Processor Product Architect

Processer Product Architect
Crawley Hybrid (Relocation support can be provided)

Thales Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) UK is a principal supplier of UAS EW and Radar equipment to the UK armed forces as well as an exporter of these capabilities worldwide.

ISR is a highly complex product development environment focusing on delivering cutting edge products including:

• Digital Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) that provides situational awareness and identify threats even in busy Electronic Transmission Environments
• Radar Electronic Countermeasures (RECM) that can protect assets by denying tactical advantage and distracting incoming threats.

Were growing and we are looking for ambitious Engineers and Architect to join us on the journey. We are actively recruiting a Processer Product Architect at an SME or Technical Expert level to join us.

This role would lead the development of complex real time processing of signals taking vast amounts of data from the electromagnetic spectrum and processing it in real time to analyse and identify emitters and present an understandable picture to the end user. This exciting and multi-disciplinary role will form a critical aspect of a larger system development associated with EW products and is at the forefront of the domain.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead the design and development and own the product roadmap of processor solutions for both domestic and export portfolios
• To create a cohesive product line offering and collaborate with other product line architects to ensure cohesion and balancing new design with reuse.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal design ensuring integration across multiple projects working closely with systems software and hardware teams
• Define and recommend candidate architectures for the corresponding level (solution or solution element) to satisfy stakeholder expectations according to the standards and re-use policies the technology roadmap and the business strategy
• Establish the solution architecture by making trade-offs between stakeholder expectations technical and technological solutions and costs risks and schedule document the associated artefacts (architecture justification in the design and justification file product breakdown structure system/segment design document) and approve the resulting lower-level specifications (internal or external)
• Assist in the solution development cycle and in defining the co-engineering approach
• Manage all along the project life cycle the assignment of the corresponding level requirements the management of the performance evaluation and the critical parameters the definition of the interfaces the technical negotiation between the different stakeholders (internal or external)
• Support the development of engineers through coaching and mentoring
• Support product development through entire lifecycle from bid concept to manufacture and in-service support
• Knowledge & adherence to industry standard regulatory requirements and compliance safety and cyber requirements

Skills experience and knowledge required of the successful candidate:

• Bachelors or higher in Electronics/Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in modern processor/high performance hardware design
• Experience in Single board computers PCIExpress backplanes high speed data real time signal processing high speed fibre optic interfaces.
• Experience and understanding of leveraging new technologies including novel techniques AI within modern processors and FPGAS
• Experience in Matlab modelling and simulation environments
• Awareness of agile software development
• Ability to work confidently with multiple projects and priorities

Your Career at Thales UK

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 we can offer

We are 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 youll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse global organisation.

Our packages will include significant bonus a strong pension contribute private healthcare development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provided towards academic and membership attainments.

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 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 - ()

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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.

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