Multiple Access Communications Ltd | Full time

Digital Design Engineer - Wireless Communications

Southampton, United Kingdom | Posted on 30/04/2025

Are you looking to further develop your career in a job where you get to use your full range of technical and problem-solving skills?

Are you looking to fast-track your path to becoming an expert in wireless communications technology? As the wireless communications market continues to evolve and grow, our customers come to us to help solve complex problems. A career at MAC Ltd is suitable if you have a broad electronic engineering skillset and love tackling complex challenges.

Life at MAC Ltd

MAC Ltd’s success is based on finding, training, and mentoring exceptional electronic engineers, building a team capable of taking on and solving the most difficult engineering problems. We require a wide range of engineering skills, and with our expert support, you will be able to develop these across a diverse range of projects.

You will work as part of an elite team and participate in all phases of the project lifecycle, from requirements capture to implementation, presenting, interacting, and developing ideas with clients. You can expect to work on various projects throughout the year in a well-established and dynamic company.

Your Skills & Experience

We are particularly looking for degree-qualified electronics engineers with significant experience in digital design, wireless technology, embedded systems, or software-defined radio.

You’ll have significant experience in some or all of the following areas:

• FPGA design, including experience in languages such as VHDL, Verilog, and High-Level Synthesis Modelling tools such as MATLAB and Simulink
• Radio communications and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques
• Software Defined Radio (SDR) and RF techniques
• Software Development
• Development of communication waveforms
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

And, you’ll have a rounded skill set including:

• The ability to identify problems and possible solutions, considering all angles and implementation approaches
• Competent technical knowledge across disciplines; actively engaged in learning new ideas
• Confidence in articulating problems and solutions to peers and customers, both verbally and in writing
• Experience taking responsibility for project components, ensuring awareness and tracking against budgets and milestones

Requirements

• An electronics degree from a top UK university
• Already have full eligibility to work in the UK
• Eligible for UKSV (SC) security clearance

Benefits

The benefits of working at MAC Ltd include:

• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies to make a real difference in a dynamic and agile environment
• Mentoring from talented and experienced industry experts
• Sharing in the company’s success through MAC Ltd’s 100% Employee Ownership
• Beautiful rural office setting at the University of Southampton Science Park, a short drive or bus ride from Southampton City Centre
• Competitive salary linked to your performance
• Private medical insurance
• Opportunities for flexible working
• Discounted on-site gym membership
• Discounts on fitness, leisure, and lifestyle brands (through our ADS membership)
• Cycle to Work scheme for savings on bikes and accessories
• Additional paid annual leave for volunteering activities

MAC Ltd was founded in 1986 by Professor Raymond Steele, a pioneer in modern mobile communications, to address engineering challenges in mobile technology. The company has built a world-class team capable of solving complex engineering problems, continuing Professor Steele’s legacy today.

Our focus is on the radio interface between wireless devices, including developing modulation and radio access schemes, spectrum sharing approaches, and providing products to test and validate radio communication systems. We have contributed to every generation of mobile technology, from analogue to 5G smartphones, across sectors like telecommunications, public safety, defense, and security.

Our success is rooted in a culture of diversity and inclusion, bringing together people from different backgrounds and perspectives into a cohesive, supportive team. This is exemplified by our transition to an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT) in March 2025.