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Intern Research Engineer

3 months ago


Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom Thales Part time
Location: Reading, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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.

Primary purpose of the role:

A year-long internship to gain experience of working in an industrial environment. Working in the central research facility for Thales UK, to research, investigate and develop new technologies and concepts across a wide range of application areas. Specific activities may be:
  • To carry out fundamental feasibility studies, state-of-the-art surveys and modelling/simulation
  • To develop proof of concept demonstrators using appropriate software and hardware implementations
  • To work within a research team to invent and explore new concepts and technologies and demonstrate their applicability to the Thales businesses.

Principal Relationships:

  • Project Leader, and other team members.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

The successful candidate will be treated as one of the team, be expected to work within a group of other research staff, as well as being self-motivated to work individually, and be flexible to adapt into new research areas and ways of working.

We will be looking for the following attributes:
  • Effective Team Member, well motivated and enthusiastic.
  • Show initiative in the efficient and correct execution of the project and take responsibility for own project work.
  • Innovate in developing solutions and meet delivery objectives
  • Demonstrate ability to learn new skills
  • Plan and deliver activities agreed schedule.
  • Present work and technical information at reviews,etc.

Skills

The successful candidate should have a desire to experience work in a research environment, specifically in one or more of the following activities:

  • Machine learning
  • Mathematical modelling and simulation
  • Numerical analysis of data
  • Probability and statistics
  • MATLAB, Mathematica or other computer algebra system
  • Signal and image processing techniques

  • Algorithm development for sensor or other systems
  • Sensor systems (e.g. optical, IR, radar, sonar, video)
  • Small scale software
  • Embedded programming
  • Solving problems using DSPs and/or FPGAs
  • Radio or analogue electronics
  • Human factors

We assume proficiency in the use of standard PC-based office tools: MS Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Access, etc.

Qualifications / Experience:

The successful candidate will typically be part way through a Masters degree, or equivalent qualification, in one of the following or related disciplines:

  • Communications Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Cybernetics, Information Technology
  • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  • Electronics
  • Electronics & Computing
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Software Engineering
  • Telecommunications

Values & Behaviours:

The following values and behaviours are key for the research environment. As an intern we will look for the successful candidate to demonstrate aptitude in these area:

  • The ability to listen to customers, interpret their needs, seek clarification and reach agreement, with a view to developing long lasting relationships with customers
  • The ability to present and explain complex technical issues to management, colleagues and customers.
  • The willingness and ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, whilst taking responsibility for individual tasks.
  • The ability to analyse complex technical problems, exercise judgement and offer innovative, practical and compliant solutions in a timely manner.
  • The ability to prioritise, manage the workload, be flexible, and work under pressure to demanding timescales
  • The ability and willingness to continue to learn and develop technical skills, assisting others to do likewise where appropriate
  • A balance of creative thinking/problem-solving with good engineering practise

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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.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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