Job Description 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 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.
Our Opportunity: This full-time Systems IVVQ Engineer shall be working on various projects within the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) business.
They will perform the IVVQ activities for the assigned projects.
Key responsibilities include: Demonstration that the solution satisfies the overall approved operational needs set out by the customer.
Test and Integration Test Specification Writing Test execution Problem investigation What are we looking for?
Skills: An understanding of System Engineering and System Engineering Processes and Practices, including knowledge of Systems Lifecycles.
An ability to work with combinations of technologies, to integrate and verify them in a logical and structured way into a system in order to fully satisfy a Customer's requirement.
Able to develop and establish collaborative ways of working with multiple stakeholders and disciplines to establish a system-centric way of working.
Excellent communications skills, both verbally and written, with the ability to present and explain technical and complex problems, tailored appropriately for the audience.
A team player with a "can-do" attitude that performs effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Eligibility to be security cleared to SC.
Experience: Minimum of a Bachelor Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering subject or Higher Education/equivalent training and experience.
Proven working experience in requirements management using DOORS.
Proven experience working in and/or leading a team undergoing Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification (IVVQ) of a solution/product Detailed working knowledge of the engineering lifecycle, from concept design, requirements capture and management, system and subsystem design, system integration, through to test strategies, acceptance and design update.
This role will require UK Eyes Only SC Clearance.
It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance.
Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.
In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the UK Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)