System IVVQ Engineer

Location: Gorgonzola, Italy

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Gorgonzola hosts Navigations Air Systems (NAS) domain. The activity of NAS domain: avionics, navigation and radar systems for civil air traffic and technologies supporting the activities of civilian and military pilots, ATC controllers and technicians of several airlines, air traffic control agencies and Air Force around the world. Italy is the Group’s Competence center for the design, production and delivery of Navigation Aids products and Competence Centre for the delivery of non-Radar Surveillance Products.

We are currently looking for a System IVVQ engineer to join Thales Land and Air Systems in its NAS Center of Competence Gorgonzola (near Milan).

As System IVVQ engineer within Thales, you will be involved with Integration, Verification, Validation, Qualification of NAVAIDS products (mainly in the domains of Radio Frequency engineering and Embedded Systems) by:

• Support the IVVQ Manager in the definition of IVVQ strategy and generation of associated estimates and schedule

• Propose IVVQ testing methods, acceptance criteria and manage their implementation

• Clear and timely communication of design non-compliances to the team and wider internal/external stakeholders. Be part of technical event (problem report…) board

• Prepare System IVVQ activities

• Execute IVVQ activities either on-site at Gorgonzola or at the customer’s premises to deliver the evidence of compliance with requirements

• Analyse test results and/or data and produce technical reports

• Highlight any technical risk associated with the IVVQ phase to the Engineering Delivery Manager (EDM) and Product Design Authority (PDA), proposing any suitable actions to mitigate and manage IVVQ risks

• Liaise with the PDA and Architect to ensure that IVVQ is in line with the design and is compliant with all requirements

• Support capitalisation activities for the department as well as lessons learned • Ensure unambiguous testability of requirements

Profile:

• You graduated from an Engineering School with a Master’s degree and you have 2 or more years’ experience in IVVQ

• You have a good understanding of IVVQ strategies and philosophies

• You have experience of test activities, formal verification or validation activities

• You are an effective team player who can interface at all levels across the organization

• You are able to operate successfully in a multi-cultural environment, working effectively with teams distributed across different sites/countries

• You have strong organizational and team working skills

• You have an excellent verbal and written communication skills, good negotiation skills and a recognized capacity to influence all types of stakeholders

• You enjoy thinking outside the box and being creative

Competencies:

• Knowledge of lab equipment for electronics and RF engineering such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers... {THALES GROUP LIMITED DISTRIBUTION}

• Knowledge of scripting languages or other testing frameworks for test automation

• Knowledge of System Engineering V-model

• English and Italian fluency is a must, ability to speak additional languages such as French is a plus

Nice to have

• A basic knowledge of Navaids equipment’s such as ILS, VOR, TACAN, DME… and in the technical field of air navigation services and on the various regulations / standards such as EN, ICAO or specific local standards.

• Knowledge of Aerospace System / Software / Hardware quality assurance standards: SAE ARP4754, EUROCAE ED-109A (RTCA DO-278A), EUROCAE ED-80 (RTCA DO-254), EUROCAE ED-153

• Proficiency in the use of issue tracking software (e.g. Jira)

• Proficiency in the use of requirements and tests management tool

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