Senior Systems Engineer

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

Job summary

Thales is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to contribute to the systems engineering design activities for multiple projects. The role is based in Glasgow or Reading, with potential travel to other Thales sites and customer locations as required.

You will define system requirements, interfaces and behaviour, and support integration and verification testing. The ideal candidate will have strong cross-disciplinary collaboration skills and experience in requirements engineering, systems modelling,

Qualifications

• Definition of Systems Requirements for the product.
• Creation of design documentation capturing the systems engineering design.
• Definition of internal and external interfaces of the system.
• Functional definition of system behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Carry out integration and verification testing against procedures.
• Develop test procedures to verify system requirements.
• Peer reviewing technical artefacts.
• Support wider engineering team by sharing knowledge.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Systems interfaces definition

Tools

SysML

Modelling techniques

Job description

## Senior Systems EngineerApply: On-Site: Glasgow: Full time: Posted Today: R0338342Location: Glasgow, United KingdomThales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.An opportunity has arisen for a **Senior Systems Engineer** within **Thales OME,** the role can be based in **Reading or Glasgow** and depending on the specific project role may require some travel and time spent at other Thales sites, Customer sites or integration and test facilities.**Optronics & Missile Electronics (OME)**We enable forces to gather timely, meaningful information so they can make thoughtful, decisive choices that safeguard communities. For more than 130 years, we’ve championed the development of Optronics for military, scientific and commercial applications. Our expertise covers three sectors: Air, Land and Sea.As a Senior Systems Engineer you will be able to work autonomously to contribute towards the systems engineering design activities throughout the engineering project involving:* Definition of Systems Requirements for the product* Creation of design documentation capturing the systems engineering design* Definition of the internal and external interfaces of the system* Functional definition of system behaviour* Development of test procedures to support the verification of the system* Carrying out integration and verification testing against test procedures* Conducting activities to gather evidence that the systems requirements have been achieved* Peer reviewing technical artefacts* Supporting the wider engineering team by sharing knowledgeThe successful candidate should be a good communicator who is proactive and able to constructively challenge ideas and concepts and have experience in:* Working as part of a multi-disciplinary design team* Defining systems interfaces, boundaries and other external factors that would impact on design* Requirements Engineering (elicitation, decomposition and analysis)* Analysing the operational concepts of a systemIt would be beneficial if the candidate also has:* Experience of the decomposition of a systems design to sub-system level* Experience or knowledge of systems modelling techniques* Experience of analysing potential solutions against the key needs in a design brief* Experience of using design analysis techniques (trade-off analysis, calculations, modelling and simulation, etc.)This role will report to the Head of Discipline for Systems Engineering and the Engineering Delivery Manager for their project.**Security Clearance Requirement:**Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.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.Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels.Connect with Fiona Tal, Talent Acquisition Partner #LI-FT1 who is eager to explore together with you this exciting opportunity.