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In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.
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.
Employee type: Permanent
We are looking for a Test Technician to join our aerospace team at Thales Crawley site. Are you up for a challenge? Do you want to work with a highly regarded team who will support your learning and development? Do you want to be part of a team of specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? ……..Then look no further
What the role has to offer:
* Job Satisfaction - involvement in testing of products, fault diagnosis to customer delivery and repair/servicing
* Large support network within the function
* Diverse and challenging role
You will be working within the large operations/service centre team within the Thales Aerospace Division to test and fault diagnosis on deliverable Customer and System sub-assemblies to component level. Survey, repair and upgrade customer equipment as directed by Test Team Leader/CAM/Project Management as appropriate. Provide technical support to Project and Engineering Teams and contribute to the development and evaluation of innovative approaches or solutions to ongoing issues or problems.
As part of the role you will utilise and adopt techniques, including but not limited to the following:
* Write, create and verify PTS(Product Test Schedule) documents derived from PAS (Product Acceptance Specification).
* Test and diagnose complex faults on deliverable customer sub-assemblies and System LRUs to ensure compliance with specification.
* Survey, repair and upgrade customer equipment to Thales standards.
* Calibration and maintenance of required STTE(Special To Type Equipment)
* Ordering and returning of test equipment as required
* Produce estimate for completion of work
* Support System test activities to ensure System requirements and delivery dates are met to agreed quality and costs.
* Support activities of Test Technicians to ensure test requirements are understood and achieved.
* Ensure that all documentation is compliant to Thales standards.
* Travel and off-site working may be required with this role.
About You
You will need to be self-driven and have attention to detail as well as having the following:
* Minimum of an ONC or equivalent degree or equivalent demonstrable experience in a test environment preferably within Defence/Aerospace/Engineering.
* Good fault diagnostic skills to component level
* Wiring, repair and soldering skills
* Knowledge of a variety of test disciplines required within the test department
* Show initiative and possess good communication skills, both written and verbal
* Intermediate IT skills in Microsoft Office packages
* Possess or eligible to obtain SC level security clearance
* HNC/HND or BTEC equivalent (Engineering background) desirable.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by skilled and experienced individuals within the function. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Hours
Standard working hours are Monday to Thursday and you will be able to choose when you start and when you finish. It is 9 1/4 hours per day with a half hour for lunch.
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Manufacturing and Engineering
* Industries
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Manufacturing
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