RF System Hardware QA Engineer - Test, Validation & Production Handover
Role Overview
The senior hardware quality engineer works between RF, firmware, FPGA, and software teams and the production line.
The role is focused on hardware and RF systems test, validation, quality, and production readiness, not software QA or test automation.
The client develops military RF systems.
Key Skills for This Role
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Location and working pattern
- The role is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and is on-site five days per week.
- Relocation to Abu Dhabi is required; relocation support and visa sponsorship are offered.
Type and package
- The role is permanent and full-time.
- The package is described as competitive and tax-free, dependent on experience; no salary cadence or amount is stated.
Role overview
The senior hardware quality engineer works between RF, firmware, FPGA, and software teams and the production line.
The role is focused on hardware and RF systems test, validation, quality, and production readiness, not software QA or test automation.
The client develops military RF systems.
Responsibilities
- Verify product quality and readiness for handover to operations and assess long-term supportability.
- Characterize and validate systems spanning RF, power, electronics, and software.
- Identify system weaknesses, plan mitigations, and work with development teams to resolve configuration issues and drive corrective action.
- Generate bills of materials, conduct first article inspection, and support production with manufacturing issues.
- Work with operations on product handover and long-term support.
Required experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electronic or Computer Engineering and at least 10 years in a comparable hardware or RF test, validation, or product quality role.
- Military equipment development experience is a firm requirement.
- Experience using spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, thermal cameras, multimeters, and data capture for measurement and characterization.
- Working understanding of RF, power, electronics, and software systems, and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary development teams.
- Ability to identify system configuration issues and take corrective action; experience with BOM generation, first article inspection, production support, and operations handover.
- Altium experience reading, interrogating, and marking up schematics and PCB layouts.
Desirable experience
- NVIDIA Jetson modules and/or FPGA experience is desirable.
- Python, MATLAB, or C++ experience is desirable.
- Jammers, spoofers, or other electronic countermeasures experience is a significant advantage.
- A software or coding background and Cadence AWR experience are desirable.
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