Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer in Livingston

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Livingston, West Lothian

Position Role Type: Onsite

Function: Manufacturing

Duration: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (Site based - 37 hours per week)

Location(s): Livingston, Scotland (with some travel to Glenrothes, Scotland)

Security Clearance Requirements: Baseline. – Must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Why join Raytheon:

• 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 your days will look like:

• Develop and implement robust/repeatable manufacturing processes.
• Ownership/responsibility of process/equipment throughout the Product Value Stream.
• Design for Excellence (DfX) Analysis and collaboration with Design teams.
• Identify, expedite and/or escalate any quality or performance issues.
• Achieve On Time Delivery targets.
• Effective use of manufacturing data and analysis techniques to proactively identify and address issues, driving systemic Root Cause/Corrective Action.
• Report and maintain Process/Equipment Engineering metrics, track performance & yields against team KPIs and Individual Goals & Objectives.
• Drive continuous improvements through the use of Best in Class and World Class Manufacturing principles.

The skills and experience we’re looking for:

• High performance Engineer and self-starter.
• Strong knowledge of electronics manufacturing processes over a wide range of technologies and production platforms (CCA, HLA etc.).
• Experience working in a high reliability electronic assembly environment (Defense / Medical / Aerospace). Applicants from a Commercial Electronics background are also encouraged to apply.
• Can demonstrate contribution to specific improvements in Production Programs’ effectiveness efficiency and optimization.
• Can lead/participate in process FMEA, Control Plan, Process flow development, review and risk mitigation processes.
• Experienced in SPC, OEE, ESD, COSHH & Risk Assessment.
• Understands the principles of 6 Sigma (or equivalent methodology) and Lean Manufacturing.
• Knowledge and experience of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Familiarity with IPC-A-610 guidelines (including recent revision updates).
• Minimum of HNC in an electronics related subject (HND/Degree preferred). Relevant industry experience will also be considered.

Desirable but not essential for this role:

• Experience in developing/supporting processes such as Stencil design, Screen printing, Jet dispensing, SPI, SMT placement, Reflow oven profiling, AOI, AXI, MXI, PTH, Selective/Wave Solder, Wet processes, Underfill, rework processes.

We understand you may not have experience in every area listed above. We provide training and development where needed, so please do apply — we’ll work with you to identify how we can best support your growth based on your individual skills and experience.

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, focussed. 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.

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.