Electronics Engineering - Team Lead

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Electronics Engineering Team Lead

Based in Green Park, Reading

Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like an opportunity to develop your leadership skills in a close-knit, dynamic team environment? Thales OME designs a range of state-of-the-art solutions for some of the most technically advanced defence and security platforms in the world, and we’re seeking an experienced electronics engineer who can apply their knowledge and skills in an engineering leadership role. We have built up a team passionate about developing products for a safer world and we are now looking for like-minded engineers to join us.

Our Opportunity

As an Electronics Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of electronics engineers to complete design tasks across any stage of the product or programme life cycle, and to do this within cost, schedule, performance & quality requirements. You will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary internal team, including systems, software and mechanical engineers to ensure the design and delivery of the electronics meets the needs of the business. This is a technical role which includes providing technical oversight and direction as well as carrying out design work.

As a professional engineer, you’ll be responsible for the design and development of products that comply with regulatory safety and environmental standards including EMC standards, RoHS, Reach, WEEE and relevant Safety Directives.

Key responsibilities of the role

The role will include the following activities:

• Manage the day-to-day activity of a team of engineers (plan, prioritise and allocate tasks within the team, negotiating between projects where necessary)
• Provide technical direction to the team to ensure that technical challenges/risks are being managed and mitigated
• Carry out design of electronic systems and circuit assemblies
• Generate electronics specifications, architectures and development or verification plans
• Engage with a multi-disciplinary team across the project (systems, mechanical, software, safety, etc) to develop an optimum solution
• Deliver high quality, value-adding development discussions with members of the team
• Contribute to the development of the wider Electronics team, eg. developing junior members of staff, proposing and implementing improvements and reviewing the work of peers
• Lead or participate in fault-finding activities, technical investigations, reviews and improvement projects
• Lead the generation of bids and estimates and provide consultancy on electronic solutions
• Ensure work carried out by the team is conducted in accordance with company processes

About you

• Demonstrated responsibility for driving innovative technical solutions through the design lifecycle with a proven record of delivering to cost, schedule and quality
• Experience in electronics circuit design using schematic capture packages (Cadence, Mentor Graphics or similar)
• Experience in the entire product lifecycle from bid/concept through to system integration/qualification and support
• Comfortable challenging the norm, and directing or influencing electronics design approaches and processes
• Proven experience in advising, supporting and auditing activities of multiple projects and resources simultaneously
• Experience in selecting innovative technologies, tools and methods and ensuring they hold traction within the team
• Contribution to defining policies and guidelines for your business unit or department
• Experience of people management activities within the team including the development of more junior engineers
• Product knowledge of lasers and cameras an advantage

What We Can Offer

We’re 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 you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

The position will be based at the Thales site in Glasgow. While a significant proportion of the role may be carried out from home, attendance on site will be necessary for test, integration and other lab-based work.

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.

Connect with Fiona Tal, Talent Acquisition Partner #LI-FT1 who is eager to explore together with you this exciting opportunity.

UK Eyes Only:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. If approved by the MOD, a dual national from a non-ITAR country may be considered.

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.

Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels.

At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.

If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.

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