Date Posted:
2023-09-14
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
GBRWLN111: Livingston Scotland, Oakbank Park Drive, Mid Calder, Livingston, EH53 0TJ
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
Overview:
The Raytheon UK Weapons & Sensors team has an exciting opportunity for an engineer to join and assist in developing and delivering complex, high-profile programmes to Customers based in the UK.
The role, reporting directly to the Senior Programme Manager within the Power Development Team, offers excellent opportunities to grow in a challenging and rewarding environment, supported by a dynamic, close-knit multi-functional team.
This team uses cutting edge technology, adopting a digital engineering approach offering the successful candidate opportunity to learn and develop their own skills and knowledge.
We are looking for a motivated, experienced Systems Engineer in all aspects of a product lifecycle.
The role will be based at Raytheon’s Livingston facility, whilst covering our Glenrothes site also. The successful candidate will have access to professional development opportunities and be part of the growing Defence Business in Raytheon UK, delivering engineering expertise across a wide range of projects to both military and civil customers worldwide.
As well as developing within the business, Raytheon UK encourages its employees to become involved in one of our Employee Resource Groups. These groups are an integral part of our diversity and inclusion journey and a key to maintaining a rich diverse talent base. We also encourage all employees to take advantage of 5 full days of volunteering leave to allow them to focus on social causes that impact their local community. We also support flexible working hours, which can be negotiated to suit both the business and employee to help balance busy lives.
We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with a background in defence or aerospace to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of requirements management, system design, interface management, integration, verification, validation (IV&V), and product qualification.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Requirements Management: Capture, analyse, and manage system requirements, ensuring that they are well defined, verifiable, and traceable throughout the product lifecycle.
2. System Design: Design and optimise system architectures and components to meet requirements while considering constraints such as performance, cost, size etc.
3. Interface Management: Oversee and manage the technical interfaces between subsystems and external systems, ensuring interoperability and performance metrics are met.
4. Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V): Develop and implement IV&V plans and procedures, ensure system compliance with requirements, and verify system performance through rigorous testing.
5. Product Qualification: Lead efforts to ensure systems meet necessary certifications and standards for defence/aerospace industry, ensuring products are ready for operational deployment.
6. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including software, electrical, mechanical engineers, and project managers to deliver integrated solutions.
7. Support root cause analyses and problem resolution for system issues.
8. Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers.
Essential Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of "5 years" experience in the defence or aerospace sector.
- Proven track record in requirements management, system design, interface management, IV&V, and product qualification.
- Familiarity with defence and/or aerospace standards and regulations.
- Proficiency with engineering tools for modelling, simulation, and analysis.
- Technical Leadership/Direction
Desirable Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Experience with DOORS, MBSE, MATLAB.
- Leadership/Management of engineering personnel
Job Location - Livingston (on-site)/ Glenrothes/Hybrid Opportunities
Standard Benefits:
- 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
- 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’
- Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes.
- Enhanced sick pay scheme
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced Maternity & Shared Parental leave.
- 37hr working week, with an early finish Friday (hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specifics arrangements).
- Flexible working arrangements can be considered wherever we can (depending on the role) so please enquire or highlight any request to our Recruitment team to explore flexible working possibilities.
- Canteen facilities available at Harlow & Glenrothes sites and Manchester & Gloucester offer free snacks & drinks (hot & cold).
About Raytheon UK
With facilities in Broughton, Waddington, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester with presence across other customer sites also. Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs 1,700 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances.
Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space business.
About RTX
RTX is an aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises four industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defence. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cyber security. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Raytheon Career Development:
Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.
Diversity:
Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Women's Network, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA) and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion counsel, and all Raytheon employees are welcome to participate regardless of their background.
As a proud contributor to the HM Armed Forces, Raytheon UK signed the HM Armed Forces covenant in 2014. Due to the varied activities and support to our Armed Forces & Reservists,
Raytheon UK has since been awarded the prestigious Covenant ‘Gold Award’ Employee Recognition.
Raytheon UK recognise that our people are the critical factor in our success, and we strive to provide a challenging and rewarding careers.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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