Electronic Warfare System Architect

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales 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.

Thales Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) UK is a principal supplier of UAS, EW and Radar equipment to the UK armed forces, as well as an exporter of these capabilities worldwide. We are looking for experienced engineers with the skills and experience to enhance our Electronic Warfare portfolio, delivering cutting edge products including:

• Digital Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) that provides situational awareness and identify threats even in busy Electronic Transmission Environments
• Radar Electronic Countermeasures (RECM) that can protect assets by denying tactical advantage and distracting incoming threats.

We are seeking an Electronic Warfare Systems Architect with experience of working within the field of Electronic Warfare, or related fields such as RESM, CESM, ECM or similar. You will have prior knowledge of the key principles of the domain and can quickly grasp the science and technology that sits behind a modern digital EW suite. You may have a military background, having operated EW equipment in the field, or have worked in the design, development or testing of similar products. You’ll be working alongside other engineers, procurement and production teams to drive our EW Vigile D product forward, both in terms of Features and Non-Functional characteristics to meet the growing demands of our customers.

Role Description

• Define and recommend candidate architectures for the corresponding level (solution or solution element) to satisfy stakeholder expectations according to the standards and re-use policies, the technology roadmap and the business strategy
• Establish the solution architecture by making trade-offs between stakeholder expectations, technical and technological solutions and costs, risks and schedule, document the associated artefacts (architecture justification in the design and justification file, product breakdown structure, system/segment design document) and approve the resulting lower-level specifications (internal or external)
• Assist in the solution development cycle and in defining the co-engineering approach
• Manage, all along the project life cycle, the assignment of the corresponding level requirements, the management of the performance evaluation and the critical parameters, the definition of the interfaces, the technical negotiation between the different stakeholders (internal or external)

Principal Relationships

• Electronic Warfare Product Line Engineers, Architects and Managers
• EW Project Delivery Teams (including Project Management)
• Domain Technical and Engineering Managers
• Domain Functional Management
• The wider multi‑discipline engineering team

Profile

• You graduated with an Engineering or Scientific degree, and you have significant experience in architecture and engineering systems
• You are a leader willing to engage and develop your team through the use of collaborative work and challenging approaches
• You are responsible and show a great sense of initiative
• You are convincing and persuasive
• You like to be involved with the customer
• You have good communication and relationship skills

Experience in one of the following areas:

• Electronic Warfare Domain concepts
• RF Systems (EW, CESM, Comms)
• RF Performance Modelling/Budgets

Competencies

• You are aware of the description of the operational concept
• You have a deep knowledge of the field and its technical strategy
• You are familiar with operational analysis
• You are able to work in co-engineering (Lean Thinking, Obeya)
• You understand the different actors involved in the project and are able to contextualise and change the perspective (political, economic, social, technical, environmental, legal)
• You are familiar with Concept, Design, Experimentation and Simulation tools, as well as modelling tools (such as MBSE)
• You are familiar with working with Integration Verification Validation Qualification and Agile methods

Your Career At Thales UK

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 and attention to personal development
• Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
• Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
• Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

What We Can Offer

We are committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribute, private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provided towards academic and membership attainments.

Security Clearance Statement

This role will require 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.

At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features.