Engineer-Jobs in Großbritannien

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of network solutions for the respective ATM project and/or bid activity.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Sr. Network Engineer, you are accountable for:

• Develop or update solution architecture drawings and diagrams, cost templates (devis), the List of Supply (LOS) / Bill of Materials (BOM), and interfaces at the start of the project.
• Develop or update network contributions to the Solution Specification and Design documentation, Network Acceptance Test Procedures, and other associated network integration documents.
• Define equipment configuration for the ATM solution(s) and coordinate with Hardware Deployment and Integration management for assembly of the ATM system and interface with Tools Engineering, Customer Service and Site Services departments where necessary to accomplish this task.
• Load, configure, validate, and hand over equipment to Software Integration in the factory and on customer sites
• Support configuration changes to system platforms in factory and customer sites.
• Proactively support Project Design Reviews
• Provide customer training
• Identify risks at solution architecture level and propose where possible alternate validated solutions
• Provide system and networking expertise
• Follow and contribute to the development and enhancement of engineering processes

In a leadership capacity, provide support to Work Package Manager:

• Develop and maintain objectives, strategy and roadmap
• Ensure that deliveries (including associated documentation and engineering artefacts) are on time (as per schedule and milestones) with the expected level of compliance
• Contribute to key milestones and provide input into triage and change boards
• Track team progression against the agreed plan, provide task estimation and forecasting as input into the weekly status dashboard
• Identify risks and propose mitigation solutions
• Relay key communications to team through daily/weekly team meetings

Responsibilities to the team:

• Is main point of contact for the team on functional or technical topics, or knows who to contact
• Performs allocation and prioritisation of tasks for the team
• Responsible for the quality of the teams outputs, including compliance to the configuration management process

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, IT or related discipline

• Cisco formal certifications (CCNP, CCNA etc)

Essential Experience

• 5+ years experience in similar positions on projects delivering complex software-centric real-time systems.
• Proven experience in leading small teams
• Demonstrated experience in the design of infrastructure and network architectures
• Demonstrated experience in the design of network architectures inline with security standards and policies
• Sound level of knowledge and experience with Unix/Linux (Redhat distribution preferred) Operating System
• Familiarity with a wide range of Computer and Networking hardware (preferably Cisco)
• Scripting (TCL/TK, Perl, & Shell)
• Able to work on multiple activities con-currently and effectively self-manage (autonomy)
• Experience with collective decisions and conflict resolutions
• Capability to manage various stakeholders having different objectives
• Proven capability to work in a multi-cultural environment and with variety of international customers.
• Aptitude to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary integrated team environment
• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.
• Sound judgement and independent decision-making capability where necessary
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

Desirable:

• Work experience in a mission-critical, near real-time environment preferably ATC-related
• Experience in large and distributed networked computer system
• Experience in working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

General / Special Requirements

• Assist in ensuring a harmonious work environment in all departments that you are working with by upholding Thales' key values.
• An advocate for diversity and inclusion who will be actively involved in implementing change initiatives to achieve our diversity goals
• An advocate for a culture of continuous improvement
• An advocate for Accountability, transparency and curiosity
• Comply with all relevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies and framework and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimising accidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment and to ensure a safe work practises at all times.
• Comply with all relevant Company policies and procedures.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Be eligible for Security Clearance from the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs (CAT2)
• Occasional international travel may be required

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 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!