Senior RF Engineer

We Go Beyond for A Safer World

Te Tūranga - The Role

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Senior RF Engineer to join Tait Communications, where your expertise will be key in solving complex RF engineering challenges. We are looking for someone with extensive experience in VHF and UHF Land Mobile Radio (LMR) RF design.

In this role, you will focus on providing RF design solutions for the Public Safety Network (PSN), a critical communications system that supports emergency services across New Zealand. As a technical expert in LMR projects, you'll tackle complex RF engineering issues within modern digital LMR networks. Additionally, you'll participate in technical peer reviews and mentor the RF Engineering team.

As a Senior RF Engineer, you'll oversee the design process, breaking down and managing the technical components of RF systems and Radio Access Network (RAN) subsystems. You will also have direct interactions with customers, making representation an essential part of the role. This position reports to the Project Engineering Manager.

The duties of the role will include however but are not limited to:

• Performing detailed and complex RF design tasks, focusing on wide-area, multi-site trunked (P25) radio network design.
• Utilize advanced modelling tools (such as ATDI HTZ) to conduct RF propagation studies, analysing coverage, interference, and capacity
• Collaborate with the broader site design team (including Electrical, Structural, Mechanical, and Environmental disciplines) to balance site technical performance with design constraints.
• Conduct RF assessments to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and licensing constraints, while evaluating the impact of design changes on existing licenses.
• Develop and maintain thorough design documentation, including RF design models, site survey data, intermodulation and isolation calculations, and test plans, to present for customer approval and to support knowledge sharing for future projects.

Ō pūkenga - About You

To be successful in this role, you will have extensive experience in the LMR industry and a minimum of 10 years in design and build of LMR sites/Networks is required. 

As well as:

• Extensive knowledge and experience in LMR RF technical design.
• Demonstrated ability to execute technical tasks within complex project environments.
• Proficient in RF engineering, including design and deployment of radio systems.
• Significant hands-on experience at radio site locations.
• Strong enthusiasm for innovative design processes; familiarity with programming in Python, Perl, Tcl, or Linux kernel scripting is a plus.
• Experience with coverage verification and proficiency in GIS and mapping systems.

Ngā painga - what's in it for you?

We are an employer that is committed to making a difference for families and communities and supporting people to build rewarding careers. We achieve this through employing people who connect with our Values (Commitment to listen. Courage to Act and Integrity to Deliver) that underpin our way of working together. We are committed to investing in our people, developing both individuals and teams to support a high-performance culture. 

• We prioritise your wellbeing through health insurance, annual flu vaccinations and extra sick leave in your first year.
• We provide a comfortable work environment through modern office facilities with free onsite parking, gym, and café.
• We recognise your commitment through long service benefits.
• We balance work with fun through our active social club!

Ko wai mātou - About Us

For more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transportation and utility customers around the world. Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we now have a network of customers and offices that spans the globe.

Our employees value being part of a creative team committed to providing technological solutions that make a real difference to the communities we support. By joining Tait, you'll be joining a community of people with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, who care deeply about their work and the genuine impact it has for our customers, and who support each other to grow and develop.

Ko koe pea tēnei? - Sound like your kind of role?

If you are looking to take that next step in your career and are ready to work for a high performing organisation, alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, please submit your application with CV and cover Letter and we look forward to hearing from you.

Applications will be assessed as they are received, and your CV will be held unless you contact us to requesting this to be removed:

Applications will close Sunday 27th October 2024

For more information about the company, our products and solutions offered to our customers, please visit our website: www.taitcommunications.com