HF Systems Architect

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Crawleytime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 25 Days Agotime left to apply:
End Date:
January 30, 2026 (9 days left to apply) job requisition :
R0309660

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Crawley, United Kingdom Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radio communications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information 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 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.

This job description describes the requirement for a High Frequency Radio (HF) and HF Products Systems Architect, working in the Network and Infrastructure Systems Business Line of Secure Communications and Information Systems (SIX). The job involves working on challenging bids & programmes to bring new naval and infrastructure HF communications solutions to a variety of UK and overseas customers. The successful candidate is expected to be involved in the design, development, build, test and trials phases of the programmes.
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* Key responsibilities:

*** Define and execute customer-funded and self funded R&D tasks in HF communications systems and techniques.
* Participate in international meetings providing input into the development of new HF standards and interoperability profiles, including promoting Thales capabilities as a provider of HF communications systems and products.
* Provide technical leadership for areas of the HF solution, requirements development including determining user requirements, system specification and architecture design, including the use of a model-based systems engineering approach to improve product-line definition and development.
* Manage a number of engineers to complete the HF system design aspect of the solution and to maintain the design baseline through to customer platform acceptance.
* Provide technical support to the IVVQ team during the system integration and acceptance phase of the programme, supporting the planning, implementation and documentation of systems testing, integration and customer acceptance.
* Conduct technical investigations into both equipment level and system level anomalies, liaising with software, hardware & drawing office engineers as required.
* Maintain the design and production baselines through to platform acceptance, including specifications, ICDs, cable data sheets, BOMs and certification documentation liaising with production, the DO and safety engineers as required.
* Provide work package estimates that balance quality, compliance and cost – subsequently discharge work packages to time, quality and cost.
** Skills, experience and qualifications**:
* RF equipment familiarity and experience:  + HF transmission systems ranging from tens of watts to tens of kW including solid-state PA applications and antenna matching systems.  + Knowledge and understanding of HF receive system design.
* Proven experience of designing communication systems architectures and RF architectures, ideally in the HF band. Experience in use of MBSE techniques and tools would be advantageous but not essential.
* Working knowledge of modelling the performance of HF communications systems, including HF propagation modelling and topside design considerations.
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