RTX

Component Engineer

RTX

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Glenrothes • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • The Component Engineer will be responsible for managing electronic and electromechanical components throughout their lifecycle, ensuring compliance with design, quality, and regulatory standards.
  • This role supports product integrity by mitigating obsolescence risks, maintaining approved component databases, and collaborating with design teams to select and qualify parts for aerospace and defence applications.
  • The Component Engineer role plays a key role in shaping and managing part number set-ups, configurations and a range of technical processes that keep operations running smoothly.

Requirements

  • HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related discipline.
  • Strong knowledge of electronic components and their applications.
  • Experience with component lifecycle management and obsolescence tools.
  • Familiarity with aerospace/defense standards and quality requirements.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Ability to obtain relevant security clearance for the role (or other security clearances if applicable) - e.g. baseline, SC, DV.
  • Flexibility on location and ability to travel to our UK facilities and overseas.
  • Excellent STEM skills demonstrated through academic achievement.
  • A passion for succeeding in a fast-paced, technology industry– We explain our Org in the “about us” section.
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)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
electronic componentscomponent lifecycle managementobsolescence toolsdesign compliancequality standardsregulatory standardspart number set-upsconfigurationstechnical processesSTEM skills
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationflexibilityadaptability
Certifications
HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineeringsecurity clearance