Job Title – Technical Trainer (EW & Crypto Products)

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Please note, we operate a 65% onsite requirement across the month (average of 3 days per week).

Job ID – 20492

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

We are currently looking for individuals with a passion for technology to join our team of EW and Cyber Subject Matter Experts (SME) to create and deliver training to a range of internal and external customers. Partnering with engineering teams and customer stakeholders to define training requirements for courseware content, design & develop courseware from engineering documentation.

This is a varied role not limited to product training. There will opportunity to work on other exciting projects, such as assisting with pre-sales trials and demonstrations, post-sales customer support, maintaining complex solutions in our training fleet and working with product development teams.

Please note that although hybrid working may be available, this is dependent on specific projects, and as such may change from time to time. As a result, we cannot guarantee hybrid or remote working for this role.

The successful candidate must be capable of full-time on-site presence at our Tewkesbury facility.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Hybrid working where possible – We operate a 65% onsite requirement across the month (average of 3 days per week)
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

If you’re invited to join our dedicated team, the responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Delivering Training on Electronic Warfare (EW) and/or Cryptography solutions to customers at all levels. Predominantly classroom-based instructor led delivery in Tewkesbury or at customer sites.
• Analysing, designing and developing new training course material and updating existing training material.
• Creating supporting documentation such as training course proposals, training plans and student handouts.
• Becoming a product SME on the use of ICI products and complete integrated solutions containing third party partner solutions.
• Assisting in a variety of pre and post sales technical support tasks on behalf of sales or customer support teams, such as product presentations, trials and demonstrations, 1^st/2^nd line helpdesk technical support.
• Be prepared to travel internationally for short durations (typically up to two weeks).
• Maintaining training and demonstration pool equipment including updating software, firmware and configuration.
• Work closely with sales, engineering and product management through provision of customer feedback and user SME.

What you’ll bring

The role of Technical Training Specialist requires the following experience and skills:

• Prior experience of acting as a technical SME in one or more of the following areas, Radio Frequency principles and applications, Software Defined Radio, IP Networking, C5ISR, EW (Including both Electronic Surveillance, Electronic Attack and associated applications), CEMA.
• Experience of implementing training programs using instructional design methodology, training from initial concept through design and delivery
• Demonstrable experience of delivering formal classroom-based Instructor Led training and/or informal workplace training.

• A background within the military or Government or familiarity of military practice on the deployment of EW and/or cryptographic capabilities would be desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage relationships with internal/external stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of tools particularly MS PowerPoint and MS Word
• Ability to work independently and organize work within schedule and budget constraints.
• Keep track of the latest trends in instructional design and technology enhanced learning advise stakeholders on growth and innovation within the company’s training solutions.

Desirable Skills

• A formal training qualification such as L3 Award in Education and Training (L3 AET).
• Completion of recognized DSAT courses (Training Needs Analysis, Course Design, Defense Trainer) or a strong practical understanding of DSAT.
• Knowledge of media (Graphics, video, animation) production tools and applications (e.g. Adobe creative cloud, Blender, Autodesk Maya etc.)
• Familiarity of E-Learning design principles, technologies and applications (e.g. authoring tools and Learning Management Systems).

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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