Systems Engineer

Job Description

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.

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’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.

The Lead 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.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Good understanding of the development lifecycle and lifecycle products.
• Interfacing with the client, to gain approval of test specifications and to host acceptance testing activities.
• Support the development of test plans and test strategy documents
• Support the development of test specifications, working from system requirements.
• Execute test specifications (according to test plan and project schedule)
• Able to create and/or authorise 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.
• Prepares system operational plans and reports that explain how the equipment being developed meets requirements.Operational design limits are evaluated and defined; performance analyses and simulations are developed & performed to support the above.
• 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.
• Supervises staff, by defining their work, coaching them on how and what to prepare, monitoring their progress and directing them on priorities.
• Proposes work package estimates and descriptions based on knowledge of the work and project requirements, ensuring that compliant solutions at optimum cost are identified.
• Develop, implement and maintain tools relevant to the Systems Engineering function.Manage the assessment of relevant tools.
• Defines or proposes updates of processes and standards covering the work and its products based on knowledge of systems engineering.
• Keep abreast of technical development in the railway signalling field both within and outside of the company.
• Manage the production of quality metrics to measure the soundness of the System Engineering processes under your control.

Skills and Experience

• Has a sound ability to use system engineering tools.
• Has a working knowledge of the CDM regulations.
• Has a working knowledge of configuration control.
• Can manage a project through a defined process and is able to tailor CHORUS2 to project needs.
• Can define metrics as part of Quality assurance & control.
• Working knowledge of project plans.
• Has a working knowledge of Engineering Safety Management

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 65,000 employees in 56 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. Great journeys start here, apply now!