About the role
Date Posted
2026-09-28 Country
United Kingdom Location
Sedgefield, Durham Position Role Type
Hybrid
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.
Raytheon NORSS is seeking an exceptional Space Systems Chief Engineer to help shape the future of our space business.
As the most senior engineering leader within the NORSS team, you will serve as the organisation’s technical authority, providing strategic direction across our space portfolio and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, mission-critical capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to influence the technical vision, growth, and long-term success of a rapidly expanding space business.
The ideal candidate will have a background with defence, academia, commercial, and scientific space exposure. You will combine deep expertise in space systems engineering with proven leadership in technology strategy, innovation, investment planning, business growth, and risk management. You will be expected to provide technical leadership at the highest level, shaping both current programmes and future capability development.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have played a leading role in the development and delivery of technologies in Earth Observation, Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Space-based ISR mission architectures.
Above all, you will be a technical leader with the credibility, vision and drive to inspire engineering teams, engage c…
