Location: Reading, United Kingdom

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.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; 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.

Electronic Engineering - Team Lead

Reading - Hybrid

Thales OME designs a range of state-of-the-art solutions for some of the most technically advanced defence and security platforms in the world, and we're seeking an experienced electronics engineer who can apply their knowledge and skills in an engineering leadership role. We have built up a team passionate about developing products for a safer world and we are now looking for like-minded engineers to join us.

Our Opportunity

As an Electronics Engineering Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of electronics engineers to complete design tasks across any stage of the product or programme life cycle, and to do this within cost, schedule, performance & quality requirements. You will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary internal team, including systems, software and mechanical engineers to ensure the design and delivery of the electronics meets the needs of the business. This is a technical role which includes providing technical oversight and direction as well as carrying out design work.

As a professional engineer, you'll be responsible for the design and development of products that comply with regulatory safety and environmental standards including EMC standards, RoHS, Reach, WEEE and relevant Safety Directives.

Key responsibilities of the role

The role will include the following activities:

• Manage the day-to-day activity of a team of engineers (plan, prioritise and allocate tasks within the team, negotiating between projects where necessary)
• Provide technical direction to the team to ensure that technical challenges/risks are being managed and mitigated
• Carry out design of electronic systems and circuit assemblies
• Generate electronics specifications, architectures and development or verification plans
• Engage with a multi-disciplinary team across the project (systems, mechanical, software, safety, etc) to develop an optimum solution
• Deliver high quality, value-adding development discussions with members of the team
• Contribute to the development of the wider Electronics team, eg. developing junior members of staff, proposing and implementing improvements and reviewing the work of peers
• Lead or participate in fault-finding activities, technical investigations, reviews and improvement projects
• Lead the generation of bids and estimates and provide consultancy on electronic solutions
• Ensure work carried out by the team is conducted in accordance with company processes

About you

• Demonstrated responsibility for driving innovative technical solutions through the design lifecycle with a proven record of delivering to cost, schedule and quality
• Experience in electronics circuit design using schematic capture packages (Cadence, Mentor Graphics or similar)
• Experience in the entire product lifecycle from bid/concept through to system integration/qualification and support
• Comfortable challenging the norm, and directing or influencing electronics design approaches and processes
• Proven experience in advising, supporting and auditing activities of multiple projects and resources simultaneously
• Experience in selecting innovative technologies, tools and methods and ensuring they hold traction within the team
• Contribution to defining policies and guidelines for your business unit or department
• Experience of people management activities within the team including the development of more junior engineers
• Product knowledge of mission critical projects will be an advantage

Security Clearance Statement

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. 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. If approved by the MOD, a dual national from a Non-ITAR country may be considered. 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.

What We Can Offer

We're 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. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

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.

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