Submariner Team Lead

Prattwhitney; Winnersh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Holiday allowance

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Submariner Team Lead in Winnersh for a permanent role. You will lead a team of SMEs to develop DSAT-compliant courseware and media solutions, coordinating with customers, suppliers and courseware developers to ensure training products are accurate and deliverable.

This hybrid role offers a 37-hour week with potential site-based work and a discretionary bonus, pension, and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Royal Navy submarine systems.
• Strong DSAT knowledge and its practical application.
• Experience leading technical teams and training development.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into training requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead SMEs in analysis, capture and validation of technical info for DSAT training.
• Coordinate with customers, suppliers, SMEs, and courseware teams to ensure training products are accurate.
• Provide governance, quality assurance and drive improvements across training development lifecycle.

Skills

Submarine systems

DSAT knowledge

Team leadership

Requirements analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Workshop facilitation

Planning & prioritisation

Document control

UK Security Clearance

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-13

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Winnersh, Wokingham

Role: Submariner Team Lead

Type: Hybrid

Position: 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 Submariner Team Lead is responsible for leading a team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) engaged in the analysis, capture, validation and management of technical information required to support the development of Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) compliant courseware and media solutions. Acting as the senior technical and training authority for the Submariner Team, the Team Lead will coordinate activities across customers, suppliers, SMEs, courseware developers and media specialists to ensure that training products are accurate, technically current, operationally relevant and delivered in accordance with programme objectives. The post holder will provide leadership, governance and quality assurance across all requirements-gathering activities while driving continuous improvement within the training development lifecycle.

Required experience

• Extensive experience within Royal Navy submarine systems.
• Strong understanding and practical application of Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT).
• Experience leading technical teams, SMEs or training development teams.
• Proven ability to analyse complex technical information and translate it into training requirements.
• Experience engaging with customers, suppliers and multiple stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, coaching and facilitation skills.
• Experience leading workshops, technical reviews and requirements-gathering activities.
• Strong planning, organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Understanding of technical data management, configuration management and document control principles.
• Ability to obtain and maintain appropriate UK Security Clearance.

Desirable experience

• Experience supporting Ministry of Defence training programmes.
• Knowledge of courseware and digital media development processes.
• Understanding of training needs analysis, instructional design and training assurance activities.
• Project and programme management experience.
• Familiarity with Defence Standards, JSPs and quality management systems.

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.

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.

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.