Location: Crawley, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that enable two-thirds of planes to take off and land safely. We create in-flight entertainment systems that engross 50 million fliers every year and we develop the avionics that control the world’s largest commercial aircrafts. Our simulators train the next generation of pilots for fighter jets, transporters and search and rescue helicopters. And, together, each and every member of our aerospace team makes a difference.
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.
Primary Purpose of the Role:
The primary purpose of this role is to support and carry out all aspects of the visual system engineering activities. The role will require liaison with project management, project system engineering managers, and will include visual systems engineering activities contributing to the delivery of the system on site.
Key responsibilities and tasks:
- Integration, test, and validation of visual system image generator hardware, software and databases.
- Integration, test, and validation of the visual system with the simulator/simulation systems (host, display etc.).
- Application of Chorus 2.0 processes and practises to visual system development tasks, as appropriate.
- Adherence to tasks assignments, allocated budgets and schedule milestones
- Plan, schedule and report suite of work packages to deliver solution
- Ensure systems engineering process is followed throughout life-cycle
- Ensure specified deliverables are met against schedule and timescale and are of an expected level of quality.
- Requirements management
- Management of reviews
- Strong customer focus
- Sub-contractor management
- Managing outsourced work
- Fault closure coordination
Essential
Skills and Experience Required
- Ability to analyse customer requirements and negotiate requirement/solution trade-offs to achieve a winning compromise between cost, schedule, and compliance.
- Ability to identify solution technical issues and risks in order to plan the mitigation strategy and engineering activities required.
- Able to capture and express the solutions architecture through standard methods.
- An effective team player who can interface at all levels across the organisation. Able to operate successfully in a multi-cultural environment, working effectively with teams distributed across different sites/countries.
- Visual systems engineering in simulation environment
- Visual system design and integration
- Real time image generation
- Design life-cycles
Desirable
- Knowledge of aviation
- JIRA
- XML
- Requirements Management
Values & Behaviours:
- Focus on Customers
- Perform through teaming
- Innovation
Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering, Science or Mathematics
LIFE AS A THALES SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE ROLE
As a Thales Subject Matter Expertise Role, you will ensure the quality of the services and products delivered by your scope thanks to your in-depth knowledge of the field:
Analyse the activities of your scope to ensure resources are used efficiently and help with competency development if necessary
Provide documentation and communication regarding specialized organizational processes
Act as a referent by taking a technical concept and making it easier to understand
Create and edit processes to help perform tasks consistently
Support leadership in aligning company and personal values with a strategic vision
Make recommendations for technology infrastructure, software and equipment
Assist in sales growth and account management when needed
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.
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.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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