Job Description

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

System Engineer

Cheadle/Manchester, Crawley, Bristol, Templecombe (UK Wide Flexible) - Hybrid Working

Thales Group designs a range of state-of-the-art solutions for some of the most technically advanced defence and security platforms in the world, and we\xe2\x80\x99re seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join the team.

We have over 100 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in design and manufacture within engineering projects and innovation on a global scale, by combining world-leading expertise from across the Thales Group.



Primary Purpose of the Role:

Thales is seeking to recruit an experienced Systems Engineer, with a background in delivering system engineering, to join our central systems engineering team.

These key roles will be responsible for the Systems Engineering Process to company and international standards for defined packages of work. To provide line management and technical leadership to Systems Engineers (if a senior role)

The Lead Systems Engineer typically works with a team of engineers to define what will be designed, how it will perform and how it will be determined that it is working correctly

This role provides the opportunity for career progression across the Thales UK business lines and central teams, in roles from detailed architecture and design delivery to engineering management.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

The list below is not exhaustive nor will individuals be expected to be able to undertake all of them. They are given as a guide as to the expected duties of the grade.

Converts requirements into conceptual designs and prepares associated documentation by performing operational analyses, simulations and technical trade-off studies evaluating alternative design configurations and functional features.

Good understanding of the development lifecycle and lifecycle products.

Interfacing with the client, to gain approval of test specifications and to host acceptance testing activities.

Help develop and execute Test Specifications including:

Support the development of test plans and test strategy documents

Support the development of test specifications, working from system requirements.

Execute test specifications (according to test plan and project schedule)

Record and/or authorise results of test execution

Raise/investigate/verify defects

Maintain quality target/standard

Able to create and/or authorise outline designs from requirements using a variety of design toolsets

Similarly creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfil requirements where necessary

Prepares system & subsystem requirement specifications, interface requirements and test requirement documents by analysing, decomposing modelling and refining customer requirements.

Prepares system operational plans and reports that explain how the equipment being developed meets requirements. Operational design limits are evaluated and defined; performance analyses and simulations are developed & performed to support the above.

Performs technical/engineering tasks to define system design and subsystem requirements details.

Analysis and simulations are performed as necessary to identify design feasibility & driving requirements.

Proposes work package estimates and descriptions based on knowledge of the work and project requirements, ensuring that compliant solutions at optimum cost are identified.

Develop, implement and maintain tools relevant to the Systems Engineering function. Manage the assessment of relevant tools.

Defines or proposes updates of processes and standards covering the work and its products based on knowledge of systems engineering.

Keep abreast of technical development in relevant domain (e.g. sonar systems) both within and outside of the company.

Manage the production of quality metrics to measure the soundness of the System Engineering processes under your control.

Skills and Expertise:

System Engineering
Able to use a range of IT tools (e.g. MS Office, MS Visio, etc.)
Use system-engineering tools. (e.g. DOORS, System Architect, JIRA)
Quality assurance & control
Knowledge of project plans
knowledge of Engineering Safety Management
Requirements, design architecture

Systems Analysis
An understanding of Testing and IVVQ
Testing interface management, specs documentation
Occasionally working with the client

Stakeholder Management/manage stakeholders\xe2\x80\x99 expectations.

Good Communication Management/work collaboratively

Works effectively within a multi-disciplinary project team

A structured and organised approach to their work.

Ability to work in a collaborative environment and teamwork, plus comfortable working on your own

Excellent interpersonal and team behaviours, customer focussed and innovative.

What we can offer

We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you\xe2\x80\x99ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include bonus, a strong pension contribute plan matched up to 7%, Private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.

Location Cheadle, Greater Manchester - Hybrid Working. Candidates will also be considered across the UK and who are commutable to Thales sites in Cheadle (Manchester), Crawley, Bristol, Templecombe and able to travel to visit Thales and customer sites adhocly when required

Security Clearance statement

Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance (SC level minimum).

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

The Work Environment

At Thales, we believe in flexible SMART working and have the expectation this role will be delivered through a combination of remote and office based collaborative working. When working in the office, you will be based at Thales sites in the UK, featuring access to a wide variety of resources including manufacturing, environmental and electromagnetic test facilities and specialised laboratories. The modern site includes a subsidised restaurant, a caf\xc3\xa9, break out spaces, bicycle storage facilities and more

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In line with Thales\' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact for mid to senior roles, or the for graduate and apprentice roles.

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