Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

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 and 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.

Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that 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? Do you want to be part of a team of leading specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? Then look no further…

What the role has to offer:

Ability to work with state of the art leading edge technologyWorking with a highly skilled, dynamic and forward thinking teamA growing business with great career opportunities

Thales Integrated Airspace-protection Systems (IAS) UK designs and manufactures a range of cutting-edge technologies ranging from air surveillance and mission planning systems to missile and space propulsion systems. With sites in Belfast, Templecombe, Crossgar and Thorney Island the company specialises in lightweight missiles and the integration of weapon systems into various platforms along with the systems to manage and exploit critical mission planning and air surveillance data.

As a Systems Engineer, you will be Reporting to the System Design Team Lead and Project Engineering Manager designing state-of-the-art Fire Control and Air Defence Systems that deliver world-class performance to meet our customer’s needs. Working within an agile multi-discipline team, design activities cover the whole product lifecycle from requirements capture and analysis through to defining the system architecture and behaviour and onto building, testing and verifying that the solution meets the customer’s requirements. The role requires working with the team to optimise the design through trades, studies, analyses, modelling and simulation to produce a best-in-class competitive product. Thales are seeking engineers with various degrees and levels of experience for this role.

The role will require collaborating in a multi-discipline team in the design and development process, covering one or more of the following activities:

Understanding our customer and business needs leading to requirements capture and development.Understanding how the User will deploy the product in order to inform the system design.Supporting the System Architect in the definition of the system architecture, interfaces, behaviour and flow-down requirements.Developing and optimising the design through system trades, analyses and prototypingDefining, planning, and participation in verification activities, incl. tests and trials to ensure the delivered product meets the customer requirements.Capturing the design, decisions and rationale in associated specifications and other technical artefacts.

Skills & Qualifications required

Essential

Bachelor Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering subjectExperience in one or more of the following system design activities:Establishing  requirements to drive designDesigning a system to meet defined requirementsBuilding, integrating and/or testing a system to meet defined requirementsAbility to demonstrate critical thinking & decision making skills. Ability to demonstrate problem solving and innovation skills.Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communicate skillsAbility to deliver projects, overcome barriers and make things happen             

Desirable

Knowledge of Air Defence Systems and TechnologiesAbility to demonstrate working within a team under pressure.Post-Graduate degree in an engineering disciplineChartered Engineer or working towards professional accreditation

Values & Behaviours:

The successful candidate will be:

Goal orientated and delivery focussed;Display innovation and self-motivation;Demonstrate dedication and determination in assigned tasks.

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At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

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