Courseware Designer

Prattwhitney; Winnersh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 10.5%

Life Assurance

25 days holidays

Discretionary bonus

Flexible benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Courseware Designer to develop and maintain DSAT documentation for military training. You will analyze requirements, design training materials and work with SMEs to ensure up-to-date course content and standards.

The role requires experience in course design, strong communication, and the ability to work autonomously within a hybrid environment. A degree-level qualification in a relevant area is preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills at all levels internally and with the customer.
• Experience in course design and contributing to significant training courses.
• Good working knowledge of training design and development processes for training media.
• Able to work autonomously and in a team.
• Experience with Articulate 360.

Responsibilities

• Develop training courseware through analysis, design, maintenance, review and production of DSAT documentation and processes for military training.
• Produce, maintain and update training design from formal training statements to assessment strategies and specifications.
• Interview subject matter experts to collate required data.
• Participate in internal workshops to discuss findings from analysis.
• Maintain course syllabi, standards, trainer qualifications and safety considerations.
• Update training design materials to reflect new requirements and feedback.

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-08-11 Country: United Kingdom Location: Winnersh, Wokingham Position Role Type: Hybrid Courseware Designer Location: Near Reading Permanent

Benefits

• £: Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• 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

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. Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year. Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

About us

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. 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 people’s expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what’s 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.

Role & Responsibilities

The Courseware Designer will develop training courseware through the analysis, design, maintenance, review and production of DSAT Documentation & processes for military training.

• Work as a member of a team responsible for the analysis, design, maintenance, review and production of DSAT Documentation & processes for military training sites and organisations.
• Producing, maintaining and/or updating Training Design from: Formal Training Statement (FTS) (including the Training Performance Statement (TPS), Training Objectives (TOs), Workplace Training Statement (WTS) and Residual Training Gap Statement (RTGS) to delivery of Assessment Strategy (AStrat) and Assessment Specification (ASpec), Learning Specification (LSpec) Training Authorisation Document (TrAD) in DSAT compliant course templates.
• Interviewing subject matter experts to collate required data.
• Participate in internal workshops to discuss and agree findings from analysis.
• The upkeep, update and revalidation of course syllabi and standards, trainer competence, qualification and experience requirements.
• Conducting the upkeep, update, and revalidation of course information, including but not limited to, course size limits, health and safety, relevant rules and regulations, course length and required support and resources.
• Conducting and maintain Training Design in response to new training requirements, including those arising from New Capabilities, to ensure that training satisfies operational / workplace performance requirements, provides the design output requirements required by the Authority and is kept up-to-date.
• Updating Training Design materials to incorporate relevant recommendations and feedback from internal and external assurance, to ensure that training remains up-to-date and satisfies operational/workplace performance requirements.
• Identifying opportunities to provide accreditation for new and/or amended training as designed, and/or any amendments or implications for existing accreditations following Training Design changes.
• Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.
• Any other duties required to complete the CMDC Training Service.

Required experience

• Excellent communication skills at all levels both internally and within the customer organisation.
• Experience in course design and have contributed to the design of significant training courses.
• A good working knowledge of the training design and development processes for training media.
• Experienced and capable of working autonomously and within a team.
• Experience of Articulate 360.

Desirable experience

• Experience in organisational design and development.
• Experience in the development of apprenticeship qualifications.
• Degree level education in a relevant area.
• Teaching and training development qualification at degree level.
• Human Resource Development qualification and experience.
• Membership of an appropriate professional body such as CIPD.

Equal Employment

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.

Privacy and Company Overview

Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms. RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 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 cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.