Systems Integration and Test Manager

4 weeks ago


Cheadle Staffordshire, United Kingdom Thales Full time

Location : Based in Cheadle or Crawley

We are looking for a skilled manager to join us. We’re offering a stimulating, fast paced and agile environment and we want you to take a flexible and dynamic approach. Sounds interesting… this could be the role for you?

What the role has to offer:

  • Join an exciting, novel and fast paced engineering project which enjoys significant attention and support from our MOD customer and Navy Command HQ users
  • 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

Our Opportunity:

The Spearhead programme is rapidly improving the Royal Navy’s capability to detect, localise and track underwater threats. Thales’ Sonar 2087 already provides a world-class Anti-Submarine Warfare capability to Type 23 Frigates and will continue to empower Type 26. We’re committed to making it even better. In collaboration with the MOD, Royal Navy and industry partners, we’re using emerging technologies like AI, cutting edge processing and high resolution UI. We’re ensuring the Royal Navy continues to dominate the underwater battlespace as our adversaries develop faster, quieter, stealthier threats.

Key tasks/Responsibilities:

The IVVQ Manager will provide leadership of systems integration and assurance activities across a number of agile engineering teams within the Spearhead project; working closely with the SEMs, PDAs and Trials Manager to achieve project milestones and deliverables. Duties include:

  • Drive the delivery of all necessary artefacts for both internal and customer assurance processes for land and sea trials.
  • Create and own the schedule for integration and demonstration of multiple solutions.
  • Organise and execute key reviews to meet a fast-paced timetable.
  • Oversee, plan, monitor and control all test and assurance elements of the project.
  • Provide continuity & consistency to the teams between time separated integration activities.
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders to manage the scheduling and availability of shared test resources to meet project objectives.
  • Report progress of activity during integration and assurance phases for multiple packages of work.
  • Provide support to hardware & software teams during subsystem integration activities.
  • Share knowledge and experience with colleagues playing an active role in their development.

About You

  • Systems engineering experience, including knowledge of tools & processes
  • Ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, customers and users
  • Record of delivery of IVVQ, ideally within maritime defence sector
  • Ability to work professionally and constructively within a team environment providing advice and consultancy.
  • Good people management skills and the ability to influence and challenge others
  • Support to Field Service Teams during ship installation, setting to work & trials
  • Degree, or equivalent, in engineering or scientific subject or relevant operational experience

Desirable

  • Membership of an appropriate engineering or scientific institution
  • Experience of the Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) domain
  • Knowledge of sonar architectures and performance

Security Clearance statement

Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance (SC level minimum)

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.

Flexibility

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.

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


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