Date Posted:
2025-02-11
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
Job Title - Hardware Design Authority
Location - Harlow
Contract - Permanent
Hours - Full-time 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.
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.
Main Duties:
* 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 manage these requirements through the design lifecycle.
* Direct and indirect team management, including performance goal setting and timesheets.
* Providing engineering representation to production IPT regarding investigating production queries and obsolescence management.
* Responsible for technical design reviews and qualification, verification, validation, and certification of designs.
* Supporting and mentoring junior engineers through their activities.
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 in systems engineering principles regarding product development.
* Experience in product qualification for EMC and environmental requirements.
* 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.
* Knowledge of firmware development, design and test using suitable toolsets.
* Knowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics.
Benefits
* Competitive salaries.
* 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays.
* 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.
* Enhanced sick pay.
* Enhanced family friendly policies.
Work Culture
* 37hr working week, although hours may vary.
* Early 1.30pm finish Friday.
* Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities.
* Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
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