Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Glenrothes

Raytheon UK is a powerhouse in defence and aerospace, where innovation meets impact. As a key partner to the UK government and global customers, we tackle the toughest challenges across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Beyond cutting-edge defence solutions, we lead the way in digital training transformation for both military and commercial clients. At Raytheon UK, you will work with pioneering technology, collaborate with top industry experts, and be part of a dynamic team that fuels your growth.

In your role as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer you will enjoy:

• A meaningful mission: Work on a range of critical products essential to the success of military applications.
• A culture like no other: Join a friendly and supportive culture that takes pride in its “first time, every time” principle when it comes to product quality.
• A generous package: Enjoy a generous salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to learn through our in-house training school with Certified IPC Trainers.
• A collaborative culture: Be part of an established and experienced manufacturing team with a wide range of manufacturing and engineering knowledge and expertise enabling your growth and learning.
• Career Pathways: Progression pathways for all People Leader and Technical roles with internal and external training courses available to support development.

What You’ll be doing:

• Work on product performance and process reporting and analysis tasks.
• Tech support for customers.
• Support innovation for engineering tasks.
• Perform root cause and corrective action as required.
• Support Manufacturing cells and engineering tasks as required.
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM), NPI and Manufacturing Process tasks.
• KPIs/metrics/data as required.

Your Skills:

• Minimum HND or degree in a related subject e.g. STEM, Production or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Knowledge/experience of electronics manufacturing.
• Process improvement/efficiency/lean manufacturing.
• Can lead/participate in process FMEA, Control Plan, Process flow development, review and risk mitigation processes.
• Experience of various manufacturing platforms.
• Technical presentation skills.
• Ideally have worked for an Engineering, Manufacturing or Defence company.
• Communication to all levels of the organisation.
• Can work as a team player, independently and challenge status quo as required.

What we offer:

• 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.

Work Culture:

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• 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, focused.
• More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

For this role the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and successfully complete a baseline (BPSS) security and background check.