Thales Stockport, England, United Kingdom
System Integration and Test Engineer
Thales Stockport, England, United Kingdom
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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 the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s 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 Integration & Test Engineer (Cheadle)
Within the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) domain at Thales UK the Systems Integration and Test (SI&T) organisation play a key role in supporting the development, integration, design proving, installation and acceptance activities associated with maritime sensor technologies and combat system integration on Royal Naval ships, submarines and aircraft. Building on 50 years of experience in undersea warfare, Thales is now a global leader in underwater systems and the world’s top exporter of sonars and related systems for naval forces.
As part of this role you will join the SI&T team working across a number of high profile Submarine projects where you will you to undertake the following key responsibilities conducted across all phases of the project lifecycle (from design to delivery).
Skills And Experience
System Engineering
* An understanding of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle
* An understanding of Integration, Verification, Validation & Qualification (IVVQ)
* An awareness of the requirements management and its application to IVVQ.
* Experience in mapping requirements to test activities
* Experience in generating test plans and associated test procedures
* Experience in the conduct, reporting and the collation of ‘sell off’ evidence during test campaigns
Hardware Engineering
* Experience working with analogue and digital electronics, both at high and low voltage
* Experience in the integration of COTS and bespoke equipment utilising differing interface types (Serial, optical, electrical)
* An understanding of how Hardware, Firmware (FPGA) and Software are integrated and the use of state machine analysis
* Experience in the use of a wide range of Test equipment (Fluke, Optical Power meter, Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analysers)
Platform Experience
* Experience of working in Naval Dockyards
* Knowledge of common acoustic surface ship or submarine sensors (Sonar, Echo Sounder, Side Scanner, Conductively Temperature Depth (CTD), Command System).
* Experience of Installation, Setting to Work (STW) and Acceptance process on-board Maritime Platforms.
* Experience in the conduct of platform trials and the required processes to ensure they are conducted safely and the required data is captured
Tools
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products to generate and update technical documentation
* Experience of fault reporting tools such as JIRA
* Experience of requirement capture tools such as DOORS
Soft Skills And Tools
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* An ability to work as a key member of the team
* A methodical and structured approach to problem investigation
Qualifications and Certification:
* Technical Degree/HND/HNC or equivalent in Electrical & Electronic or Mechanical Engineering.
* Three years or greater experience in an equivalent role.
* Full UK Driving License.
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 Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Quality Assurance
* Industries
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing and Defense and Space Manufacturing
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