Product Engineer

SoCode
Impington, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Last week
£65,000 – £80,000 pa

Salary

£65,000 – £80,000 pa

Posted
10 Apr 2026 (Last week)

Socode are partnering with an innovative semiconductor business developing next-generation RF technology for global connectivity. As their product pipeline expands, they’re looking to appoint a Product Engineer to sit at the centre of engineering, product definition, and customer delivery.

This is a cross-functional role focused on ensuring products are clearly defined, technically robust, and successfully transitioned from development into manufacturable, customer-ready solutions.

What will you be doing?

• Translating customer and market requirements into clear product specifications

• Owning product performance, requirements, and lifecycle integrity

• Acting as the technical focal point across RF, IC, software, and test teams

• Supporting design reviews, trade-offs, and risk management at product level

• Defining validation strategies including lab and over-the-air testing

• Ensuring products meet performance, quality, and customer expectations

• Supporting manufacturing readiness through DfM and DfT considerations

• Acting as a bridge between engineering, commercial, and customer teams

What are they looking for?

• Solid background working with RF systems, RF modules, or mixed-signal / analogue IC products

• Experience converting high-level product or customer needs into clear, actionable engineering requirements

• Proven ability to operate effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams

• Strong understanding of product validation, measurement techniques, and performance trade-offs

• Methodical and structured approach to managing product-level responsibility

• Confident communicator, able to work across both technical and non-technical teams

Nice to have

• Experience with RF front-end modules or wireless connectivity products

• Familiarity with full product lifecycle from concept to production

• Exposure to semiconductor manufacturing or test flows

• Experience supporting customer engagements or applications engineering

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