Job Description

Date Posted: 2023-07-05

Country: United Kingdom

Location: GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA

Position Role Type: Unspecified

The Raytheon UK Weapons team has a fantastic opportunity for a new engineer to join and assist in delivering complex and high-profile programmes to customers based in the UK. This team works with cutting edge technology and offers the opportunity to contribute to global security whilst offering the opportunity to learn and develop your own skills and knowledge. It also offers excellent opportunities to grow in a challenging and rewarding environment, supported by a fantastic, close-knit multi-functional team.

As a result of new contracts, the engineering team is rapidly growing and therefore we are looking for a motivated Embedded Systems Engineer with a background in embedded software systems, system architecture, designing to a set of requirements and with a keen interest in weapon systems.

As well as developing within the business, Raytheon UK also encourages its employees to get 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.

The role will be based at Raytheon\xe2\x80\x99s Harlow facility. 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.

Main Duties:

The successful applicant will support the Weapons Team across various programmes (both internally and Customer funded) and will involve the following main duties:

Create and manage architectures for complex embedded systems

Understand, decompose and verify embedded system requirements

Define and perform unit level and sub system level testing for embedded software systems

Work alongside our embedded software firmware and electronic design engineers

Generate supporting design documentation and perform regular technical reviews

Candidate Requirements:
Essential:

Experience creating embedded system architectures

Experience testing and verifying requirements

Ability to programme in C/C++

Able to present technical information clearly and concisely to others

Demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills

An openness to learn and try new techniques

Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment - working independently or with others to overcome obstacles

Capable of analysing and reporting on technical data

Eligible or holder of current SC security clearance

Desirable:

Experience using the Vivado and Vitis design tools

Experience delivering an embedded system as a product

Experience creating hardware system architectures

Familiarity with the application of a systems engineering approach across the design and development lifecycle

Experience designing embedded software systems in conformance with defence engineering standards/airborne standards

Working with Model Based System Engineering tools such as Simulink

Weapon systems domain knowledge and/or experience in a similar field

Standard Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) + statutory

public holidays.

• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company

contribution).

• 6 times salary \xe2\x80\x98Life Assurance\xe2\x80\x99.
• Flexible Benefits scheme.
• Discretionary Bonus scheme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies.
• 37hr standard working week, with an early finish on

Fridays whilst operating a \xe2\x80\x98Hybrid Working Model\xe2\x80\x99*

• Canteen facilities are available at Harlow &

Glenrothes sites. Manchester & Gloucester offer free
snacks & drinks (hot & cold).

• Our Hybrid Working Model supports flexible working

arrangements on a formal or informal arrangement,
considering both location and/or working hours, subject
to business and customer needs. Please highlight any
flexible requirements to our Recruitment team to explore
the opportunities.

About Raytheon UK
With facilities in Broughton, Waddington, Glenrothes,
Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester and a presence across
customer sites together with remote working practices.
Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the
development of UK technology. Across the country
Raytheon UK employs over 2,000 people and supports
8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to
the UK Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest
in research and development, supporting innovation and
technological advances across its core mission areas
Weapons & Sensors, and Cyber, Space & Training.
Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon
Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon
Intelligence & Space business.

About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation 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 \xe2\x80\x93 Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt &
Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon
Missiles & Defence. It\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

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