Senior RF Test & Characterization Engineer

Establish the initial RF test and characterization strategy, measurement methods, and laboratory workflows for the Copenhagen design site. Define the verification and characterization approach for the assigned RF modules and subsystems, including test coverage, acceptance criteria, calibration needs, and required evidence.

About MITS Industries

MITS Industries is establishing an R&D and design site in Copenhagen focused on advanced RF systems, signal intelligence, aerospace technologies, and mission-critical product development.

The site will build core engineering capabilities in RF and microwave hardware, antenna systems, RF testing and characterization, rugged mechanical integration, and the industrialization of complex radio-electronic systems.

The Copenhagen team will work closely with strategic partners and engineering teams across Europe, playing a leading role in the development, validation, and industrialization of advanced technologies for defense, aerospace, and other demanding applications.

One of the initial focus areas will be the development of an advanced aerospace signal intelligence product platform. The work will cover RF and system architecture, antenna system design, signal acquisition, embedded control, laboratory validation, mechanical integration, integration with the satellite platform, and preparation for production and field deployment.

The ambition is to build a strong technical design site capable of taking complex RF products, modules, and platforms from architecture and detailed design through prototyping, testing, validation, industrialization, and deployment.

About the role

MITS Industries is looking for a Senior RF Test & Characterization Engineer to join the core Copenhagen R&D team and establish the site’s RF measurement, characterization, and validation capability.

You will define and implement test strategies, measurement methods, laboratory setups, calibration procedures, and automated test workflows for RF and microwave hardware, antenna interfaces, receiver subsystems, and integrated radio-electronic systems. The work covers test planning, instrument control, measurement automation, data analysis, uncertainty and repeatability assessment, troubleshooting, and correlation between simulated and measured performance.

You will work closely with RF and microwave hardware engineers, antenna systems engineers, mechanical design engineers, systems engineers, manufacturing partners, and partner engineering teams. You will translate performance requirements and verification criteria into practical, repeatable laboratory measurements and provide clear evidence for design verification, qualification, production readiness, and field deployment.

The role requires deep RF measurement expertise, technical ownership, and hands-on laboratory experience. You will help identify design and integration issues, improve testability and calibration approaches, and build a scalable Test & Characterization capability supporting development from early prototypes through system validation and production release.

Key responsibilities

• Define RF test strategies, measurement methods, test plans, procedures, and verification evidence for RF modules, subsystems, and integrated systems.
• Translate agreed performance requirements and acceptance criteria into practical, repeatable, and traceable laboratory measurements.
• Perform RF characterization at PCB, module, subsystem, and system levels, including receiver front ends, filters, amplifiers, mixers, frequency synthesizers, RF interfaces, and complete signal paths.
• Measure and analyze gain, noise figure, sensitivity, selectivity, dynamic range, linearity, compression, phase noise, spurious responses, stability, isolation, and input/output matching.
• Design and document RF measurement setups, including instrument configuration, calibration, fixtures, interconnects, switching, signal routing, and reference conditions.
• Develop automated test and data-analysis workflows using Python or equivalent tools.
• Integrate test automation with RF laboratory equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum and signal analyzers, signal generators, calibrated noise sources, oscilloscopes, switching matrices, and programmable power supplies.
• Establish calibration, measurement-system repeatability and reproducibility (R&R), and measurement-uncertainty methods, ensuring that test results are reproducible and technically defensible.
• Analyze measurement data, correlate results with simulations and design expectations, and identify performance limitations, anomalies, and integration issues.
• Lead RF prototype bring-up, tuning, debugging, and design verification in collaboration with RF and microwave hardware engineers.
• Support system integration, qualification, production-readiness testing, and field test preparation with structured measurement methods and documented evidence.
• Prepare test specifications, setup documentation, automated scripts, measurement datasets, analysis reports, dashboards, and clear engineering recommendations.
• Contribute to design-for-testability, calibration strategy, production-test concepts, and transfer of validated test methods to manufacturing partners.
• Establish and develop the RF laboratory infrastructure, equipment roadmap, calibration practices, documentation standards, and Test & Characterization workflows for the Copenhagen design site.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or electronic engineering, RF/microwave engineering, telecommunications, applied physics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in RF and microwave testing, characterization, validation, or laboratory engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with RF measurement equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum and signal analyzers, signal generators, calibrated noise sources, oscilloscopes, switching systems, and programmable power supplies.
• Strong understanding of RF and microwave engineering principles, receiver architectures, and RF signal paths.
• Practical experience measuring and analyzing gain, noise figure, sensitivity, selectivity, dynamic range, linearity, compression, phase noise, spurious responses, stability, isolation, S-parameters, and input/output matching.
• Experience characterizing receiver front ends, filters, amplifiers, mixers, frequency synthesizers, RF modules, interfaces, and integrated signal paths.
• Practical understanding of modulation and signal characteristics, spectrum analysis, frequency-agile or frequency-hopping systems, blocking, interference, desensitization, and real-world RF environments.
• Experience designing and documenting RF measurement setups, including calibration, fixtures, interconnects, switching, signal routing, and reference conditions.
• Experience with measurement-system repeatability and reproducibility, measurement uncertainty analysis, and technically defensible test methods.
• Strong experience developing automated test and data-analysis workflows using Python or an equivalent scripting environment, including SCPI-based instrument control through VISA, PyVISA, or equivalent interfaces.
• Experience translating performance requirements and acceptance criteria into structured test plans, test cases, procedures, reports, and traceable verification evidence.
• Demonstrated ability to bring up, tune, troubleshoot, and validate RF hardware, correlate measured results with simulations and design expectations, and communicate findings clearly to design engineers.
• Experience supporting prototype integration, qualification, production-readiness testing, and transfer of validated test methods to manufacturing or external test partners.

Nice to have

• Experience with signal-intelligence, direction-finding, spectrum-monitoring, or radio-surveillance systems.
• Experience using SDR-based test platforms for wideband signal generation, IQ capture, replay, and system-level validation.
• Experience characterizing coherent or multichannel RF systems, including channel matching, phase stability, timing synchronization, and channel isolation.
• Experience with antenna-interface, over-the-air, or platform-integrated RF measurements.
• Experience with field integration and testing of RF systems in representative operational environments.
• Experience supporting environmental and EMC validation, including temperature, vibration, interference, and susceptibility testing.
• Experience establishing RF laboratory capabilities, including equipment selection, measurement architecture, calibration planning, and laboratory workflows.
• Experience developing production test methods or transferring automated RF test solutions to manufacturing partners.

Success in the first 6 months

• Establish the initial RF test and characterization strategy, measurement methods, and laboratory workflows for the Copenhagen design site.
• Define the verification and characterization approach for the assigned RF modules and subsystems, including test coverage, acceptance criteria, calibration needs, and required evidence.
• Build repeatable and documented RF measurement setups together with automated test and data-analysis workflows.
• Characterize initial hardware prototypes, identify performance limitations and integration issues, and provide clear recommendations that directly support design decisions.
• Establish calibration, measurement-system R&R, measurement-uncertainty, and test-data management practices.
• Define the initial RF laboratory equipment roadmap, measurement architecture, and capital-investment priorities.
• Establish effective technical interfaces with RF and microwave hardware, antenna systems, systems engineering, mechanical design, manufacturing, and partner engineering teams.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person