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Systems Architect

Thales Group, Scotland-wide

Systems Architect

Salary Not Specified

Thales Group, Scotland-wide

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted today, 26 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: e1290715aa81484fa73f7effdc4fc9ac

Full Job Description

  • Ability to work with state of the art leading edge technology
  • Working with a highly skilled, dynamic and forward thinking team
  • A growing business with great career opportunities
    • Thales Integrated Airspace-protection Systems (IAS) UK designs and manufactures a range of cutting-edge technologies ranging from air surveillance and mission planning systems to missile and space propulsion systems. With sites in Belfast, Templecombe, Crossgar and Thorney Island the company specialises in lightweight missiles and the integration of weapon systems into various platforms along with the systems to manage and exploit critical mission planning and air surveillance data. As a System Architect, you will be designing state-of-the-art Fire Control and Air Defence Systems that deliver world-class performance to meet our customer's needs. Working within an agile multi-discipline team, responsibilities cover the whole product lifecycle from requirements capture and analysis through to defining the system architecture and behaviour, optimising the design and onto building, testing and verifying that the solution meets the customer's requirements. The role requires collaborating in a multi-discipline team in the design and development process, covering one or more of the following activities:
  • Understanding our customer and business needs leading to requirements capture, definition and development.
  • Understanding how the User will deploy the product in order to inform the system design.
  • Defining the system architecture, interfaces, behaviour and flow-down requirements.
  • Working with specialists to inform and define the system design, behaviour or performance.
  • Developing and optimising the design through system trades, analyses and prototyping
  • Defining verification activities and assessing evidence to ensure the delivered product is compliant with requirements
  • Diagnosing complex system faults found during integration and test.
  • Capturing the design, decisions and rationale in associated models, specifications and other technical artefacts.
  • Provides coaching and mentoring to other team members and shares knowledge within the wider systems team.

    You will ideally have a Bachelor Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering or equivalent as well as experience in many of the following areas:
  • Requirements capture, management and product specification.
  • Knowledge of defence systems such as C2, Fire Control, Sensors, Effectors etc.
  • Experience in designing and defining systems, interfaces and behaviours
  • Ability to design for Non-functional, EMC, Environmental, Eco, Security & Safety Requirements
  • Ability in designing for the appropriate Legislative and Regulatory requirements
  • Familiarity with defence standard requirements and common interface protocols
  • Proficient in system design processes, methods and tools
  • Knowledge of modelling methods (SysML etc) and Defence Architectural Frameworks (e.g. MODAF etc )
  • An understanding of the Systems, Hardware and Software engineering lifecycles
  • Excellent analytical skills with proven capability to shape solutions out of complexity
  • Excellent communications skills able to articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Self-motivated, innovative and with a "can-do" and "lead by example" attitude

    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.
    • 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. Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that 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? Do you want to be part of a team of leading specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? Then look no further…, 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.