Systems Engineer

Location: Cheadle, 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 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:

As part of a virtual team(s), be responsible for the Systems Engineering activities for bids, services and projects to contract requirements, standards, budget, and on-time delivery.

Principal Relationships:

As part of the Thales Systems Engineering process you will interact with the following key roles:·Designers at all levels·Bid team members·Project team members

• Supply Chain members
• Commercial team members

·Testing team members·Installation team members·Project Planners

• Sales and Marketing

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

The list below is not exhaustive nor will individuals be expected to be able to undertake all of them. They are given as a guide as to the expected duties of the grade.

• Converts requirements into conceptual designs and prepares associated documentation by performing operational analyses, simulations and technical trade-off studies evaluating alternative design configurations and functional features.
• Good understanding of the development lifecycle and lifecycle products.
• Writing and execution of Test Specifications including:

• Writing of test plans and test strategy documents
• Writing of test specifications, working from system requirements
• Execute test specifications (according to test plan and project schedule)
• Record results of test execution
• Raise/investigate/verify defects
• Maintain quality target/standard

• Able to create outline designs from requirements using a  variety of design toolsets
• Similarly creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfil requirements where necessary
• Prepares system & subsystem requirement specifications, interface requirements and test requirement documents by analysing, decomposing modelling and refining customer requirements
• Performs technical/engineering tasks to define system design and subsystem requirements details.  Analysis and simulations are performed as necessary to identify design feasibility & driving requirements
• Accurately reports work progress and estimates to complete against work packages assigned by line manager
• Investigates problems in the field or with the systems documentation
• Develop, implement and maintain tools relevant to the Systems Engineering function.  Assist in the assessment of relevant tools
• Keep abreast of technical development both within and outside of the company
• Production of System Engineering estimates at optimum cost
• Produce quality metrics to measure the soundness of the System Engineering processes under your control
• Working with project planners to provide detailed input to specific project programs
• Represent System Engineering at formal Design Reviews, with particular attention to the reduction of design risks
• Undertake Cost Reviews as part of a Bid team

Key performance Indicators against Responsibilities and Tasks:

This role is continually monitored for performance and as such some of the following typical Key performance indicators (KPI’s) will be used

• Quality of work produced against agreed standards
• Delivery to timescales
• Delivery to budget
• Performance against Thales key values
• Attendance
• Performance against mandatory training

Expected Competence Level:Skills (underpinning Knowledge)

• Able to use a range of IT tools
• Has a sound ability to use System Engineering tools
• Can manage configuration control
• Can manage a project through a defined process, including CHORUS2
• Can produce metrics as part of Quality control
• A working knowledge of project plans
• Has a working knowledge of Engineering Safety Management

Experience:

• The Systems Engineers are the technical focal point for the System Engineering process and must resolve all issues, problems, questions and conflicts in the entire system.  This requires frequent handling of new and unusual issues, therefore a proven record of working in a Systems engineering environment is required.

• The post holder should have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels in the spoken and written word. A good outward appearance, self-motivation and the ability to work under pressure are vital.

• The success of the Systems Engineering job family relies on the interaction of its engineers at all levels, therefore evidence of team working is required.

Values & Behaviours:

• Innovate – Be motivated to search for novel and unique design solutions.

• Team working – Maximise the use of the wider Thales community to produce winning solutions.

• Develop people – Be prepared to share your ideas and experience with the wider Thales engineering community.

• Focus on customers – Be driven to deliver quality solutions to clients.

• Safety – Totally embrace the Thales safety culture to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all.

• Ethics - Thales employees must be exemplary in their ethical conduct and social responsibility.

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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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