# RF Lead Engineer **Company:** [Forefront RF](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/gga16kpQKVvYBTcD1bQsgo.md) **Location:** Cambridge, United Kingdom **Workplace:** on site **Employment type:** Full-time **Department:** Engineering [Apply for this job](http://jobs.workable.com/view/0d0d48d5-da2f-43dc-8a39-c885d48c8e30) ## Description **RF Lead Engineer** **Location:** Cambridge, UK **Team:** Engineering **Job Type:** Permanent, Full-Time **About Us:** Forefront RF is a fabless semiconductor company developing breakthrough RF technology that radically simplifies RF front-end architectures for mobile and connected devices. Our long-term vision is to empower anyone to treat global connectivity as a commodity, effortlessly adding it to any device. We lead through innovation, solving our customers’ toughest challenges, enabling them to stay ahead by pushing the boundaries of RF design. **Our Values:** Our values are the quiet nudge that help us to be our best in every interaction. - **One team**: We are one team. Collaboration is at the heart of how we work – we listen, share, and build solutions together. We support one another, embrace challenges and fun, and celebrate collective success. Together with our stakeholders, we turn collaboration into outcomes that matter. - **Innovation with intent**: We operate at the forefront of technology, building innovative pathways to the future that meets real customer needs. - **Solutions driven**: We deliver effortless connectivity through innovative, manufacturable designs that solve real world challenges. - **Customer focused:** We act with integrity and hold ourselves accountable to deliver customer focused solutions. All decisions we make are guided by a deep commitment to meeting our customers’ expectations. - **Sustainable**: We make responsible choices in design, supply chain, and operations. - We simplify where possible, reducing waste, and contributing to a more efficient and sustainable RF ecosystem. **Role Overview:** We are seeking a skilled RF Lead Engineer to join our growing development team in Cambridge, UK. You will lead the detailed RF design, development, and delivery of RF subsystems within a defined system architecture. This role is hands-on and delivery-focused, combining deep RF technical expertise with team leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration. You will be responsible for ensuring RF designs meet performance, quality, and schedule requirements, working closely with the System Architect and other engineering disciplines. **Key Responsibilities:** **RF Technical Leadership** - Lead RF design activities across assigned projects in line with system-level requirements and architecture - Own subsystem performance, implementation, and technical delivery - Lead design reviews and provide technical approval for RF designs **RF Design & Development** - Design, simulate, and validate RF circuits and subsystems (e.g. LNAs, PAs, filters, Duplexers) - Translate system and architectural requirements into detailed RF designs - Support RF trade-offs and optimisation within given architectural constraints **Testing & Verification** - Define and execute RF test plans and verification activities - Analyse RF measurements including S-parameters, NF, phase noise, EVM, ACPR, and linearity - Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of RF performance issues **Mentorship & Team Development** - Provide technical guidance and mentoring to RF engineers - Promote best practices in RF design, documentation, and verification - Support skills development and knowledge sharing within the RF team **Cross-Functional Collaboration** - Work closely with the System Architect, and full multi-disciplinary team - Provide RF input to project planning, risk management, and technical decision-making - Support manufacturing, production test, and in-service support activities ## Requirements **About you:** You’re excited by the opportunity to work with breakthrough technologies. You may thrive in this role if you have some or all the following:   **Education & experience:** - Degree (or equivalent experience) in RF Engineering, Electronics, Physics, or a related field - Strong hands-on experience in RF design across relevant frequency ranges - Proven experience leading RF technical delivery on complex projects - Solid understanding of RF theory, measurements, and practical implementation - Experience using RF simulation and design tools (e.g. ADS, AWR, CST, HFSS) - Proficient with RF test equipment (VNAs, spectrum analysers, signal generators, power meters, etc.) **People Skills:** - Delivery-focused with strong technical judgement - Proactive approach to problem-solving with a resilient attitude towards ambiguity.  - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. - Strong communication and collaboration abilities. - Ability to work independently and as part of a team. - Attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality output. ## Benefits - Competitive salary and pension contributions. - Company Share Option Scheme. - 25 days holiday + bank holidays. - Weekly company lunches. - Flexible work hours and remote work options. - Private medical insurance - Life assurance x 4 - Income protection - Healthshield Cash plan - Heka flexible benefits platform **We believe in equal opportunities** We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.