Solutions Architect Apprentice

Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
whether that\’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
To specify & define systems to meet the project needs, optimising the design through trade-offs to maximise customer and Thales value. Project team members
Project Planners
work closely with the integration/testing teams and customer/suppliers to define acceptance criteria and ensure valid evidence is gathered to verify and validate requirements, captured in a suitable matrix (RVVM/VCRI/VCRM….)
Competent user of MS Office in order to efficiently manipulate requirements documents between DOORS, Excel and Word
Experience of agile development teams (e.g. Scrum) to prioritise requirements for development teams
Able to use a range of IT tools.
Has knowledge of configuration control processes.
Working knowledge of project plans.
Has knowledge of Engineering Safety Management in the context of architectural design
Sound knowledge of underwater systems deployed in UK maritime fleet, with detailed knowledge of at least one combat system equipment.
Team working – Maximise the use of the wider Thales community to produce winning solutions.
Develop people – Be prepared to share your ideas and experience with the wider Thales engineering community.
Focus on customers – Be driven to deliver quality solutions to clients.
Job holders will be expected to perform in line with the Thales Code of Practice, Policies and Procedures.
Financial / Budgetary Responsibility:
~ The post holder will be expected to deliver designs/projects to an agreed budget.

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