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Senior Test Development Engineer

Employer
Raytheon UK
Location
United Kingdom-Glenrothes
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
2 Dec 2022

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Sector
Defence , Engineering, IT
Job Role
Software Developer
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Role Senior Test Development Engineer

Number required 3

Location Glenrothes / Livingston, Scotland

Primary Purpose of this position
Responsible for the design, manufacture, verification and validation, along with through life technical support of board level, sub-system and system level test equipment.

Main Duties
  • Design of functional test equipment
  • To take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers.
  • Documentation of design specifications and implementation details. Take part in design reviews. Upholding of design standards and methodologies.
  • Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions.
  • Responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items.
  • Collaboration with other team members (including both hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc.
  • Development of appropriate test hardware, test software and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware.
  • Provide support to manufacturing answering product queries & resolving technical issues.
  • Provide support for the test hardware and manage obsolescence throughout its lifecycle.
  • Monitoring and reporting of progress of test development to immediate supervisor and development team.
  • Proactively support company compliance to Health and Safety legislation through adherence to company polices, processes and practices.
  • Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct.
  • Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management
  • Application of IPDS Processes
  • Accountable for engineering specific risks and opportunities.
  • Key contributor at Gate/Design reviews
  • Provides guidance of Test Development processes and tools.
  • Contribute to section/business area resource planning with a working understanding of Microsoft Project tools.
  • Test Engineering Lead for a small/medium scale test engineering program
  • Ability to identify and engage the appropriate SME's to support the Test Development Engineering activities.
  • Contributor/Approver for standard/tailored test development process including IPDS gates and content
  • Key interface to external customers/suppliers.
Knowledge & Experience:
Essential:
  • Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering/related subject (preferably at 2.1 Hons or higher).
  • Test software design experience.
  • Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design.
  • Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation.
  • Proven experience in handover and management of designs in production.
  • Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills.
  • Able to support/debug system integration
  • Good knowledge of MS Office products
  • Good communicator
  • Must be eligible for MOD Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level
Highly Desirable:
  • Significant test development experience in industry.
  • Use of Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools.
  • Understanding of common test architectures PXI/d LXI
  • Measurement Uncertainty and its application in test equipment design and validation
  • Software Certification or detailed knowledge of:
    • NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C#
  • Design of mix signal circuits
  • High speed serial networks
  • An appreciation of RF electronics
  • Knowledge of power supply design
  • SC clearance
Behaviours:
  • Ability to work individually and in a team.
  • Innovative thinker and problem solver.
  • Ability to effectively research and solve complex technical issues.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with customer representatives from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from junior to the most senior levels whilst displaying a confident, polite and professional demeanour at all times.
  • Good attention to detail.
  • Flexible and adaptable
About Raytheon
With facilities in Broughton, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester, and a presence across customer sites together with remote working practices. Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs over 2,000 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances across its core mission areas Weapons & Sensors, and Cyber, Space & Training.
Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space business.
Raytheon Career Development
Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.
Standard Benefits
  • 25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) + statutory public holidays.
  • Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
  • 6 times salary 'Life Assurance'.
  • Flexible Benefits scheme.
  • Discretionary Bonus scheme.
  • Enhanced family friendly policies.
  • 37hr standard working week, with an early finish on Fridays whilst operating a 'Hybrid Working Model'*
* Our Hybrid Working Model supports flexible working arrangements on a formal or informal arrangement, considering both location and/or working hours, subject to business and customer needs. Please highlight any flexible requirements to our Recruitment team to explore the opportunities.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Raytheon UK, we're committed to be building a workforce that represents the true diversity of Britain where all of our colleagues feel enabled to deliver the best work of their lives. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer who selects the very best candidates for the job. We truly value the diversity of our workforce work hard to create an inclusive environment where our colleagues can bring the unique skills, experiences and ideas to the table to help us grow our business, create innovative solutions and develop our people.
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) act as the eyes and ears into the community they represent and support us in building a truly inclusive business. Our ERGs are open to all colleagues, regardless of background, and include: Raytheon Women's Network, RayPride, Young Employees Success Network, Raytheon Veterans Network, Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities and RayBAME.

We're also delighted to have been recognised as a Gold Award Employer as part of the HM's Armed Forces Covenant and the Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index as a 'best place to work for LGBTQ Equality'.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other characteristic.

Company

Raytheon UK is a subsidiary of Raytheon Company. It is a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets. Raytheon UK also designs, develops and manufactures a range of high-technology electronic systems and software at facilities in Harlow, Glenrothes, Gloucester, Waddington, Broughton and Manchester.

 

Raytheon UK has six key sites. Our manufacturing hub is in Glenrothes in Fife where we employ more than 560 people. The aircraft systems integration takes place in Broughton, North Wales. We manage the Sentinel programme from RAF Waddington where we provide training and a wide range of development work for the RAF. At Gloucester and Manchester, our new cyber business centres conduct specialist research and software development work for customers, and finally there’s our technology centre in Harlow.

 

With more than 1,600 employees situated across England, Scotland and Wales, Raytheon UK continues to invest in its infrastructure and people as well as growing its graduate and apprenticeship programmes.

 

Raytheon Company, with 2017 sales of $25 billion and 64,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass.

Company info
Telephone
01895 816248
Location
Uxbridge
GB

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