ITEA Lead

Raytheon Technologies; Warminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Benefits package

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Raytheon Technologies leads UK defence training initiatives through OMNIA Training, driving high-impact verification, validation and test activities for the British Army training system transformation. You will manage ITEA teams, develop schedules, and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to secure system-level acceptance.

The role emphasises leadership in complex programmes, systems engineering, and data-driven decision-making, with a focus on continuous improvement and risk management

Qualifications

• Experience in producing and managing Verification and Validation Requirements Matrix (VVRM) across systems and capabilities.
• Experience in leading and coordinating ITEA teams and schedules.
• Strong systems engineering knowledge and assurance/acceptance processes.
• Demonstrated leadership in multi-disciplinary, complex programmes.
• Familiar with test, trial scripting and automation planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage integration, test and acceptance activities per programme schedule.
• Define and maintain ITEA strategy, plans, milestones and objectives.
• Coordinate ITEA teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Prepare and review Integration, Test and Acceptance Plans and Reports.
• Establish measurable acceptance criteria for testing phases.
• Create and maintain end-to-end integrated test plans and coverage.
• Track defects, triage severity, and ensure timely re-validation.
• Produce dashboards and evidence for ITEA governance.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and quality standards.

Skills

Verification and Validation Matrix (VV

ITEA team leadership

ITEA planning & scheduling

leadership in complex programmes

systems engineering principles

test and validation planning

test automation experience

test execution coordination

risk & issue reporting

Tools

IBM DOORS

JIRA

Job description

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

ITEA Lead Be at the forefront of transforming British Army training.

About us:

At OMNIA® Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world. OMNIA are redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. We are backed by British innovation and powered by world-class experts, like you. OMNIA is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy.

The role:

This is more than a job — it’s a mission. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where we expect everyone to live the values and standards of the British Army. Every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering OMNIA’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win. You’ll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through OMNIA Training and functionally through the Chief Engineering. Ultimately, you’ll work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of the integration, Test and Acceptance activities in accordance with the programme schedule.
• Requirements verification/validation analysis of the System/sub system, service or technical capability.
• Management of requirements traceability.
• Define and document and maintain the overarching ITEA strategy, plans, milestones and objectives.
• Attend customer chaired ITEA Working Groups to represent Omnia Training and co-ordinate ITEA activities for the programme.
• Manage and deliver all verification and validation activities including the preparation of Integration, Test and Acceptance Test Plans and Procedures, Acceptance Test Reports and Verification Cross Reference Matrices.
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to establish clear, measurable acceptance and exit criteria for each test and assurance phase.
• Create and maintain comprehensive integrated test plans covering end-to-end progressive assurance, test cases, regression testing, and system integration.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams—including QA, development, operations, and business SMEs—in test execution, assurance and acceptance.
• Manage defect triage by defining severity, prioritizing fixes, and ensuring timely resolution and re-validation.
• Monitor test progress and produce regular dashboards and reports on coverage, producing evidence for ITEA events.
• Ensure all testing activities comply with regulatory, security, and organisational quality standards.
• Communicate risks, issues, and readiness status to governance boards.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and refining processes, tools, and automation.
• Represent ITEA interests in programme boards, technical reviews, stakeholder and customer facing engagements.
• Participating in design reviews and qualification activities, contributing to project milestones working towards system, capability and service acceptance.

Who we are looking for:

We’re after individuals who want to serve. You’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to ‘get things done’. You’ll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations, and the British Army. You won’t let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done, you’ll learn lessons and share these lessons across the team. You won’t necessarily have a military background, but you’ll understand what it means to serve and to put the mission first.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience in producing and managing Verification and Validation Requirements Matrix (VVRM) across systems, services and capabilities.
• Managing and co-ordinating ITEA Teams.
• Creating and managing the relevant ITEA schedules, T&E Planning, ITEA Plans.
• Experience in a leadership role within complex, multi-disciplinary programmes.
• Broad technology experience, with demonstrable experience of capability development (people, process and technology).
• Experience in ITEA Sampling approaches and techniques.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and processes.
• An understanding of assurance and acceptance processes.
• Test and Trial script planning experience and test automation.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience of IBM DOORS and or JIRA tool is desirable.
• Experience with modelling and simulation technologies, including familiarity with standards such as HLA (High-Level Architecture), DIS (Distributed Interactive Simulation), and HLA4.
• Knowledge of defence or public sector engineering standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience in training transformation or learning platforms.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven engineering decision-making.
• Ability to mentor and develop junior engineers and technical staff.
• SAFe and or ITIL4 certified.
• Knowledge of the MOD’s GEAR framework.
• Testing and assurance in a training environment aligned with JSP 822.
• Security cleared (SC or above).

What we offer:

Be Part Of a Groundbreaking Mission Join the UK’s most advanced defence training alliance, where industry experts converge to push boundaries and deliver excellence.

A Culture Built on Collaboration Work in an inclusive, high-performing team that celebrates ideas, supports growth, and is laser-focused on delivering results.

Team dynamics You will be part of a team that works together, across multiple organisations united in one mission.

Work Across Borders, United in Purpose Operate across organisations with one shared goal - improving capability across all domains.

Drive Innovation Your voice matters. We champion new ideas, welcome change, and believe in continuous improvement with a growth mind-set.

Shape the Future Play a crucial role in a long-term, future-facing programme with real-world impact on national defence.

Career Growth & Benefits Enjoy a strong benefits package, ongoing development opportunities, and clear pathways to progress within a trusted defence industry partner.

OMNIA® Training and its partners are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities — what matters is your passion, your expertise, and your dedication to the mission.

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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.