Radio Engineer - Systems Integrator
hace 3 días
Edinburgh
Join the UK’s leading independent communications supplier with half a century of expertise in designing,commissioning,deploying,and maintaining wireless voice,video,and data networks.Operating a comprehensive national footprint with regional sites across the UK,the organization delivers tailored,vendor-independent solutions designed to support mission-critical communication requirements for enterprise and public-sector clients. The organization is expanding its team and is looking to appoint a Field Radio Engineer to support its operations across Scotland.Operating in a hybrid capacity with regular site travel,the successful candidate will install,commission,maintain,and repair professional radio systems across high-tower and emergency services infrastructure.Core duties include deploying and servicing RF equipment,managing critical search and rescue communications,and supporting multi-vendor hardware environments including Tait,Hytera,and Motorola platforms. • Installing, configuring, and commissioning professional mobile, portable, and fixed radio communications equipment, including VHF/UHF analogue, DMR, and trunked systems, • Installing and testing base stations, repeaters, antenna systems, feeders, combiners, and duplexers, • Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and fault-finding across radio coverage, transmission, reception, and network performance issues, • Investigating RF interference, receiver desensitisation, and other performance problems, • Conducting RF measurements and system performance tests using service monitors, spectrum analysers, and antenna analysers, • Completing installation documentation, test records, and commissioning reports, • Providing clear technical support to customers, and responding to breakdowns and call-outs, • Supporting radio system upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure projects, • Supporting the wider engineering team remotely as required, • Working safely at height and around RF and electrical hazards, in line with company procedures, • Practical field experience in radio communications engineering, electronics, or a related discipline, • Understanding of VHF/UHF radio systems and RF principles, • Experience installing, programming, testing, or maintaining radio communications equipment, • Ability to fault-find systematically and identify root causes, • Competence using RF test equipment and interpreting results, • Ability to read technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and equipment manuals, • Good IT skills, including equipment programming and configuration software, • Based in Scotland or genuinely willing to relocate, • Willingness to travel across Scottish sites and work at customer premises, • Full UK driving licence, • Motorola radio system experience (training provided for the right candidate), • Experience with L3Harris, MANET, or line-of-sight networks, or a defence or signals background, • DMR, analogue, or trunked radio experience, and multi-site network experience, • Knowledge of IP networking, Ethernet, and TCP/IP, • Coverage testing and system optimisation experience, • Working at height and site safety training, • Hybrid working with a mix of office, field, and some remote support, • Motorola training for the right engineer, • Investment in a growing Scottish team following a recent acquisition, • Varied field work across high-tower and search and rescue sites, • Permanent role with a business building a stable, long-term Scottish presence, • Competitive, discussed on application #J-18808-Ljbffr