Date Posted: 2025-02-26
Country: United Kingdom
Location: GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA
Position Role Type: Unspecified
Job Title
Senior Systems and Hardware Design Authority
Location: Harlow
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37 hrs
Our Business
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.
Summary of Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems and Hardware Engineer to work within the Raytheon Assured Position Navigation and Timing Systems team (APNT), producing Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems and Alternative Navigation Solutions primarily for the military market.
The role will provide Design Authority (DA) support across Raytheon’s range of APNT products, providing Systems and Hardware Engineering expertise/direction across the product lifecycle, from requirements capture, analysis, design through to testing, qualification, certification and in-service support.
Main Duties
This role will initially provide support to the Lead Design Authority for our Flagship Anti-Jam products with a view to becoming the Lead Design Authority once enough training and experience has been gained.
Main activities include DA support to: Customer Programme Management Reviews (including attendance to PMR held in Georgia every 6 months, April and October), monthly customer IPT meetings, weekly internal IPT obsolescence, risk and FRACAS reviews.
Primary responsibilities include production support and obsolescence maintenance, management of project requirements, generation of technical documentation, systems analysis, hardware design, participation in technical design reviews and technical direction/custodianship of the products.
Additional responsibilities include supporting the Systems Team in the generation of bid/proposal material, submission of bids in response to customer requests and supporting ongoing design & development for our next generation products.
Candidate Requirements
Essential
* Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle from requirements through to project completion.
* Experience with generation of technical documentation at all levels from requirements capture through to Declaration of Design & Performance (DDP).
* An understanding of the ‘rules’ of change management and configuration management in a highly regulated industry where safety and performance are paramount.
* Understanding of policies, practices and procedures, and the ability to communicate these to their team.
* Ability to work in a team and perform to project directives.
* Ability to work autonomously, with limited oversight from Team Leaders and Management.
* Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics) or similar industry certification.
* Sense of ownership, resilience and decisiveness to provide technical direction/guidance in the development of electronic solutions.
Desirable
* Knowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics.
* Experience with the IBM Rational DOORS toolset (or similar).
* Experience with RF (including Antennas) and Digital Hardware design and test.
* Algorithm development incorporating Modelling experience in MATLAB/Simulink.
* Experience with SysML or UML in a Systems Engineering environment.
* Experience with configuration management systems.
Benefits
* Competitive salaries.
* 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days.
* 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.
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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