RF Hardware Development Engineer

RF HW Development Engineer

Location: Tubize, Belgium

Thales in Belgium is part of an internationally leading technology group in the defence and security, aerospace as well as digital identity and security markets. In a world characterised by uncertainties, we ensure that our customers, partners and employees can pursue new paths with confidence. For a future we can all trust.

Today the Group employs more than 1,000 people across nine sites in Belgium.

In our Tubize site, you will join 250+ colleagues recognised by domestic and international partners for their expertise on Radio Frequency (RF) Products, C4ISR, Crypto Global Solution, MACS (Aeronautical Intercom) and many others.

Your mission:

• You will be responsible for the design and development of analogue RF products. This includes analysis of customer specifications, sub-system and detailed design, design integration and qualification, and following up of the design into production
• You will centre your activity on HF and VHF transmitter design (1.5 to 300 MHz) including power amplifiers, filtering, antenna matching units and antenna systems
• You will work in an enthusiastic pluri-disciplinary engineering team which will give you the opportunity to evolve and expand your competence
• Your work will be performed considering high-level international standards and in-house quality procedures (ISO and Civil Aviation standards).

What we are looking for:

• You hold a civil or industrial engineering degree in electronics-telecommunications
• You have at least 10 years of experience in hardware development
• You have very strong HF analogue circuit design skills
• Design of HF/RF analogue circuits such as power amplifiers, LNAs, ATUs, filters for high-power applications (from 20W to 10kW)
• Extensive experience with analogue circuits simulations tools like Spice, ADS, MW Office
• Design robustness analysis (worst-case, part stress, Failure Mode analysis)
• Perform reliability analysis, such as MTBF and MTTF calculation
• Optimisation of these circuits at board level and product level to ensure product requirements are fulfilled
• Hands-on laboratory work, including RF tuning and testing using network analysers, spectrum analysers and other RF test equipment
• Guide layout engineers in the design and development of HF/RF circuits.

As a strong bonus, you have:

• Problem-solving, debugging and failure analysis skills with a solid understanding of core engineering principles
• Communication skills, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in oral and written forms across different management levels
• Mental abstraction capacity and a wide interest in technology. Additionally, you are innovative, creative and an avid learner. Radio ham enthusiasts are definitely welcome
• The ability to work in team and a taste for international contacts
• The flexibility to integrate a project at different stages
• Good command of English and fluency in French and/or Dutch.

Thales Group is a global technology leader with more than 81,000 employees on five continents. The company is investing in digital and deep tech innovations – big data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust.

For more than 20 years, Thales has pursued a robust corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy based on the highest international standards. The principles behind this policy are now captured in the company's purpose of building a future we can all trust, which was adopted in 2020.

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At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? We are looking forward to your online application. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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