Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information 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. 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.

Thales have an exciting opportunity based at its Crawley site and are looking to recruit an experienced Systems Engineering Manager to lead and continue the development of our world leading, high assurance and highly regulated product capability.

You will have a proven track record of developing, motivating and listening to your high skill experts to achieve best in market levels of productivity, whilst meeting strict time to revenue objectives in such a manner that both Thales and other stakeholders have confidence that the outcomes you are responsible for will be delivered. 

You'll be expected to deliver this leadership across a diverse product portfolio of secure products that must operate from cradle to grave in a very highly contested information space. Ensuring that the components, and the portfolio, for which you are responsible display the kind of benefits that mean they are the solutions of choice for Thales and its customers. 

Your track record must show that you are capable of developing and maintaining the unique skills within the team which are necessary to operate in this area whilst growing the team to align with a transformational vision.  To do this you would be expected to demonstrate your understanding of how to best combine the aspects of product development, research, influence including standardisation and where necessary ‘loaning’ members of the team to develop / maintain know-how in order to maintain the world leading capability

Key Responsibilities

Operate within the parameters of the Security Management Plan governing these activities ensuring at all times that the team and its activities operate within and are compliant with the ‘Development and Manufacturing Security Plan.Ensure that standards necessary to operate are met e.g. CKCS including supporting as necessary external audits.Maintain a highly skilled team, engineering and security environment to deliver portfolio products within a highly regulated environment where cyber threats are a daily fact of life.Ensure that team is structured for growth foreseeing how that team will support the revenue and profit opportunities currently being agreed.Ensure that stakeholders within Thales UK are confident of the performance to cost, time and security, ensuring necessary information to substantiate this confidence is available.Ensure that stakeholders external to Thales UK are confident of the availability to time and quality of the artefacts on which they rely.Provide coaching and technical support to the team.Support peer reviews of others work and generation of materials for major gate reviews for their own work.

Ideally we are looking for:

A self-motivated engineering professional with experience in bringing to market products in highly regulated, time and cost conscious markets.Experience in running teams that may be using tools that include Visual Studio, IBM DOORS, IBM Rhapsody, GIT, Jira, Jenkins, C++, C,  static analysis tools such as Klockwork or Coverity, RTOS/OS such as FreeRTOS or SysGo.Experience working within teams in an Agile environment with exposure to Continuous Integration and desirably Continuous Deployment.Experience of CHERI, T1 cyber threats and countermeasures, protecting IPR and know how.

Thales Benefits

Annual performance bonusPension contributions up to 7%Stock option opportunitiesGenerous training budget and allowance to attend conferences/workshops.28 days base holiday (27 days + 1 company holiday in conjunction with Xmas bank holidays)Permanent Health Insurance, Critical Illness insurance (optional)Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Healthcare Cash PlanExtensive private healthcare plans, gym and well-being memberships, Cycle to Work, Travel Insurance, Holiday PurchaseEnhanced maternity and parental leave.Life insurance; x times of base annual salaryDiscounts on major retail outletsFlexible hours (37 hrs a week) + Friday half day

This would be an excellent opportunity for an individual with aspirations to develop technically with routes to Thales Senior Expert role.

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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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