Senior Electronics Engineer

RTX (Raytheon); Harlow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension (up to 10.5%)

Life Assurance (6x salary)

Bonus scheme

Flexible Benefits: Health Cashplan, 
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Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking an experienced Senior Electronics Engineer to join the APNT team at Harlow. You will help create Digital GPS Anti‑Jam Systems for the military market, reporting to the APNT Digital Engineering Manager. The role is based at Harlow with hybrid working (minimum 3 days on site).

You will work with embedded systems, software, RF and mechanical engineers to develop requirements, review designs and generate design documentation, ensuring compliance with relevant standards.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded digital electronics, microprocessor systems.
• Experience of working with ADC/DAC.
• Experience of working with memory devices such as SRAM/Flash.
• Experience working with FPGAs and SoC technologies.
• Experience of creating prototypes and turning them into production hardware.
• Experience of supporting PCB designs in conformance with defence/airborne standards.
• Experience with High-Speed Interfaces and signal technologies (LVDS, JESD).
• Signal and power integrity analysis.
• Working knowledge of Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, RS422.
• Experience in design for manufacture.
• Able to present technical information clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Openness to learn and try new techniques.
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment.
• Eligible or holder of current SC security clearance.
• Mentor less experienced engineers within the team.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements to ensure compliance to relevant standards.
• Collaborate with system engineers on architectures of electronic subsystems and own the design.
• Create schematics, provide PCB design support, select components, simulate and verify circuits.
• Work with embedded systems, software, RF and mechanical engineers.
• Generate design documentation and conduct technical reviews.

Skills

Embedded digital electronics

Microprocessor systems

ADC/DAC

Memory devices SRAM/Flash

FPGAs/SoC

Prototype to production

PCB design support

High‑Speed interfaces LVDS/JESD

Signal & power integrity

Ethernet/SPI/I2C/UART/RS422

Design for manufacture

Technical communication

Analytical skills

Learning mindset

Adaptability

SC security clearance

Mentoring

Tools

Mentor Xpedition

SPICE

MATLAB/Simulink

Simscape

Xilinx FPGA

Job description

Senior Electronics Engineer

Harlow, Hybrid (min 3 days a week on site)

Raytheon UK is looking for an experienced and high performing Engineer to join a successful Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) team within the Global Sensors Mission Area, creating Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems for the military market. The role will be based at Raytheon's Harlow facility and the successful candidate will report directly to the APNT Digital Engineering Manager.

Main Duties:

• Develop requirements to ensure compliance to the relevant standards
• Work alongside our system engineers on architectures of electronic subsystems and own the design
• Schematic creation, PCB design support, component selection, Perform circuit simulation, evaluation and verification
• Work alongside embedded Systems, Software, RF and mechanical engineers
• Generate supporting design documentation and perform regular technical reviews.

Candidate Requirements:

Essential:

• Experience with embedded digital electronics, microprocessor systems
• Experience of working with ADC/DAC
• Experience of working with memory devices such as SRAM, Flash
• Experience working with FPGAs and SoC technologies.
• Experience of creating prototypes and turning them into a production hardware
• Experience of supporting PCB designs in conformance with defence engineering standards/airborne standards
• Experience with High-Speed Interfaces and signal technologies such as LVDS, JESD
• Signal and power integrity analysis
• Working knowledge of Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, RS422
• Experience in designing for manufacture
• 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
• Mentor less experience engineers within the team

Desirable:

• Experience of working with the Xilinx chip family
• Familiarity with the application of a systems engineering approach across the design and development life cycle
• Experience using the Mentor Xpedition PCB design tool and SPICE
• Experience of circuit simulation tools such as Simscape and creating spice models

Desirable:

• Experience of working with the Xilinx chip family
• Familiarity with the application of a systems engineering approach across the design and development life cycle
• Experience using the Mentor Xpedition PCB design tool and SPICE
• Experience of circuit simulation tools such as Simscape and creating spice models
• Experience of creating design models in MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience creating DO254 compliant electronic systems
• APNT systems domain knowledge and/or experience in a similar field
• Understanding of environmental requirements (shock, vibration, EMC, etc.), experience applying these requirements to a design and experience testing for these requirements

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.

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.