Antenna Product Architect

Antenna Product Architect

Location:

Crawley, United Kingdom – Hybrid (Relocation support can be provided).

Thales Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) UK is a principal supplier of UAS, EW and Radar equipment to the UK armed forces, as well as an exporter of these capabilities worldwide.

Entering a new phase of extensive product development, ISR is focused on delivering cutting‑edge products including:

• Digital Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) that provide situational awareness and identify threats even in busy electronic transmission environments
• Radar Electronic Countermeasures (RECM) that can protect assets by denying tactical advantage and distracting incoming threats.

• Lead the design and development of antenna solutions for both domestic and export portfolios
• Create a cohesive product line offering and collaborate with other product line architects to ensure cohesion
• Architect and optimise antenna systems for performance, key characteristics (such as size, weight, power, sustainability)
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure optimal design, driving antenna integration across multiple projects, working closely with both systems and hardware teams
• Define and recommend candidate architectures to satisfy stakeholder expectations according to the standards and re‑use policies, the technology roadmap and the business strategy
• Establish the solution architecture by making trade‑offs between stakeholder expectations, technical and technological solutions and costs, risks and schedule, document the associated artefacts
• Manage, all along the project life cycle, the assignment of the corresponding level requirements, the management of the performance evaluation and the critical parameters
• Support product development through entire lifecycle from bid concept to manufacture and in‑service support
• Conduct electromagnetic simulations (using Ansys Electrical) to model antenna performance
• Perform product testing and validation of antennas, ensuring they meet both product and regulatory requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Physics or a related field
• Experience leading complex antenna system development
• Experience of antenna design, integration and test including, but not limited to, propagation, radiation patterns, impedance matching, RF design principles, RF testing and measurement equipment, anechoic chamber testing and antenna integration into complex systems
• Excellent problem‑solving skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience integrating and qualifying antennas within a larger complex system
• Ability to work confidently with multiple projects and priorities
• Exposure to safety‑critical systems and governance

• Experience working in Electronic Warfare or a similar field
• Familiarity with naval defence standards and regulation

• Room and attention to personal development
• Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex solution
• Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
• Build an international career within a leading engineering group

We are 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.

Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribution, private healthcare, development‑focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required, along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provided towards academic and membership attainments.

This role will require SC clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will…