Senior Hardware Engineer bei Globalhr

Date Posted:

2025-09-10

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

GBR25: Home - Glenrothes, Queensway Industrial Estate, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 5PY

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

Job Title: Senior Hardware Engineer (Power)

Req ID:

Location(s):  Glenrothes/Livingston

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.

The manufacture of Control Actuation Systems, Guidance Electronic Units and Power Products. The UK’s only Global Factory for UK & US missile programmes.

The provision of GPS Anti-Jamming systems across domains. Raytheon UK’s long heritage of AJ GPS Technology can be found on land, air and maritime platforms.

Dedicated high volume Space Grade manufacturing facility with CCA lines qualified for Space, all supported by a highly skilled experienced workforce.

About the role:

Raytheon UK is looking for a dynamic, ambitious and experienced Senior Hardware Engineer to work within Raytheon’s Power business. Reporting to a Programme Engineering Manager, this is a creative and stimulating role offering excellent development opportunities and the chance to work alongside our highly skilled technical team.

We are seeking a candidate with strong technical lab skills, specifically in prototyping electronic hardware. The ideal applicant will have hands-on experience with electronic components and systems, demonstrating the ability to assemble, test and troubleshoot hardware in a laboratory environment. This role is essential for supporting our ongoing projects and ensuring the successful development of innovative solutions.

The successful candidate will show the capability to work on projects from initial concept stage, developing these concepts through to final production units. Furthermore, the candidate will be responsible for helping to lead, develop and maintain our world class power product portfolio and technical roadmap. 

This is a complex and challenging role that will be highly rewarding, with extensive communication and interfacing requirements with key stakeholders, demanding excellent interpersonal skills and high levels of energy and stamina.

The Senior Hardware Engineer will be able make their mark on a range of Electronic Sub Systems and will be expected to assist in the integration of these designs into products. They will have the opportunity to support the integration of contributions from all other engineering disciplines –including systems, hardware, mechanical, software, safety and reliability.
 

Above all, this is the ideal opportunity for a self-starting senior engineer who wants to work on exciting technology and product development projects in a collaborative environment.

The work location will primarily be based at our Glenrothes or Livingston facilities with frequent visits to other customer sites in the UK and occasional travel to the US. 

Skills and Experience

• Degree in Electronical Engineering or a related discipline
• Prior exposure and experience of Analogue and Power Electronics/Design to cost and schedule
• Good and demonstrable problem-solving skills with practical laboratory test, circuit build & test measurement experience
• Good communicator able to lead and engage technically within the company and with customers
• Eligible or current holder of SC security clearance

Desirable

• Innovative thinker with self-motivation
• Good knowledge of high-speed digital design
• Experience with programmable devices
• Experience in design of Switch Mode Power supplies, designs of Invertor and PFC design of full bridge, flyback, forward topologies or exposure to others
• Experience in using PCB layout tools for Power Supply layout. Proven analytical skills in circuit simulation (Matlab, LT Spice).
• Experience of recognised standards MIL STD, IPC etc
• Experience in component selection & derating analysis
• Practical workshop skills including soldering
• Awareness and application of DFM&T (Design for Manufacture & Test)

Responsibilities

• Working effectively within a multi-disciplined design team
• Understanding Customer Requirements capture, interpretation and creation of Design Specifications
• Conduct and direct Analogue & Power Electronic product design and development Solving complex technical problems on new and existing products from our portfolio
• Electronic Schematic capture, PCB Layout and simulation
• Conduct and direct Design, commissioning, circuit debug and fault diagnosis through the project lifecycle
• Ability to Design to Cost and schedule and work within approved budgets
• Document Verification and Qualification of products to industry and customer standards
• Lab
• Hand-on experience with electronic components, demonstrating the ability to assemble, test and troubleshoot hardware in a laboratory environment
• Configuration of product designs and their controlled change.
• Prepare technical documents & reports
• Support customer discussions, leading in your area of expertise.
• Ensure adherence to Company policies & procedures

Benefits and Work Culture

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 (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant 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, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. 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.

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.  

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