Telecoms Radio Engineer

Telecoms Radio Engineer
Gloucester
40,000 - 45,000 + Progression + Technical Leadership + Pension + Holidays + Secure Projects

Are you an experienced Telecoms Engineer with a strong background in radio, cellular, and LPWAN technologies within secure or critical infrastructure environments?

This is an excellent opportunity for a mid-to-senior level professional to take on a technical authority role within a growing communications and infrastructure organisation delivering secure, scalable telecoms solutions across the UK.

The company is an established engineering-led business specialising in secure communications, network design and infrastructure transformation across defence, utilities, and regulated sectors. With continued growth, they are seeking a Telecoms Radio Engineer to lead discovery, design, and technical delivery across multiple programmes.

In this role, you will act as the subject matter expert for telecoms and radio technologies, supporting both internal teams and end clients. You will be responsible for discovery, architecture design, implementation, and optimisation of secure communication systems, ensuring alignment with governance and security standards.

This position offers strong technical ownership, stakeholder engagement and the opportunity to work on large-scale, secure communication environments.

The Role:
Act as Technical Authority and primary escalation point for telecoms and radio technologies
Lead discovery and requirements gathering across LPWAN, cellular, and radio environments
Design and deliver secure, scalable communication architectures across critical infrastructure sectors
Implement and optimise LoRaWAN (LPWAN), LTE and NB-IoT solutions end-to-end
Produce high- and low-level designs and ensure compliance with governance and security standards
Collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to support project execution and innovation

The Person:
Degree-qualified or equivalent experience in Telecommunications, Network Engineering or similar
Strong experience with LoRaWAN (LPWAN), LTE and NB-IoT technologies
Proven background in telecoms design, architecture, and secure communication principles
Experience within defence, utilities, or other regulated/CNI environments
Strong understanding of networking, routing and switching
Eligible for SC clearance with strong stakeholder communication skills

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.