Trainee JAVA Software Engineers



Harlow



Company Information

Raytheon Systems Limited is the UK-based subsidiary of Raytheon Company. It is a prime contractor and major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets. RSL designs, develops and manufactures a range of high technology electronic systems and software at its facilities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.



Job Description:



The Defense Targeting Toolset (DTT) programme, is a major element in Raytheon Systems Limited's (RSL) strategic development into the C2 business area. RSL have recently successfully completed the AP phase and are now moving into the Development and Manufacturing (D&M) Phase. To support this, RSL is expanding its team based in Harlow.



RSL are looking for bright, enthusiastic and professional trainees to join the software engineering teams. The work will be varied and challenging and provides an opportunity to be part of an innovative and exciting programme as well as providing future personal growth and career development



DTT is a tiered, distributed application, primarily built around the J2EE architecture. It provides a suite of SW tools to support Battlespace Management for the Artillery Systems IPT within the MoD. It will comprise COTS and bespoke tools anticipated to be several hundred thousand lines of Java running over a Windows Operating System with an Information Tier based on an Oracle Database. The software engineering teams will be involved in working with the customer to understand, prototype and develop solutions to key requirements. Following on from this, they will formalise the product into an operational baseline.



The Trainee Software Engineer will:



Employ best practice object oriented skills to achieve design compliance with the software architecture
Design, Code and Unit test each software element developed.
Support the Integration, Test and Sell-Off of the product.
Establish strong relationships with the key stakeholders.
Support formal project meetings and working groups - candidates must be comfortable with collaborative working to develop an overall solution.
Ensure that all engineering activities undertaken under their control are conducted to a common standard that reflects best practice, and are in accordance with RSL Policy.
Use Raytheon 6 Sigma proactively to foster a culture of continuous process improvement.
Maintain the technical content of documentation and standards of engineering work being performed on the programme within their technical control.


Required Skills:



· Degree in Software Engineering or related discipline.

· An understanding of software design and solution implementation.

· Experience with JAVA/J2EE and/or Oracle Database

· Exposure to any of the following is desirable : Eclipse IDE, Sybase, JBOSS, JMS, RMI, Hibernate, EJBs, Swing, Clear Case/Quest, JUnit, Checkstyle and Clover.

· An understanding of UML to describe design and model technical solutions