Overview
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, 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 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.
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Systems Engineer within Thales OME. The role can be based in Reading or Glasgow and may require some travel and time spent at other Thales sites, customer sites, or integration and test facilities.
Responsibilities
* Definition of Systems Requirements for the product
* Creation of design documentation capturing the systems engineering design and definition of the internal and external interfaces of the system
* Functional definition of system behaviour
* Development of test procedures to support the verification of the system
* Carrying out integration and verification testing against test procedures and conducting activities to gather evidence that the systems requirements have been achieved
* Peer reviewing technical artefacts
* Supporting the wider engineering team by sharing knowledge
Qualifications
* Working as part of a multi‑disciplinary design team
* Defining systems interfaces, boundaries and other external factors that would impact on design
* Requirements Engineering (elicitation, decomposition and analysis)
* Analysing the operational concepts of a system
Desirable Skills
* Experience of the decomposition of a system design to sub‑system level; experience or knowledge of systems modelling techniques
* Experience of analysing potential solutions against the key needs in a design brief
* Experience of using design analysis techniques (trade‑off analysis, calculations, modelling and simulation, etc.)
The role will report to the Discipline Manager for Systems Engineering.
Connect with Fiona Tal, Talent Acquisition Partner, who is eager to explore together with you this exciting opportunity.
Security Clearance
This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held; however, if not, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. 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 five years; in some circumstances, a minimum of three years residence in the last five years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
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 may require further evidence to be provided.
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