System Design Authority

Raytheon Systems; Harlow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join their dynamic team focused on developing cutting-edge navigation solutions for military applications. This role offers the opportunity to lead technical projects, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with industry experts to solve complex challenges in high-speed digital and RF designs. The company fosters a culture of innovation and professional growth, providing a supportive environment where your contributions directly impact national security. If you're passionate about advancing technology and making a difference, this role is for you!

Benefits

Competitive salaries

25 days holiday + statutory holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

Company bonus scheme

Life Assurance

Flexible Benefits scheme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family policies

Car / Car allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in product development at team lead level is essential.
• Proven skills in systems engineering and problem-solving required.
• Degree in STEM or relevant certification is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction for the engineering team.
• Lead technical input for bids and proposals to capture new business.
• Manage technical requirements through the design lifecycle.

Skills

Product development experience

High speed digital design

Electro-mechanical design

RF concepts and techniques

Analogue and digital circuit design

Systems engineering principles

Problem solving and analytical skills

Technical documentation generation

Customer specification interpretation

Mentoring junior engineers

Education

Degree in STEM

Industry certification

Tools

Mentor

Matlab

LT Spice

Hyperlynx

Systemvision

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim

DOORs

Microsoft Project

Job description

Date Posted:
2025-03-18
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA
Position Role Type:
Unspecified

Job Title: System Design Authority

Location: Harlow
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Fulltime 37 hrs

Raytheon UK

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.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

Summary of Role:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and high performing Principal Systems Engineer to work within the Raytheon Assured Position Navigation and Timing (APNT) Engineering team, part of the wider Systems & Products business unit, to produce Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems and Alternative Navigation Solutions for the military market.

The role will provide Design Authority expertise across Raytheon's range of APNT products, providing technical direction across the product lifecycle, from requirements capture, analysis, design through testing, qualification and certification activities, release to volume production and ongoing product sustainability.

Main Duties:
The role will report directly to the Senior Project Engineering Manager APNT, providing Technical Leadership and Direction for the Engineering team, with Design Authority responsibility for their assigned products and support in generating a development strategy and road maps for the APNT team.

The candidate will support our Business Development and Capture team regarding customer support and technical/product strategy discussions. Responsible for leading the technical input for Bids and Proposals and Production of Engineering Estimates will assist in the successful capture of new business.

Working closely with our Customers and the System Engineering Team to develop and shape the technical requirements design, generation of technical documentation and then manage these requirements through the design lifecycle in order to meet the requirements set during product development.

Working with our experienced design team, industry experts and interfacing to our suppliers you will be solving complex technical problems on new and existing GPS Anti-Jam Products. As well as providing Engineering representation to production IPT (Integrated Product Team) regarding investigating production queries, obsolescence management and phasing of change management.

Responsible for all technical design reviews and qualification, verification, validation, and certification of our designs ensures that we meet the highest standard the customer expects of Raytheon Products. Raytheon invests heavily in Research & Development for existing and new products within the APNT division.

You will support and mentor our junior engineers through their activities to ensure the team's growth and future success.

Essential:

• Product development experience at team lead level
• Good knowledge of high speed digital design (up to GHz), electro-mechanical and/or thermal product design within harsh environments.
• Understanding of RF concepts and techniques for analogue signals to 2GHz.
• Design of circuits in analogue and digital, with exposure to FPGA or DSP control.
• Experience of interfacing designs into established systems
• Proven experience and demonstrable achievement in systems engineering principles with regards product development
• Experience in Product Qualification, for EMC, Environmental requirements.
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills, willing to take ownership as well as positively contributing within cross-disciplined teams.
• Able to prioritise and manage their tasks and the engineering team activities to ensure all are completed to time and schedule whilst ensuring the required design process and quality is maintained
• Experience in interpretation of customer specs and end use environments.
• Ability to develop hardware concepts efficiently from limited or vague customer requirements and communicate potential solutions.
• Experience with generation of technical documentation at all levels.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK, Europe and the US.
• Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics) or similar industry certification.
• Eligible or current holder of SC security clearance.

Desirable:

• Design Authority experience for System Product development
• Experience with interfacing to RF circuitry and high speed D/A/A/D conversion
• Experience in schematic, and PCB layout tools, and Electronics simulation environments (e.g. Mentor, Matlab, LT Spice, Hyperlynx and Systemvision or equivalents)
• Knowledge of Firmware development, design and test using suitable toolsets (i.e. Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim)
• Product Quality Testing and Certification.
• Experience of working with Industry standard toolsets for requirement capture, design and task management (e.g. DOORs, Microsoft Project).
• Knowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics
• Experience with SysMl or UML in a Systems Engineering environment
• Understands the principles of 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• 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.
• Car / Car allowance (dependent on grade/role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependent on grade)

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, dependent on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focused. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

RTX

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We're investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

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