Date Posted:

2024-06-14

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

Job Tile-Hardware Design Authority

Location-Harlow

Contract-Permanent

Hours-Fulltime 37 hrs

About us

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

Our business

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

Our Advanced Products business has a long heritage of providing leading solutions across different domains. From navigation and GPS anti-jamming systems to air traffic radars and solutions for air traffic management, we’re equipping our customers for security across air, land, and sea.

It’s a team effort at Raytheon UK where everyone’s role is of equal importance. We have wonderful teams of support functions enabling our delivery teams to do the best work of their lives. Our head office heroes are critical to success of the business.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and high performing Principal Hardware Engineer to join our APNT (Assured Position Navigation and Timing), Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems and Alternative Navigation Solutions for the military market. 

The role will provide Design Authority expertise across Raytheon’s range of APNT products, providing technical direction across the product lifecycle, from requirements capture, Analysis, Design through testing, qualification and certification activities, release to volume production and ongoing product sustainability, you will be solving complex technical problems on new and existing GPS Anti-Jam Products.

Main Duties: 

As a key member of the technical leadership team , the role will report directly to the Head of Engineering for APNT, your main duties would include:

Technical leadership and direction for the engineering hardware team, with Design Authority responsibility for assigned products Support in generating a development strategy and road maps for the APNT team. Leading the technical input for Bids and Proposals and Production of Engineering Estimates towards the successful capture of new business. Working closely with the System Engineering Team to develop and shape the technical requirements, design, generation of technical documentation and then manage these requirements through the design lifecycle.Direct and Indirect team management across team, including performance goal setting, reward, recognition and timesheets Providing Engineering representation to production IPT (Integrated Product Team) regarding investigating production queries, obsolescence management and phasing of change management. Responsible for technical design reviews and qualification, verification, validation, and certification of designs ensures that we meet the highest standard the customer expects of Raytheon Products.Raytheon invests heavily in Research & Development for existing and new products within the APNT division.  Supporting and mentoring junior engineers through their activities to ensure the teams growth and future success. 

Candidate Requirements: 

Essential 

Product development experience at team lead level Knowledge of high-speed digital design (up to GHz), electro-mechanical and thermal product design within harsh environments. Understanding of RF concepts and techniques for analogue signals to 2GHz. Design of circuits in analogue and digital, with exposure to FPGA or DSP control. Proven experience and demonstrable achievement in systems engineering principles with regards product development Experience in Product Qualification, for EMC, Environmental requirements. Experience in interpretation of customer specs and end use environments, and dealing with ambiguities. Experience with generation of technical documentation at all levels. Excellent stakeholder management and customer interfacing skills. Willingness to travel throughout the UK, Europe and the US. Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics) or similar industry certification. Eligible or current holder of SC security clearance. 

Desirable 

Previous Design Authority experience for Hardware Product development Experience with interfacing to RF circuitry and high speed D/A /A/D conversion Experience in schematic, and PCB layout tools, and Electronics simulation environmentsKnowledge of Firmware development, design and test using suitable toolsetsKnowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics Experience with SysMl or UML in a Systems Engineering environment 

Should you require any adjustments to support you in the recruitment process please discuss with your recruiter or email the request to recruitment@raytheon.co.uk

Competitive Benefits and Work Culture

Benefits

Competitive salaries.25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)Company bonus scheme (discretionary).6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.Enhanced sick pay.Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

Work Culture

37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

RTX

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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