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Electronics Engineer

Job Description

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 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.

Electronics Engineer

Belfast – Hybrid

Who We Are

Thales Integrated Airspace-protection Systems (IAS) UK designs and manufactures a range of cutting-edge technologies ranging 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 the systems to manage and exploit critical mission planning and air surveillance data. Belfast is also home to the Thales’s global Space Electric Propulsion Integration Centre.

We are recruiting for an Electronics Engineer to join our operations as part of a significant investment into Belfast and to support notable programmes combining advanced technologies with collaborative working to produce world class complex products.

This would be a perfect opportunity for an Electronics Engineer who has gained some exposure to Electronics Design and is looking to push forward there career by taking on more complex technical challenges, being guided by world class mentors within a proven development programme.

Why Join Us

  • Exciting role with an industry leader undergoing significant growth
  • Work alongside and be mentored from some of the best Engineers in the industry
  • An industry leading salary with outstanding benefits package

Your Career at Thales

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competencies in different areas:

  • Room and attention to personal development
  • Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
  • Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
  • Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

What you’ll be doing when you join Thales

As an Electronic Engineer working within our Integrated Airspace team, your responsibilities would include:

  • Design and maintain high quality digital solutions in electronic engineering in accordance with customers' needs and processes to meet project operational requirements
  • Deliver solutions compliant to customer, business and derived requirements
  • Participate in the definition of the architecture and the allocation of functions
  • Support the preparation of technical statements of work for equipment suppliers and management of equipment subcontractors
  • Support the preparation of hardware plans, development of test means and test schedules and their execution
  • Work collaboratively with production and procurement to produce cost effective, easy to manufacture digital solutions
  • Ensure digital electronics systems, instruments and equipment meet applicable regulations and safety standards

What we’re looking for from you

Degree Qualified or equivalent within relevant STEM subjects which support your day to day working i.e. Electronics, Mechatronics, Electrical, Computing, Physics, Mathematics or similar

  • Experience and/or knowledge of digital electronics norms, laws and standards ideally with relevant experience in at least one of the following areas:
    • Power Electronics
    • Digital Electronic
    • Analogue Electronics
    • Electronics Architecture
    • High Frequency Electronics
  • Understanding of engineering development, ideally within a safety critical/regulated environment
  • problem-solving and decision-making skills, which makes you able to approach complex issues with curiosity and determination
  • organisational skills to plan, prioritise workloads, achieve a balanced budget and meet the deadlines, with a clear vision of risks and opportunitie
  • You want to update your expertise continuously and design innovative solutions to fit your customers’ needs

Security Clearance Statement

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 visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.  In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)


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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.

Great journeys start here, apply now!

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Job Details

Category
Electrical
Employment Type
Part Time
Location
Belfast
Posted
Mar 24, 2026, 08:00 PM
Listed
Mar 25, 2026, 07:48 PM

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