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Location(s): Harlow - hybrid working approx. 3 days on site

Security Clearance Requirements: BPSS & eligible for SC

Why Join Raytheon

Raytheon UK is a powerhouse in defence and aerospace, where innovation meets impact. As a key partner to the UK government and global customers, we tackle the toughest challenges across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.

Beyond cutting-edge defence solutions, we lead the way in digital training transformation for both military and commercial clients. At Raytheon UK, you will work with pioneering technology, collaborate with top industry experts, and be part of a dynamic team that fuels your growth. Whether you're looking to push boundaries, develop your skills, or make a real-world impact, your future starts here.

What You Will Do

Raytheon UK is looking for an experienced Hardware / Firmware engineer to join Raytheon’s Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) team in Harlow, reporting directly to an Engineering Manager.

The Senior Firmware / Hardware Engineer support the hardware and firmware development of RUK’s ATMS products, working collaboratively with other engineering disciplines in the ATMS business. It represents a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced digital engineer to really make their mark on a broad and varied range of ATMS developments.

Above all, this is the ideal opportunity for a self-starting senior engineer who wants to work on exciting technology and product development projects in a collaborative and well-established environment.

Responsibilities

• Working effectively within a multi-disciplined design team
• Assessing customer requirements, interpretation and creation of Design Specifications
• Deriving detailed Hardware and or firmware requirements for complex systems.
• Conduct and direct Design, commissioning, circuit debug and fault diagnosis through the project lifecycle
• Electronic Schematic capture, PCB Layout review
• Modelling and simulations of functions
• Ability to Design to Cost and schedule
• Document Verification and Qualification of products to industry and customer standards
• Prepare technical documents & reports

Required Skills

• Experience of VHDL based FPGA design and verification techniques.
• Good and demonstrable problem-solving skills with practical laboratory test, circuit build & test measurement experience
• Practical experience of FPGA technology from Xilinx, Altera and/or Actel.
• Ability to de-bug and test new hardware and firmware designs and supporting module and system related test, verification and integration.
• Good problem-solving skills, willing to take ownership as well as positively contributing within cross-discipline teams.
• Experience in simulation tool (i.e. Matlab Simulink or Spice)
• BEng / MSc / MEng / PhD in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or similar, with appropriate specialisation in FPGA / Firmware / digital design techniques and embedded development.
• Eligible or current holder of SC.

What We Offer

• 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

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on specific role
• 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.

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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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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