Senior Electronics Engineer

Overview

Location:

Belfast, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. Thales UK researches, develops, and supplies technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. We support flexible working patterns where possible (part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or flexible start/finish times) to suit individual circumstances.

Senior Electronics Engineer

Belfast - Hybrid

Thales Integrated Airspace-protection Systems (IAS) UK designs and manufactures cutting-edge technologies from air surveillance and mission planning systems to missiles. The company specialises in lightweight missiles and the integration of weapon systems into various platforms along with systems to manage and exploit critical mission planning and air surveillance data. Belfast is also home to Thales’s global Space Electric Propulsion Integration Centre.

• Senior opportunity within our world class Electronics Team
• Exciting role with an industry leader undergoing significant growth
• Work alongside some of the best Engineers in the industry
• An industry leading salary
• Outstanding benefits package

As a Senior Electronics Engineer you will design state-of-the-art electronic systems that deliver world-class performance. You will work and develop alongside a multi-disciplinary team of 35 Electronics Engineers, who are some of the most experienced engineers in the industry.

Your role will span the entire product lifecycle from design requirements capture and analysis through to defining the system architecture and designing, building, testing and verifying that the solution meets the customer’s requirements.

The Senior Electronics role requires working within the team to optimise the design through trade-offs, studies, analyses, modelling and simulation to produce a best-in-class competitive product. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design of circuit assemblies and systems
• Contributing to development of electronic architectures to meet design requirements
• Component and subsystem evaluation
• Creating electronic schematics and working with PCB layout Engineers
• Testing, validation and debug of circuit assemblies
• Carry out development and integration testing of electronic assemblies
• Contribute to electronics specifications, development and verification plans
• Ensuring compliance to regulatory standards
• Support product fault finding and investigation activities

• A relevant Engineering, Scientific or Numerate degree
• Demonstrate a good understanding of electronic circuit design
• Solid, relevant experience in at least one of the following areas:
• Power Electronics
• Digital Electronics
• Analogue Electronics
• Electronics Architecture
• High Frequency Electronics
• Experience with electronics design and simulation tools
• Understanding of requirements for DFT and DFM
• Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills
• Communicate effectively within a diverse, professional environment
• Self-motivated and able to take the initiative
• Outstanding teamwork skills

• Experience in design of equipment for safety critical environments
• Membership with a relevant professional Institution, e.g. IET, IEEE

Transferrable skills may be considered where an application does not meet all the required criteria

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held; however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please…