Date Posted:
2025-01-21
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
GBR13: Home - Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
Job Title
Senior Firmware Engineer
Location
Harlow
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Fulltime 37 hrs
Job Description
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.
The role
Raytheon UK is looking for an experienced Hardware / Firmware engineer to join Raytheon’s Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) team in Harlow, reporting directly to an Engineering Manager.
The Senior Firmware / Hardware Engineer supports the hardware and firmware development of RUK’s ATMS products, working collaboratively with other engineering disciplines in the ATMS business. This role includes:
* Working effectively within a multi-disciplined design team
* Assessing customer requirements, interpretation and creation of Design Specifications
* Deriving detailed Hardware and/or firmware requirements for complex systems
* Conduct and direct Design, commissioning, circuit debug and fault diagnosis through the project lifecycle
* Electronic Schematic capture, PCB Layout review
* Modelling and simulations of functions
* Ability to Design to Cost and schedule
* Document Verification and Qualification of products to industry and customer standards
* Prepare technical documents & reports
Essential Skills:
* Qualifications and experience in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline
* Experience of VHDL based FPGA design and verification techniques
* Good and demonstrable problem-solving skills with practical laboratory test, circuit build & test measurement experience
* Practical experience of FPGA technology from Xilinx, Altera and/or Actel
* Ability to de-bug and test new hardware and firmware designs and supporting module and system related test, verification and integration
* Good problem-solving skills, willing to take ownership as well as positively contributing within cross-discipline teams
* Experience in simulation tool (i.e. Matlab Simulink or Spice)
* Good communication skills. Ability to tailor communications to level and audience at all levels
* Eligible or current holder of SC security clearance
Desired Skills:
* Experience using the Mentor Graphics tool suite; DxDesigner, Constraints Editor, HyperLynx tools such as Signal Integrity & Power Analyser, SystemVision simulation or equivalents would be advantageous
* Proven analytical skills in circuit simulation
* Experience of working with Industry standard toolsets (e.g. DOORs)
Required Education/Experience:
* BEng/ MSc / MEng /PhD in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or similar, with appropriate specialisation in FPGA/Firmware/digital design techniques and embedded development. Candidates with other qualifications and relevant experience will be considered
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
* Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year
Raytheon UK is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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