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Date Posted: 2026-07-14
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
Position
Role Type: Onsite
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market-leading businesses, world-class operations, and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
What You Will Do
Raytheon UK are seeking a Systems Engineer to join our Command and Staff Trainer (CAST) team. Using primarily the ABACUS computer simulation and Communication & Information Systems (CIS) you will support exercises by the British Army ranging from Battle Group to Corps level.
The expanding nature of MOD training requires the evolution and integration of new and emerging systems to continuously enhance the training capability at CAST.
Main duties will include:
- Configure the ABACUS software for exercise use.
- Provide the MOD customer with ABACUS data for use during military exercises.
- Configuration and/or integration of individual systems to match military training requirements.
- Conduct appropriate system training to ensure the military Users are competent to conduct their exercises.
- Provide coverage, when required, to support CAST activities at relevant UK sites.
- Support the day-to-day and IT operations activities at the site.
- Carry out Engineering, Operational, and Administrative duties associated with CAST site.
- Support remotely networked CIS Exercises at the Warminster, Sennelager, and offsite locations.
- Support to the CAST activity at all sites, using primarily ABACUS/CIS/VBS3
- Liaise with the military customer and build scenarios to fit their requirements.
- Establish consistent and measurable processes for the support & administration activity.
- Comply with configuration and control procedures.
- Attend further training when required.
- Comply with laid down company procedures.
- When required, be willing to work at night and do shift work.
- Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.
- Any other duties required to complete the CAST Service.
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What You Will Learn
Qualifications You Must Have
- Should have extensive experience of:
- UK SC Security Clearance
- Good working knowledge of Windows OS, LAN Technology
- Experienced trainer
- Good knowledge of IT systems and associated support
- Good knowledge of Windows Server 2012/2016
- Good knowledge of VMware
- Presentation & Training skills
- Physically fit as lifting is part of the role
Qualifications We Prefer
- Should have some experience of:
- UK passport holder and Full UK driving license
- Cisco routing, switching & VOIP
- Leadership of small teams
- Windows Server administration
- Fibre/Copper LAN installation & PC Repair
- Knowledge of DII, DIS & HLA
- Up-to-date knowledge of battlefield terminology and doctrine
- Ex HM Forces
- A team player, also able to work unsupervised
- Understanding of ISTAR Visualisation and its applications
- Knowledge of VBS3 and associated terrain generation
- Provision of Terrain Databases, Models, and Scripting within a VBS environment
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Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
This position is classified as: Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.
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Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.
Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process.
For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.
Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching, and process execution. Typically requires specialized knowledge of technical or operational practices. Typically requires:
- A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience
- An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience
Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
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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RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics, and cybersecurity.
The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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