Lead Systems Engineer - LO Emission Control & RF Interoperability

As the Lead Engineer for Low Observability & RF Interoperability, you will direct the effort to minimise the system's electromagnetic signature whilst ensuring all RF systems co-exist without degradation. Your core responsibilities involve developing low-signature operational concepts, managing RF deconfliction, and guiding system-level integration and verification. This role is pivotal in guaranteeing mission-critical performance and resilience, particularly within contested electronic warfare environments, ensuring our platforms maintain operational advantages when it matters most.

The day-to-day includes:

• Design and manage emission control and RF deconfliction for the overall system, encompassing airborne platforms and ground components.
• Ensure daily RF interoperability across airborne payloads, including AESA radars and datalinks, to guarantee co-existence without mutual degradation.
• Plan and execute comprehensive EMC/EMI co-site assessments, providing clear mitigation recommendations for desense risks and harmonic management.
• Define frequency plans, channelisation, and emission control profiles tailored to specific mission phases.
• Establish signature-aware operation concepts, including passive-first tactics and sensor management to substantially reduce detectability.
• Develop robust integration concepts for antenna placement, isolation, and cable routing that meet rigorous performance and platform constraints.
• Ensure communications and sensing systems operate resiliently under contested electronic warfare conditions, analysing fallback modes and graceful degradation.
• Coordinate collaboratively with structural teams to ensure RF designs support low observability and manage unintended emissions via targeted shielding and filtering.
• Execute requirements traceability from platform-level performance goals.