Location: Gorgonzola Italy
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 shortrange systems to extended protection across the entire battlespace including Airspace Mobility Solutions Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence Optronics and Radar.
Gorgonzola hosts Navigations Air Systems (NAS) domain. The activity of NAS domain: avionics navigation and radar systems for civil air traffic and technologies supporting the activities of civilian and military pilots ATC controllers and technicians of several airlines air traffic control agencies and Air Force around the world. Italy is the Groups Competence center for the design production and delivery of Navigation Aids products and Competence Centre for the delivery of nonRadar Surveillance Products.
Thales Navigation And nonradar Surveillance (NAS) business segment part of the Thales Land and Air Systems Global Business Unit architects solutions used by twothirds of all planes worldwide to take off and land safely. Our Ground Navigation portfolio offers a complete range of products which includes the latest generation of groundbased navigational aids (NAVAIDs) (e.g. ILS DME TACAN VOR) and nonradar surveillance (e.g. ADSB). With more than 7000 NAVAIDs and nonradar surveillance installed worldwide in 172 countries we are world leaders in the NAVAIDs market.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate within an agile multidisciplinary engineering team (Cybersecurity Software Mechanics RF Safety Design Service Manufacturing) to develop new products and enhance existing ones.
- Conduct studies simulations and validations of innovative concepts verifying their performance on real systems.
- Author and maintain comprehensive System Specifications and define external product interfaces.
- Analyze System/Subsystem Specification (SSS) requirements to identify and implement necessary hardware and software modifications.
- Support hardware and software teams in the definition of subsystem specifications and interfaces.
- Define integration and verification strategies write detailed test procedures and execute system integration verification and qualification activities.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering (preferably Electronics Telecommunications Computer Science Mechanics or related fields).
- Minimum 4 years of experience in System Engineering roles involving complex products.
- Broad technical knowledge across Electronics Software Telecommunications Mechanics and Radio Frequency domains.
- Proficient with standard office tools (MS Office Suite).
- Strong analytical synthetic and autonomous problemsolving skills with the ability to seek support when necessary.
- Fluent in English and Italian both spoken and written; proficiency in German or French is considered a plus.
- Experienced in requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS) and issue tracking platforms (e.g. Jira).
- Teamoriented mindset with the ability to collectively pursue and achieve project goals.
The candidate should:
- Possess knowledge or handson experience with Surveillance and Navigation systems (such as ADSB MLAT WAM ILS VOR TACAN DME).
- Be familiar with aviation regulations and standards (ICAO EN ED129 ED142 and local regulations).
- Demonstrate strong selfmotivation critical thinking and a genuine curiosity for learning and innovation.
- Exhibit excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
- Be comfortable collaborating with software teams contributing proactively to the definition of architectures specifications and testing activities.
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