","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Teamtailor","truth_index":null},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Trondheim, Norway"],"countries":["NO"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":68000,"max_usd":146000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":978},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-26T11:40:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-06-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-21T19:13:19Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":89,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":89},"description":"We are looking for an experienced RF Hardware Engineer to play a key technical role in the development of our nano synthetic aperture radar (nSAR) for small unmanned aircraft. You'll take technical ownership of the RF hardware and help bring a new airborne radar system from development to flight. If you're energized by solving difficult RF challenges and enjoy staying close to the hardware, this is a rare opportunity to make a real impact.\nWhat you’ll do\nYou will be our most senior in-house RF engineer, taking technical ownership of the radar hardware across the full RF chain, from antenna to digitizer. The role spans the full development cycle, from simulation and design through lab validation and flight testing.\nYou'll work alongside an experienced external RF consultant and collaborate closely with our electronics, signal processing, and software teams. Building on the first prototype, you'll take ownership of the RF hardware through the iterations that turn it into flying, qualified hardware. You'll see your work fly on real aircraft within months, not years.\nAs our RF capabilities grow, you'll help shape our technical direction and engineering approach.\nDesigning and developing RF front-end hardware: transmit/receive chains, LNAs, PAs, mixers, filters, and frequency synthesis\n\nAntenna design, integration, and characterization for airborne platforms\n\nRF PCB design and layout, including impedance-controlled routing and signal integrity\n\nBuilding and running test setups for RF characterization (VNA, spectrum analyzer, signal generators, anechoic or open-range measurements)\n\nWorking closely with our signal processing and software teams to ensure the RF hardware delivers the performance required by the radar algorithms\n\nContributing to design reviews, qualification planning, and supplier dialogue for RF components\n\nField testing on aircraft and iterating designs based on real-world data\n\nOur technical environment\nRadar architectures for synthetic aperture imaging\n\nCompact airborne payloads with weight- and power-constraints\n\nRF design and simulation using ADS, HFSS, CST or similar\n\nEmbedded systems based on STM32 microcontrollers and FPGA digital backends\n\nRapid in-house prototyping with electronics and mechanical workshops\n\nWe believe the right person is someone who\nHas solid RF fundamentals and the intuition to debug problems that don’t show up in simulation\n\nIs both analytical and practical, comfortable at the bench with a VNA as well as in a simulation tool\n\nCan take technical ownership of a subsystem end to end and drive it to a tested, working result\n\nIs open-minded and values discussions and feedback\n\nEnjoys collaborating across technical disciplines\n\nExperience and qualifications\nRequired:\n5+ years of hands-on RF/microwave hardware design experience\n\nMSc or PhD in Electronics, RF Engineering, or a related field\n\nStrong experience with RF lab equipment and measurement techniques\n\nExperience with RF PCB design and component selection\n\nThe ability to own a design from architecture to a tested, working result\n\nValued experience:\nUnderstanding of radar principles (pulsed or FMCW radar, SAR)\n\nDirect experience developing radar hardware, ideally airborne or SAR systems\n\nExperience with pulsed RF design: T/R switching, power amplification, timing and synchronization\n\nAntenna design and characterisation\n\nExperience designing wideband microwave systems (e.g. C-band)\n\nExperience with airborne or other SWaP-constrained systems\n\nExperience taking hardware through environmental testing or qualification\n\nWhy join Ubiq Aerospace?\nAt Ubiq, you'll work on advanced aerospace products in a small, highly capable team where engineers have a direct influence on both technology and product direction. You'll collaborate across disciplines, from electronics and software to signal processing and aerospace engineering, and see your work contribute to systems that operate in some of the world's most demanding environments.\nAs a growing company, you'll have the opportunity to take on meaningful technical responsibility, move quickly from idea to implementation, and help shape how we build products and grow our engineering capabilities.\nOur HQ is in Trondheim which is where most of our team is based too. We do have some team members in Oslo and are open to discuss if building out the team there makes sense. Our culture is rooted in Scandinavian values: trust, humility, autonomy, and meaningful impact and we believe great engineering comes from talented people who are given responsibility, support, and the freedom to do their best work.\nIf you think this could be an exciting next challenge for you we would love to hear from you, even if you don’t feel you tick all the boxes. Click the apply button, tell us a bit about yourself and why you think this could be a match, and add your CV (or LinkedIn profile).\nIf you have questions about the position you can reach out to Victoria our Head of People via email .\nPlease note: This role requires eligibility for security clearance and security suitability. Accordingly, relevant background checks and a security assessment can be conducted for relevant candidates. 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