Senior Systems Engineer

2 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants. Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment across the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us for a full range of defensive systems for land, sea and air, including early warning, threat neutralisation, airspace mobility, vehicles, tactical systems and missile defence.

We offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their careers in an environment where safety, innovation and flexibility are paramount. Your health and well‑being matters to us, which is why we provide flexibility such as part‑time hours, job sharing, home working and flexible start/finish times.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Systems Engineer within Thales OME. The role can be based in Reading or Glasgow and may require some travel to other Thales sites, customer sites or integration and test facilities.

• Definition of systems requirements for the product.
• Creation of design documentation capturing the systems engineering design, internal and external interfaces of the system.
• Functional definition of system behaviour.
• Development of test procedures to support verification of the system.
• Carrying out integration and verification testing against test procedures and gathering evidence that systems requirements have been achieved.
• Peer reviewing technical artefacts.
• Supporting the wider engineering team by sharing knowledge.

• Experience working as part of a multi‑disciplinary design team.
• Defining system interfaces, boundaries and other external factors that impact design.
• Requirements Engineering (elicitation, decomposition and analysis).
• Analysing the operational concepts of a system.

• Experience of decomposition of a systems design to sub‑system level; knowledge of systems modelling techniques.
• Experience analysing potential solutions against the key needs in a design brief.
• Experience using design analysis techniques such as trade‑off analysis, calculations, modelling and simulation.

The role requires SC clearance. It would be advantageous if already held; otherwise the successful applicant must undergo, achieve and maintain SC clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for guidance. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years, or 3 years residence over the last 5 years in some circumstances, with additional overseas checks.

Connect with Fiona Tal, Talent Acquisition Partner, to explore this exciting opportunity.

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