Date Posted:
2026-04-16
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Livingston, West Lothian
Position Role Type:
Onsite
Quality Calibration Technician
Livingston, on site
Permanent, full time
Benefits:
1. £:Competitive salary
2. Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
3. 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
4. 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
5. Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
6. Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
7. Enhanced sick pay
8. Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
Work Culture
9. 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
10. Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
11. Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
12. Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
13. Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.
About us
At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
As a leading defence and aerospace companyoperatingacross the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.
Role&Responsibilities
The key responsibility of this role will be to carry out in process Calibration of the toolsets and hardware at our Manufacturing sites ensuring it meets the strict quality standards to enable customer delivery requirements.
Working as part of a supportive Quality Control and Quality Assurance Team, the successful candidate will be centrally responsible for calibration activities whilst engaging with key stakeholders across Raytheon’s Integrated Project Teams. This role will work closely with our Calibration Lead and report to the Senior Quality Engineer.
Required experience
14. Strong Quality Mindset with Excellent attention to detail
15. Experience with calibration methodologies, certifications, lab environments
16. Metrology & Mechanical skillset and/or experience in other technical inspection discipline
17. IT literate with database experience
18. A solid understanding of calibration, measurement principles, and regulatory compliance
19. Excellent numerical accuracy and data-handling skills
20. Effective time management and prioritisation or workload
21. Proactive approaches to risk reduction, to prevent & resolve issues and remove nonvalue add processes.
Desirable experience
22. Trained in metrology equipment, awareness of AS9100
HNC/HND; Apprenticeship, Eng discipline or equivalent qualification or work experience
23. Risk assessments or safety training
24. ISO or AS Quality standard awareness, British Standards, ISO 10012, ISO17025, UKAS & ANSI540
25. Experience in electronics manufacture