Systems Engineer

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Systems Engineer

Hybrid UK wide travel as needed

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; were building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

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.

Through advanced technology and our peoples expertise our Training Transformation Services is modernising whats possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation.

Raytheon UK are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with a background in defence or aerospace who is ideally knowledgeable about training development 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. They will also require experience of specifying requirements developing statements of work and monitoring both the design production and acceptance of complex training devices.

The ideal candidate will have to be sufficiently flexible to perform in different contexts. Some tasking may be primarily internal working within a matrix team to develop procurement strategies and to mature requirements for training devices which they will then assist in taking through a procurement cycle. Other tasking may be centred on managing for Raytheon the activities of a subcontractor undertaking detailed design and build of a training device.

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.

This will be a hybrid role with the expectation that both Raytheon site and Customer site attendance will be required at times. This is expected to be around 20 of your time.

Main Duties:

The successful applicant will support the required capability. This role has the following main duties:

• Working with the Training Solution Delivery Lead to define work packages and technical requirements.
• Individually contribute to the and delivery of key work packages.
• Undertaking activities associated with product specification and qualification.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to assist in the procurement and implementation of advanced training devices; the wider team includes specialists in requirements test and acceptance system architecture and supportability.
• Contributes to problem resolution at a team level.
• Contributes to and helps improve planned system operation.
• Create and maintain documentation for system configurations processes and procedures
• Supporting and completing bid responses both at the PreQualifying (PQQ) and Tender (ITN) stages.
• Carrying out Systems analysis and design work;
• Technical design reviews oversight and governance;
• Supporting Customer questions and requests

Candidate Requirements:

Essential:

• A relevant degree or equivalent training and at least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in systems engineering ideally on all sections of the Vmodel.
• Experience with systems engineering technical standards principles theories concepts and techniques.
• Experience writing scopes of work and acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of the development of Systems of Systems.
• Ability to work in a collaborative multidiscipline environment to produce deliverable products.

• Experience with Atlassian suite working with Jira Confluence Dimension RM and DOORS
• Handson experience with configuration management tools
• Has or is able to obtain security clearance.
• Valid driving licence.

Desirable:

• Experience of training devices.
• Experience of working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
• Awareness of NAFv4 and/or TOGAF.

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 sitespecific 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. 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.

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington Virginia USA but with over 180000 employees globally across every continent RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industryleading businesses Collins Aerospace Systems Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35000 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 4000 suppliers across England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland. Were investing in all corners of the country supporting 29040 jobs in England 3040 in Northern Ireland 1900 in Scotland and 1600 in Wales.

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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