Senior Systems Engineer

In this role you will contribute to the development of complex ISR systems for UK defence, working within a multidisciplinary team in a safety-critical environment. You will manage requirements, verify and validate designs, and support IVVQ activities to ensure customer needs are met. The role involves modelling, trade-off analysis, and formalising specifications to deliver robust solutions. This is a hands-on engineering position with opportunities to grow across Thales’ technical domains.

• significant bonus
• strong pension contribution
• private healthcare
• relocation support
• learning and development opportunities
• mentoring and coaching

• Demonstrate that the solution satisfies the customer’s approved operational needs
• Formalise and manage requirements using DOORS
• Assemble solution elements to evaluate design, interactions and performance against requirements
• Formalise specifications and engineering plans for the solution
• Support and undertake IVVQ activities
• Conduct trade-off analysis, modelling and simulation
• Produce SE and IVVQ documentation
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering team, Systems Architect, or Project Design Authority to design and formalise the solution

• Bachelor Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering subject
• Proven experience in requirements management using DOORS or Polarion
• Proven experience leading IVVQ of a solution/product
• Detailed knowledge of the engineering lifecycle from concept to design updates
• Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to obtain SC
• Desirable: MBSE methods/tools, Polarion experience, Architecture Frameworks (MODAF, DODAF, TOGAF)

• team collaboration
• problem-solving
• strong communication
• DOORS
• Polarion
• MBSE