Job Description

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

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.

Systems Engineer - Part-time 20-30 hours per week (flexible hours dependent on applicant)

Based in Glasgow (hybrid working, site presence and travel requirements are project-dependant)

Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that 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? Do you want to be part of a team of specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today?

What the role has to offer:

• Opportunity to work on a variety of Systems Engineering activities on a new large defence project and shape the delivery for the programme from the beginning
• Opportunity to work in an exciting, dynamic and fast-moving environment

Our Opportunity:

We have a great opportunity in Thales Optronics and Missile Electronic (OME), a part of Thales Land and Air Systems for a Systems Engineer on a 20-30 hour weekly working contract to join the team.

About You

You will have demonstrable expertise interfacing with internal and external customers, understanding system requirements, working with other design engineers to specify and accept sub system designs as well as creating verification and validation programs in the defence domain. Your experience will have some of the following:

• Use of Requirement Management tools (e.g. DOORS - preferred)
• Expertise in System design and development of complex hardware and software systems
• Skilled in working with subcontracted design elements in creating an overall coherent system
• Expertise of creating verification and validation programs.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple product development and specialist domain teams.

The successful candidate will need to be able to obtain full Security Clearance (SC) -For more information and guidance please visit the UKSV website*

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.

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