Hamilton Barnes 🌳
Principal Radio Frequency Engineer
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Principal Radio Engineer (Technical Authority) | Communications Engineering & Managed Services | Somerset
Are you a senior communications engineer with design authority experience who wants to work on one of the UK's most strategically significant infrastructure projects? A specialist communications engineering business is hiring a Principal Radio Engineer to act as its designated Technical Authority at a major nuclear infrastructure site in Somerset.
What's in it for you?
- The opportunity to have your say on one of the UK’s most high profile infrastructure projects
- A rare principal-level appointment where design authority is a formal, protected part of the job
- An independent escalation route, so your technical judgement stands when programme pressure builds
- Permanent role with regular hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
- Deep technical work across radio, wireless, DAS and RF over fibre on a nationally significant site
- Travel to and from site via park and ride or pool vehicle
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Responsibilities
- Act as the designated Technical Authority for all engineering activities within formally delegated authority
- Review, approve and sign off HLDs, LLDs, drawings, technical specifications and configuration information
- Own or approve test and acceptance strategies for systems and conduct preventative maintenance inspections.
- Provide 2nd and 3rd line support for complex, recurring or high-impact faults.
- Carry out preventative maintenance inspections and technical audits, and protect approved technical baselines and configuration integrity
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Skills Required
- Strong wireless engineering experience, such as DMR Tier III, RF over Fibre or DAS
- Demonstrable design authority experience, for example technical approval, independent design review or HLD/LLD sign-off and system acceptance
- Full UK driving licence and ability to meet nuclear site access requirements
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