Overview
Location: Crawley, 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. Thales UK focuses on research, development, and supply of technology and services that impact the lives of millions daily, with opportunities to learn and develop careers. We offer flexibility to support health and well-being, part time hours, job sharing, home working, or flexible start/finish times where possible.
Role: Electronic Warfare - IVVQ Manager, Crawley – Relocation support can be provided.
Thales Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) UK is a principal supplier of UAS, EW and Radar equipment to the UK armed forces, as well as an exporter of these capabilities worldwide.
We are looking for senior engineers with the skills and experience to enhance our Electronic Warfare portfolio, delivering cutting edge products including:
Digital Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) that provides situational awareness and identify threats even in busy Electronic Transmission Environments; Radar Electronic Countermeasures (RECM) that can protect assets by denying tactical advantage and distracting incoming threats.
We are seeking an EW IVVQ or ITEA Manager with experience of working within Naval Systems Integration, Electronic Warfare, or related fields. You will have prior knowledge of the key principles of the domain and can quickly grasp the lifecycles and approaches to delivering complex systems into Naval service. You will have worked with or for the Royal Navy (or similar tier 1 navies) in the delivery of complex tactical equipment such as combat systems, sonar systems, radar systems or similar.
The Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification Manager (IVVQM) is responsible for defining the IVVQ strategy (which directly impacts development strategy) and the associated test means to integrate solution elements, verify compliance with requirements, validate coverage of defined operational scenarios, and qualify the solution in its operational environment.
The IVVQM coordinates the flow of development across associated work packages and typically provides work package management of IVVQ activities on the project.
Role Description
As an IVVQ Management role within Thales, you will manage all test activities and:
* Ensure that the overall IVVQ strategy is defined and maintained
* Tailor the IVVQ environment (processes, practices and tools, HSE)
* Coordinate IVVQ activities, establishing priorities and integration logical diagrams, conducting tests, analysing results and transmitting them to development teams
* Coordinate technical facts commission (i.e. JIRA)
* Manage teams’ workload to ensure schedules are adhered to; monitor group KPIs and perform corrective actions when required
* Ensure IVVQ team performs integration to the satisfaction of external and internal customers
* Define test benches
* Monitor Test Progress
* Consolidate and Report Test Results
* Contribute to qualification/acceptance/certification
* Support capitalisation activities for the department and lessons learned
* Be involved in budgeting and scheduling for offers
* Ensure unambiguous test ability of requirements
Profile
* You graduated with an Engineering or Scientific degree, and you have significant experience in architecture and engineering systems
* You are in a position of IVVQ Manager: you manage IVVQ teams and know how to create and execute IVVQ complex test plans and procedures
* You want to oversee the management of all IVVQ activities—selecting and managing appropriate methods, resources, and means to execute IVVQ complex test plans and procedures
* You enjoy leading teams and want to motivate, train and appraise employees’ performance and act as a mentor to assigned staff
* You want to deliver robust solutions to satisfy customers and build strong relationships with them
* You are a self-motivated leader, willing to engage and develop your team using collaborative work and challenging approaches
* You are customer focused: you want to deliver value or solutions to the customer and are committed to delivery
Principal Relationships
* Electronic Warfare Product Line Engineers, Architects and Managers
* EW Project Delivery Teams (including Project Management)
* Domain Technical and Engineering Managers
* Domain Functional Management
* The wider multi-discipline engineering team
Competencies
* You know how to lead and manage projects from start to end and you are able to:
* Define test strategy with a scheduling approach and a clear view of the risks and opportunities
* Manage planning and performance tracking
* Be the quality assurance of your solutions
Your technical background makes you rigorous, pragmatic and a critical thinker
You know how to manage complexity and conflicts—resourceful and creative, able to deal with unplanned events with reactivity
You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, good negotiation skills and a recognised capacity to convince all types of stakeholders
Desired Knowledge or Skills
* ITEA;
* IVVQ;
* Trials Planning & Management;
* Testing;
* Naval proving & assurance
Security Clearance Requirement:
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a sole British National from birth and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
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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.
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