Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. 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. 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 thatās why we offer you the flexibility to do whatās important to you; whether thatās 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. Hardware Systems Engineer Based in Templecombe Do you enjoy working as part of a team in a āhands onā and varied role? Does innovation and technology excite you? Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that research, develop and supply cutting edge and world leading technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer?? Then look no furtherā¦ ) Got your interestā¦. Look no further! What the role has to offer Working with world leading, cutting edge technology Working on solutions for Autonomous systems to future proofing of UK and international Navies The ability to design really exciting state of the art products Opportunities for growth and progression Working in a dynamic and diverse multi-disciplinary team Our opportunity Thales Under Water Systems (UWS) Hardware Team who design and develop sonar products and equipment for UK Navy and Export have a really exciting opportunity for a Hardware Systems to join the team in Templecombe, Somerset. You are technically responsible for the hardware architecture and its consistency with the solution/system architecture. They coordinate with the solution Architect and PDA in order to make sure that the top down refinement of the solution is consistent with the hardware strategy and constraints including COTS selection and components reuse. Key Responsibilities and Tasks The role may include, but not be limited to, the following activities; Ensures that hardware architecture stability is maintained across lifecycle phases from Bid to Delivery; Directs and coordinates hardware architecture studies; Approves the technical, technological, and methodological choices taken in respect of the selected hardware architecture; Guarantees adherence to in-scope standards, reuse policy and product development plans; Identifies modelling, simulation and prototyping opportunities; Co-ordinates product definition, and assessment of trade-offs between aspects of cost, customer requirements and technological possibilities; Prepares the Design & Justification Files; Provides knowledge on state-of-the-art hardware architecting, taking account of future developments; Monitors technological developments. About you You will be an experienced Hardware Architect, who have a solid understanding of Hardware Engineering principals and of Engineering Development lifecycles. You will show awareness of oneās strengths and areas for development; to recognise the emotions which have an impact on oneās effectiveness and to take them into consideration to guide oneās actions; to be a role model in all circumstances; and to pursue his/her own development for group performances. Essential ā Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering related discipline e.g. BEng(Hons) Electronic or Mechanical Engineering or relevant experience and professional registration/recognition L6 Qualification would be great but would also take someone with the correct relevant experience and professional registration/recognition. Evidence of the ability to architecturally design a solution in line with requirements, including the ability to derive high level requirements Evidence of the ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers to develop a solution Knowledge of the Chorus 2.0 Design, Develop and Qualify the Solution (Hardware) Process Lifecycle, or equivalent ISO9001 compliant engineering management system What We Can Offer Weāre 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 youāll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation. Flexibility Your health and well-being matters to us and thatās why we offer you the flexibility to do whatās important to you; whether thatās 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. If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner. Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales. 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. 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