Summary
Russell Gordon is a systems engineering leader with 11 years’ experience delivering system-based design, safety and environmental assurance across defence and critical infrastructure projects. Currently System Safety and Environmental Engineering Manager at Raytheon UK, he has led safety and requirements management for complex programmes including UK aircraft radar systems, Heathrow airport systems upgrades, and NATO environmental studies. He blends rigorous V&V, change control and DOORS-based traceability with hands-on project delivery and cross-site team leadership, having mentored and managed multi-site safety engineers. A former Research Engineer and ex-Army Corporal, he brings practical field discipline and a background in automated inspection and physics to inform pragmatic, auditable safety solutions. Skilled at translating regulatory and net-zero analysis into system architecture, he also established cross-project safety training and knowledge-sharing practices that improved organisational competence.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus