Overview
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.
Our flexibility covers part‑time hours, job sharing, home working and flexible start and finish times. Where possible we support working patterns that suit your lifestyle and help you reach your ambitions.
Responsibilities
* Analyses the customer’s and other stakeholders’ needs using advanced studies, simulations, mock‑ups, models or prototypes.
* Defines the requirements, functions and interfaces on the component or sub‑system.
* Formalises the specification and the architectural design to develop the component or sub‑system.
* Prepares and performs the component or sub‑system verification and validation tests.
* Ensures that hardware architecture stability is maintained across lifecycle phases from Bid to Delivery.
* Directs and coordinates hardware architecture studies.
* Approves the technical, technological, and methodological choices taken in respect of the selected hardware architecture.
* Guarantees adherence to in‑scope standards, reuse policy and product development plans.
* Identifies modelling, simulation and prototyping opportunities.
* Co‑ordinates product definition and assessment of trade‑offs between cost, customer requirements and technological possibilities.
* Prepares the Design & Justification Files.
* Provides knowledge on state‑of‑the‑art hardware architecting, taking account of future developments.
Skills
* An ability to work collaboratively within a team environment and demonstrate good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, and logical problem‑solving approaches.
* Ability to technically lead design and development activities, interfacing with other technical disciplines as required.
* Knowledge of Systems Engineering Toolsets, Practices and Lifecycles.
* Experience in architecting racks, cabinets and network infrastructure for marine or similar harsh environments.
* Experience in equipment/sensors for marine or similar harsh environments, or hardware design, development and qualification of SONAR, above‑water and below‑water communications systems or similar high‑reliability systems deployed in harsh environments.
Experience
* Minimum of five years’ experience in a Systems or Hardware Engineering role in Maritime, Aerospace or Defence.
* Equivalent experience in mechanical or electronics design will also be considered.
* Experience working on underwater acoustics and/or sonar.
* Experience in designing equipment for the sub‑sea environment.
* Experience with Design for Cost / Design for Manufacture, manufacturing specifications and new product introduction.
Qualifications
* L5 Qualification (degree or equivalent in an engineering or scientific discipline) and five years’ experience in a similar role.
* Chartered Engineer.
* L6 or 7 Qualification within an engineering or scientific discipline.
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