Chief Engineer (APNT)

RTX Technologies
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Date Posted:2024-08-28

Country:United Kingdom

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

Position Role Type:Unspecified

The Role

We’re searching for an outstanding technical leader to become our Chief Engineer for Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT). Our APNT business has a long, successful history in the development, manufacture and supply of GPS Anti-Jam and Anti-Spoofing technology for Land, Sea and Air applications. This includes our flagship GAS/ADAP and Landshield product lines, both of which are the result of substantial investment in analog electronics, digital electronics, digital signal processing, firmware, antennae design, RF and systems engineering capability.

This is a senior leadership role within the APNT business, accountable for technical governance and engineering delivery for APNT products, from cradle to grave. You will report directly to the Head of Engineering, Systems & Products, and indirectly to the Head of the APNT Business, working alongside the Senior Engineering Manager, APNT.

As a Chief Engineer, both breadth and depth of technical experience are essential, as is knowledge of the APNT market including customers, equipment suppliers and key stakeholders. You’ll demonstrate strong technical leadership, using your skills and experience to embed a customer-focused approach to product development in lockstep with industry and academia.

Responsibilities

• Accountable to the Head of Engineering for technical execution for APNT product development, including:

  • technical integrity of programme work products, including safety assessments, requirement definition and decomposition, architecture, interface definition, development and production verification strategies, qualification, reliability and maintainability, and product certification
  • balancing technical, cost and schedule risk
  • chairing review boards, including but not limited to risk reviews, failure reviews, readiness reviews, design reviews, and configuration control boards (CCB)

• Represent Raytheon UK: you will act as the face of our organisation as the primary technical contact for APNT with key internal and external stakeholders, including customers and key suppliers, supported by the team’s experienced product design authorities.

• Clear, unambiguous technical leadership and direction, balancing technical performance with cost, schedule, product performance, producibility and affordability objectives.

• “Sleeves rolled up” technical problem solving in the development and manufacturing domains, ensuring both corrective and preventive actions are delivered to resolve issues and prevent recurrence.

• Motivate and coach Engineering team members to success, demonstrating and communicating technical expectations for execution, accountability and execution discipline.

• Support the definition of technology strategy, technology roadmaps and product offerings for the business.

• Support the development of bids and proposals for new products.

• Mentoring engineers for technical leadership, technical leads and IPT leaders.

• Champion process maturity and the continuous improvement of our ways of working.

Candidate Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineer or a related subject.
  • Strong technical background in the design, qualification and certification of mission critical equipment, including the application of relevant design assurance processes and military standards.
  • Significant breadth and depth of technical leadership experience spanning the engineering lifecycle, including Systems, Electronics (including Digital, RF and Firmware), Software, Mechanical, Reliability, and Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Knowledge of the APNT market, including customers, equipment suppliers and key stakeholders.
  • Have highly developed written and oral communication skills with a proven track record in skilful navigation of senior stakeholders across business and industry.
  • A track record of strong engineering leadership, of delivering through others in a matrix organisation, a structured approach to problem solving, and of developing high performing teams.
  • Highly dependable, autonomous and results oriented.
  • Holder, or ability to achieve, SC Clearance.
  • On the path to achieving, or have already achieved, professional registration as a Chartered Engineer.
  • Willingness to travel throughout UK, Europe and the US.

About Raytheon UK
With facilities in Broughton, Waddington, Glenrothes, Livingston, 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 RTX 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. It’s 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.

Standard Benefits:

  • 25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) + statutory public holidays.
  • Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
  • 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’.
  • Flexible Benefits scheme.
  • Discretionary Bonus scheme.
  • Enhanced family friendly policies.
  • 37hr standard working week, with an early finish on Fridays whilst operating a ‘Hybrid Working Model’
  • 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.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
At Raytheon UK, we’re committed to be building a workforce that represents the true diversity of Britain where all of our colleagues feel enabled to deliver the best work of their lives. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer who selects the very best candidates for the job. We truly value the diversity of our workforce work hard to create an inclusive environment where our colleagues can bring the unique skills, experiences and ideas to the table to help us grow our business, create innovative solutions and develop our people.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) act as the eyes and ears into the community they represent and support us in building a truly inclusive business. Our ERGs are open to all colleagues, regardless of background, and include: Raytheon Women’s Network, RayPride, Young Employees Success Network, Raytheon Veterans Network, Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities and RayBAME.

We’re also delighted to have been recognised as a Gold Award Employer as part of the HM’s Armed Forces Covenant and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index as a ‘best place to work for LGBTQ Equality’.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other characteristic.

If you need us to make any adjustments to support you during our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to help.

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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