Aerospace Test Systems Architect

Thales Group; Manor Park; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Performance-related bonus

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Life cover

Annual bonus

Job summary

Thales Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Test Design Engineer with a focus on Test Solutions to define and deliver robust test architectures for aerospace and defence systems.

You will work across Crawley, Reading, or other UK Thales sites, shaping test systems from concept to in-service support and guiding multidisciplinary teams while engaging with customers to meet MOD standards and programme needs.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Systems Architect or Systems Engineer.
• Strong background in test system design and architecture.
• Experience integrating hardware, software and COTS into test.
• Good stakeholder management and customer interfacing.
• Proven ability across the full system lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategies, frameworks, and architectures to support product development, verification, qualification, and in-service support.
• Translate system and customer requirements into effective test system requirements and architectures.
• Ensure test solutions integrate seamlessly with hardware, software, and system environments.
• Work closely with design engineers, test engineers, and programme managers to ensure traceability and compliance throughout the lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Contribute to bid and proposal activity, providing technical input to estimates, schedules, and solution concepts.
• Engage directly with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with defence standards, policies, and best practices.
• Drive innovation in test methods, including automation, digital twins, and model-based test approaches.

Skills

Systems Architecture

Systems Engineering

Test system design

Hardware integration

Software integration

COTS integration

Stakeholder mgmt

Lifecycle experience

Tools

Test automation tooling

Job description

Thales Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Test Design Engineer with a focus on Test Solutions to define and deliver robust test architectures for aerospace and defence systems.

You will work across Crawley, Reading, or other UK Thales sites, shaping test systems from concept to in-service support and guiding multidisciplinary teams while engaging with customers to meet MOD standards and programme needs.