Job Description

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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

What the role has to offer

You will take responsibility for defining and implementing the software architecture on a specific product line within avionics

You will be given the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge and experience, across time you will gain recognition and development opportunities with the opportunity to progress into a technical expert

Our Opportunity:

We are looking for an experienced Software Architect, to join Thales Flight Avionics at what is an exciting time. You will play a pivotal role within the software team working across a range of technology based solutions for Civil and Military customers in the areas of airborne voice and data communication services to support cockpit and cabin; secure on-board connectivity to facilitate multiple levels of secure information exchange; and tactical mission support from planning to execution and post flight review.

As Software Architect you will be part of an integrated project team working with architects from a range of engineering disciplines and Thales UK software wider community where you will gain exposure to a broad range of Thales products across all business lines.

Key tasks/Responsibilities:

Ensure that software architecture stability is maintained across lifecycle phases from Bid to Delivery

To direct and coordinate software architecture studies

Approve the technical, technological, and methodological choices taken in respect of the selected software architecture

Guarantee adherence to in-scope standards, reuse policy and product development plans Identifies modelling, simulation and prototyping opportunities

Co-ordinates the product definition, and assessment of trade-offs between aspects of cost, customer requirements and technological possibilities

Provide knowledge on state-of-the-art software architecting, taking account of future developments

To identify and pro-actively manage project risks and ensure that risks are assessed and reported to project on a regular basis

Support project \'team building\' and share knowledge across the function and projects

Ensure that project safety and airworthiness requirements are addressed in a manner consistent with company processes

About You

Experience in software implementation and software integration on target hardware by way of tooled-up processes

Background in software verification and use of Configuration/Change Management tools

Subject expert engineer with understanding of architectural needs

Excellent at problem decomposition and thinking at higher levels of abstraction i.e. can see commonality, can generalise and can see recurring problems

Knowledge of creating software architectures to meet functional requirements and non-functional requirements (quality attributes)

Understanding of defining quality attribute scenarios, identifying the tactics to meet them and performing trade-offs between conflicting quality attributes

Experience of modelling complex software systems e.g. UML design

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