Platform Mobile RF Engineer

Sepura plc.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Cambridge is seeking a Platform Mobile RF Engineer to be involved in the entire product lifecycle. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative mobile RF solutions, ensuring architectural integrity while bringing designs to functional prototypes. Ideal candidates will have at least 5 years of industry experience and must demonstrate strong RF design capabilities along with effective communication and teamwork skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment focused on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years proven industry experience in a relevant role.
• Ability to take a system view of Mobile RF solutions.
• Strong background in RF design at PCB board level.
• Hands-on experience in designing mobile RF platforms.
• Experience in PCB layout design rules supervision.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate architectural impacts of product designs from a Mobile RF perspective.
• Collaborate with engineers to develop balanced product architectures.
• Bring hardware architectures to life with hands-on prototyping.
• Ensure hardware solutions align with technology roadmaps.

Skills

System view of Mobile RF solutions

RF design at PCB board level

GSM/LTE mobile platforms experience

Hands-on experience designing mobile RF platforms

Experience with RF simulation tools

Digital baseband RF integration

Tools

ADS

MWO

EM simulation tools (CST, HFSS, FEKO)

Job description

Looking for a role where you will have direct involvement in the whole lifecycle of future products?

12th December, 2025

Sepura has a vacancy for a Platform Mobile RF Engineer based in our Cambridge Advanced Technology Group and reporting to the Technology Office.

The successful candidate will have a structured approach to design, implementation, and verification. To thrive in this role, they will use their attributes as a natural collaborator and self‑starting team worker along with good time management and communication skills.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be part of a challenging and fast‑moving, yet friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team.

Main responsibilities and tasks:

• Evaluating architectural and system impacts of new product designs and concepts from a Platform Mobile RF perspective to converge in the best solution for the applicable design constraints.
• Work closely with system, digital baseband, and software engineers in a co‑development environment to envisage effective and balanced product architectures.
• Bring‑up the hardware architectures to life into functional Advanced Technology Group prototypes with a very active hands‑on approach.
• Ensure architectural integrity of the hardware solutions which are aligned with technology roadmaps.

Job requirements:

Technical skills and experience (Essential):

• At least 5 years proven industry experience in an equivalent role.
• Proven ability to take a system view of Mobile RF solutions.
• Strong background in RF design at PCB board level.
• Experience with GSM/LTE mobile platforms and reference designs (e.g., Qualcomm or MediaTek).
• Proven hands‑on experience designing and bringing‑up mobile RF platforms from the ground up.
• Experience defining, implementing, and supervising PCB layout design rules and constraints.
• Experience with RF simulation tools (e.g., ADS, MWO, etc.).
• Experience with digital baseband RF integration.

Technical skills and experience (Desirable):

• EM simulation tools (e.g., CST, HFSS, FEKO, etc.).
• Mobile antenna design.
• Reference designs creation and maintenance.

Personal attributes:

• Innovative with proven ability to generate new ideas and approaches to problems.
• Flexible and able to work in a fast paced dynamic team environment.
• Self‑aware striving for continuous improvement.
• Good analysis, numerical, written and verbal communication skills.