Systems Engineer

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.
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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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.
Systems Engineer
Crawley, West Sussex - Hybrid Working
Thales Group designs a range of state-of-the-art solutions for some of the most technically advanced defence and security platforms in the world, and we're seeking a talented full-time permanent Systems Engineer, who will be working on a project delivering a next generation Electronic Warfare (EW) solution. This Systems Engineer role performs a subset of all the engineering activities required to develop a solution/product whilst achieving customer satisfaction of the delivered solution/ product. This role requires a Systems Engineer with knowledge and expertise of some of the Systems Engineering design lifecycle and the motivation to learn and develop knowledge and experience of the full life cycle.
Key responsibilities of the role:
Key responsibilities include performing or learning to perform the following activities under supervision of senior engineers:
Formalisation and management of requirements through DOORS .
Formalisation of the specifications used to develop the solution.
Support and undertake IVVQ activities.
Trade-off analysis, modelling and simulation.
SE and IVVQ related documentation.
The Systems Engineer may contribute towards the Systems Architecture and/or Systems Engineering Management
We are looking for a confident, forward thinking individual with the following skills and expertise:
Skills:
An understanding of System Engineering and System Engineering Processes and Practices, including knowledge of Systems Lifecycles.
An ability to work with combinations of technologies, to integrate and verify them in a logical and structured way into a system in order to fully satisfy a Customer's requirement.
Able to plan and manage their own work, monitor and report progress against plans and provide data to support project progress reporting
Excellent communications skills, both verbally and written, with the ability to present and explain technical and complex problems, tailored appropriately for the audience.
A team player with a "can-do" attitude that performs effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Eligibility to be security cleared to SC.
Expertise:
Minimum of a Bachelor Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering subject or Higher Education/equivalent training and experience.
Systems Engineering
Understanding of Lifecycle
Proven working expertise in requirements management using DOORS (nice to have)OR Proven experience working in and/or leading a team undergoing Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification (IVVQ) of a solution/product (nice to have)
Some experience of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools.
Requirements writing
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 some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Our packages will include bonus, a strong pension contribute plan matched up to 7%, Private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.
Location:
Crawley, West Sussex - Hybrid Working. Candidates will also be considered within commutable distance to the site and able to travel to visit Thales and customer sites adhocly. If/when required
Security Clearance statement:
Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance (SC level minimum)
Flexibility:
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.
The Work Environment:
At Thales, we believe in flexible SMART working and have the expectation this role will be delivered through a combination of remote and office based collaborative working. When working in the office, you will be based at Thales sites in the UK, featuring access to a wide variety of resources including manufacturing, environmental and electromagnetic test facilities and specialised laboratories. The modern site includes a subsidised restaurant, a café, break out spaces, bicycle storage facilities and more
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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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