RF Recruitment · Greater Adelaide

RF recruitment for Adelaide engineering teams

Specialist recruitment for RF circuits, wireless systems, antennas, matching, simulation and measurement. Led by an engineer who understands the engineering behind the hire.

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Specialist Recruitment

Need the right RF engineer for a critical role?

RunTime clarifies the engineering requirements, searches for relevant candidates, assesses their technical experience and delivers a focused shortlist for an individual role or defined search.

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Embedded Recruiter

Building a team and need a recruiter working alongside you?

Lance can work inside your hiring operation, collaborating with engineering managers and using your ATS and company email where agreed. This recruitment delivery model can support wider engineering hiring alongside rf roles.

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RF recruitment specialisms

Define the capability the role actually needs.

RF circuit design, antenna engineering, wireless system work and compliance testing overlap but are separate specialties. The frequency range and product architecture matter.

RF circuits

Front ends, amplifiers, mixers, oscillators and transceiver paths.

Antennas and matching

Antenna selection or design, matching networks and propagation constraints.

Simulation and layout

Relevant EM and circuit tools, parasitics, stack-up and RF layout.

Measurement

VNAs, spectrum analysers, signal generators and over-the-air testing.

For Adelaide employers

A focused search built around the engineering work.

Clarify the brief

We define the frequency range, radio architecture, link requirements, antenna constraints, regulatory context, simulation environment and measurement ownership.

Assess relevant evidence

Candidate discussions examine link budgets, noise and linearity, matching and layout choices, measurement technique and the path from simulation to working hardware.

Approach suitable engineers

RunTime searches and directly approaches engineers whose experience aligns with the brief, then presents a focused shortlist with evidence, gaps and practical details.

Founder-led technical recruitment

Engineering context behind the search.

Before recruitment, Lance Harvie developed electronics and firmware for industrial equipment, gaming systems and telecommunications products. He later built decades of specialist recruitment experience.

That background informs the questions RunTime asks about ownership, engineering decisions and fault investigation. It does not replace the client’s detailed technical interview.

RunTime Recruitment has operated since 2019.

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Lance Harvie, founder of RunTime Recruitment

Adelaide engineering context

Sensors, autonomous systems and advanced electronics.

Relevant local themes: autonomous systems, RF sensing, photonics, electronics.

Adelaide University identifies research across autonomous systems and control, RF sensing, semiconductors, photonics, IoT, computer engineering and hardware/software integration. Its engineering scope also includes biomedical instrumentation and advanced manufacturing.

These areas provide relevant context for Adelaide teams hiring product engineers outside a single industry or clearance-dependent market.

Sources: Adelaide University engineering research.

For RF engineers

Interested in Adelaide opportunities?

Share your resume and the type of work you want to do. Include your preferred working arrangement, location or relocation constraints, and the parts of the development lifecycle you have personally owned.

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Frequently asked questions

Adelaide RF recruitment questions

How do you separate RF design from general electronics?+

The brief identifies responsibility for RF circuits, antennas, wireless systems, layout, simulation and measurement. General electronics experience is relevant only where it supports those requirements.

Can the search account for onsite or hybrid work in Adelaide?+

Yes. RunTime documents the employer’s actual working arrangement and presents it clearly. Onsite, hybrid and remote preferences are not treated as interchangeable.

Can you approach engineers who may need to relocate to Adelaide?+

Relocation can form part of the search where the employer is open to it. Interest, timing and practical constraints are confirmed with each candidate. No relocation or work-authorisation outcome is assumed.

When is Embedded Recruiter the better service?+

It is designed for a wider or recurring hiring plan where recruitment continuity matters. It is a delivery model, not a reference to embedded software engineering, and its agreed scope can support rf and related engineering roles.

Discuss your hiring plan

Hiring one RF engineer or building a wider team?

Tell us what you’re building, who you need and when you need them. Choose Specialist Recruitment for a specific hire or Embedded Recruiter support for a wider hiring plan.

Prefer email? webform@runtimerec.com

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