Principal Systems Engineer, Essex

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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 Weapons business works ethically, to provide complex weapons systems to customers. We equip the Royal Air Force with capabilities such as AMRAAM and Paveway IV precision guided munitions: the Royal Navy with our Phalanx close-in missile defence system and the British Army with Javelin portable anti-tank guided weapon system.

Our Sensors 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.

Summary of Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and high-performing Principal Systems Engineer to work within the Raytheon Assured Position Navigation and Timing (APNT) Engineering team, part of the wider Systems & Products business unit, to produce 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:

The role will report directly to the Senior Project Engineering Manager APNT, providing Technical Leadership and Direction for the Engineering team, with Design Authority responsibility for their assigned products and support in generating a development strategy and road maps for the APNT team.

The candidate will support our Business Development and Capture team regarding customer support and technical/product strategy discussions. Responsible for leading the technical input for Bids and Proposals and Production of Engineering Estimates will assist in the successful capture of new business.

Working closely with our Customers and 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 in order to meet the requirements set during product development.

Working with our experienced design team, industry experts and interfacing to our suppliers you will be solving complex technical problems on new and existing GPS Anti-Jam Products. As well as providing Engineering representation to production IPT (Integrated Product Team) regarding investigating production queries, obsolescence management and phasing of change management.

Responsible for all technical design reviews and qualification, verification, validation, and certification of our 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.

You will support and mentor our junior engineers through their activities to ensure the teams growth and future success.

• Product development experience at team lead level
• Good knowledge of high-speed digital design (up to GHz), electro-mechanical and/or 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.
• Experience of interfacing designs into established systems
• Proven experience and demonstrable achievement in systems engineering principles with regards product development
• Experience in Product Qualification, for EMC, Environmental requirements.
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills, willing to take ownership as well as positively contributing within cross-disciplined teams.
• Able to prioritise and manage their tasks and the engineering team activities to ensure all are completed to time and schedule whilst ensuring the required design process and quality is maintained
• Experience in interpretation of customer specs and end-use environments.
• Ability to develop hardware concepts efficiently from limited or vague customer requirements and communicate potential solutions.
• Experience with generation of technical documentation at all levels.
• Good communication skills and ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders customers, senior management, engineering and supporting functions. Ability to tailor communications to level and audience 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.
• Design Authority experience for System 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 environments (e.g. Mentor, Matlab, LT Spice, Hyperlynx and Systemvision or equivalents)
• Knowledge of Firmware development, design and test using suitable toolsets (i.e. Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim)
• Product Quality Testing and Certification.
• Experience of working with Industry standard toolsets for requirement capture, design and task management (e.g. DOORs, Microsoft Project).
• Knowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics
• Experience with SysML or UML in a Systems Engineering environment
• Experience with configuration management systems
• Understands the principles of 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.
• 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 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, focused. 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.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Raytheon UK, we are committed to fostering a workplace that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) as fundamental pillars of our organisational culture. We believe that the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our employees are invaluable assets that drive innovation and excellence in everything we do.

In embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, Raytheon UK strengthens its ability to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. We are proud to create a workplace where all individuals can thrive and contribute to the advancement of technology, security, and a better future for all. Our aim is for our employees to produce the best work of their lives so together we build a stronger, more inclusive future.