Junior Navigation System and Solution Architect

Thales Alenia Space; Roma; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Alenia Space is seeking a Junior Navigation System and Solution Architect to join our European team in Rome. You will analyse customer needs, formalise architectures, and drive system-level tests for navigation solutions within a growing space program.

The role blends software/hardware experience with systems engineering, IVVQ activities, and design-to-cost thinking. You will collaborate across disciplines, mentoring peers and contributing to international projects.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or related field.
• Proven experience in software and/or hardware, systems engineering and IVVQ activities.
• Willing to continuously update expertise and design innovative solutions.
• Be ready to contribute to conception, requirements, development, test, integration or validation.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and understand customer needs through studies, simulations, and models.
• Formalise specifications and architecture for the best solution.
• Prepare and carry out integration, verification and validation tests.
• Define test plans and procedures for system-level testing.
• Ensure technical coherence of system design and performance across interfaces.
• Design the architecture of the command and control system.
• Demonstrate the solution to the customer.

Skills

Systems Engineering

IVVQ

Software experience

Hardware experience

Mentor

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

DOORS

Polarion

TFS

JIRA

Job description

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

We are looking for a Junior Navigation System and Solution Architect

CANDIDATES THAT WOULD IMPRESS US

PROFILE:

• You have graduated with a Master’s degree of an Engineering School (Electronics, Aeronautical/Space Engineering, Computer Science, …) or in University
• You have a proven experience in Software and/or Hardware, Systems Engineering and IVVQ activities
• You want to update your expertise continuously and design innovative solutions to fit your customers’ needs
• You want to strengthen your expertise in one of the following areas: conception, requirement management, development, test, integration or validation
• You want to solve complex problems and be plunged into a challenging environment
• You are recognised as a team player and enjoy collaborative work
• You have synthetic and helicopter view of the organisation
• You are a mentor willing to share knowledge
• You are resourceful, analytical and structured
• You are open-minded and curious
• You are rigorous and logical
• You are seen as ambitious

COMPETENCIES:

• You can quickly understand the system in which you evolve (key stakeholders, interactions, products, environment …)
• You know what a design-to-cost approach means
• You are able to adapt and react to change
• You are familiar with management and engineering tools such as DOORS, Polarion, TFS, JIRA
• You are familiar with Network configuration and administration
• You have experience with leading engineering projects or activities

LIFE AS A THALES SYSTEM ENGINEERING ROLE

As a System Engineering Role within Thales, you will:
Analyse and understand customer needs through advanced studies, simulations, mock-ups, models, prototypes, …
Formalise specifications and architecture used to propose the best solution / product to your clients
Prepare and carry out integration, verification and validation tests
Define test plans and procedures for system level testing
Ensure the technical integration and coherence of the system design, interfaces, and performances.
Design the architecture of the command and control system
Demonstrate the solution to the customer

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your Competencies in different areas:
Room for and attention to personal development
Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or move to a more complex Solution
Choose between a technical expert or a leadership path
Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

Type of contract: Permanent
Experience: 1-7 Years
CCNL Met/Ind – B2 Category
€ 35.884,96 - € 43.126,00
Performance Bonus (PDR): up to € 4,025

At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife.