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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 careers 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.
The role covers the related activities of Software Engineering Management and Software Work Package Management.
Location
Cheadle
Security Level
UK National
Key Responsibilities
* Ensure relevant department/product/project management plans are kept up to date and the correct level of governance is executed for the products/projects
* Ensure development is performed in accordance with these plans
* Liaise with project customers as required
* Plan, coordinate and monitor the performance of the work, identify and manage risks during all the work‑package lifecycle until closure
* Capture and monitor metrics appropriate to each stage of the project/product lifecycle, and enact plans to continuously improve development
* Review Engineering Forward Load with SWEM and Head of SW Delivery
* Contribute to bid activities regarding estimates, project scheduling and bid gate review inputs
* Proactively expand your professional knowledge; seek opportunities within and outside Thales to develop knowledge in software, engineering and management
* Develop necessary skills and experience through training (on‑the‑job, classroom, e‑learning), mentoring and feedback
* Encourage innovation of ideas as a common practice encouraging new technology and techniques
* Provide support to less experienced team members, ensuring they follow procedures and are not struggling in their work
* Lead by example and use the Thales Leadership model to create a high‑performing culture and coaching environment
Experience
* Knowledge and proven application of engineering project delivery and processes across the full project lifecycle with cognisance of commercial impacts
* Knowledge and experience of agile methodologies and practices
* Experience of configuration control and change management
* Experience of requirements management, software design and development
* Experience of integration and verification activities
* Experience of risk management
* Experience of bid management and estimation techniques
* Good understanding of current trends in software engineering development techniques and technologies
* Experience in the use of industry standard software engineering toolset
Beneficial
* 5+ years of experience in a software delivery role that includes managing deliveries from multiple integrated teams of software development, integration, verification, validation and qualification
* Experience managing multi‑million‑pound software work packages
* Experience of multi‑site/multi‑country development within a complex stakeholder environment
* Experience of software sub‑contract management
* Experience with Atlassian Jira, Windchill PLM, and other management toolsets
Qualifications
* Degree‑qualified or equivalent
Security Clearance
Full SC may require residency in the UK for the last five years. For further guidance see the UKSV website (www.gov.uk).
Benefits
* Half‑day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
* Pension scheme
* 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
* Life cover
* Progression and development opportunities
* 24/7 employee assistance programme and access to a mental wellbeing app
* Employee discount schemes on major brands and retailers
Thales is an equal‑opportunity employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to our success.
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