Job Description

Location: Remote UK, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow\'s possible.

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.

We are looking for Systems Architects to join the Central Engineering team that is key in supporting complex projects across the 15 areas of the business. The primary purpose of this position is to define and implement Systems Architecture strategy, management and tasks for key business projects across a range of domains.

You\'ll report to the Systems Discipline & Capability Director to define, support and/or commence execution of systems architecture activities on a range of projects in various phases of the life-cycle. A common denominator is that the project will be in need of external help and expertise to \xe2\x80\x98start right\xe2\x80\x99 or to maintain/regain schedule/technical baseline

The role will provide guidance and leadership to the project/programme Engineering team with particular reference to developing a system/solution architecture and in deploying a model based systems engineering approach to the required engineering activities.

In addition to potentially leading project systems/solution architecture activity, the role shall also participate in and in some cases lead tiger team reviews in support of bids and projects and balance the demands of MBSE excellence with strong practical engineering delivery ability.

As a Systems Architect and member of the Central Systems Engineering Team in Thales UK, you\'ll focus on the successful delivery of a range of solutions to a wide variety of customers in our Civil and Military domains. This could include;

• Supporting less experienced Architects in their planning and execution of MBSE And other Architecting activities
• Acting as the Systems Architect on specific projects on short secondments or extended loan
• Supporting one or more projects, in a range of domains encompassing Land, Sea and Air products

The successful candidate will be able to successfully carry out the following:

• Support completion of the solution operational analysis and lead on initial capture & management of stakeholder needs, system/subsystem requirements, and identifying verification and validation strategies
• Create solution, logical, and physical architectures (Inc. modelling or prototyping) and support to preparation of system specifications and Interface Control Documentation (ICDs)
• Contribute to Technical Statements of Work for, and management of, equipment suppliers
• Contribute to system/subsystem integration and V&V strategy and planning documents
• Contributing to safety and airworthiness certification strategy of products

We are looking for Principle Systems Engineers or Systems Architects who have experience in:

• Producing solution architectures that satisfy customer needs and are compliant to customer requirements; a comprehensive understanding of architecture frameworks, architectural modelling techniques and management processes
• Experience of architectural modelling of Systems, from operational analysis and subsequent system level architecture through to physical level architectures in tools such as Enterprise Architect, Capella, MOOD, Rhapsody etc.
• Experience of requirements capture, decomposition and management (e.g. in DOORS)
• Able to define and manage interfaces, partition solution budgets, and conduct effective trade-offs
• Knowledge of System Engineering and System Engineering Processes and Practices, including knowledge of Systems Lifecycles
• An ability to work with customers, subcontractors, and partners, as well as mentor internal staff members to increase engineering capability
• An ability to support bids, programmes, and modifications to operational solutions

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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.

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.

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