Signal Processing Systems Engineer

Location: Southampton (primarily onsite)

Contract: 6 months

Rate: £58.67/hour PAYE (£67.20/hour incl. holiday) or £80/hour Umbrella

We seek an engineer who has worked in a military / defence environment / industry within the last 12 months

Role Overview

The engineer will support the development of advanced communications systems across multiple disciplines, including RF integration, digital signal processing, free-space optical communications, waveforms, and network engineering. The role involves delivering defined work packages and contributing to system-level design, analysis, and modelling activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and interpret system requirements.
• Conduct feasibility studies and contribute to communication system architecture design.
• Model and simulate communication waveforms and networks (e.g., in MATLAB).
• Produce high-quality technical documentation and reports.
• Provide progress updates to the Project Engineering Lead.
• Collaborate with waveform engineering teams across airborne communication programmes.
• Manage personal workload and contribute positively to team delivery.
• Engage with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and customers as needed.

Required Experience & Skills

• Background in military or civil communication systems development.
• Proficiency in communication system modelling/analysis tools (MATLAB or similar).
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.

Desirable Experience & Knowledge

• Communication air-interface protocols, modulation, and coding schemes.
• Mobile communication waveforms and associated network technologies.
• RF system hardware (transmitters, receivers, SDRs, filtering).
• Communications security (COMSEC) principles.
• Digital modulation, FEC channel coding, digital filtering.
• Understanding of FPGA-oriented algorithm optimisation.