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Technical Lead - Air Traffic Control

Posted 3 days agoMechanical

Job Description

Location: Paco De Arcos - Q45, Portugal

Thales Portugal is looking for a Technical Lead to join our growing Air Traffic Control business area. In this role, you will act as the Technical Authority within complex projects, ensuring that solutions meet customer requirements, regulatory standards and Thales product strategy.

You will work across the full life cycle of advanced Air Traffic Control solutions, from bid phase and solution definition to delivery, integration and validation, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams and acting as the key technical interface with customers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Act as the technical authority for the solution across bids and project delivery;

  • Analyse customer requirements and define the system architecture and technical approach;

  • Ensure solution compliance with customer needs, product strategy, safety and regulatory requirements;

  • Lead systems engineering activities, including requirements definition, system architecture and design reviews;

  • Oversee design work across multidisciplinary engineering teams (software, hardware, mechanical and acoustic);

  • Coordinate integration, verification, validation and qualification activities (IVVQ) throughout the project lifecycle;

  • Act as the main technical interface with the customer and support product development and capability evolution for ATC systems.

Profile:

  • Degree in Engineering or a related technical field;

  • Proven Project Design Authority with technical/project experience in both development and support fields;

  • Experience in requirements engineering, system design and system life cycle management;

  • Ability to act as a technical leader within multidisciplinary teams;

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills;

  • Experience in Air Traffic Control systems or critical control systems is highly valued;

  • Very good written and oral proficiency in English.

The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.

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At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.

Tiago Vital – Talent Acquisition Partner

tiago.vital@thalesgroup.com

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Job Details

Category
Mechanical
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Paco De Arcos - Q45
Posted
Mar 10, 2026, 08:00 PM
Listed
Mar 12, 2026, 12:48 AM

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