Location: Reading, United Kingdom
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.
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.

SKILLS:

The successful candidate will have a good level of understanding of embedded C and/or C++, as well as some of the following skills:

• Python or similar scripting language
• Real-Time embedded applications
• Experience with real-time OS (e.g. FreeRTOS etc.)
• Embedded Linux OS Development (e.g. Buildroot, Yocto, Driver Development etc.)
• Linux application development
• Arm processors
• Hypervisors / Containers
• Android application development
• MISRA / CERT C development practices

Whilst we have listed these skills, the successful candidate must be flexible to move to new opportunities as business objectives and workload dictate.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• The ideal applicant would have several years of experience working with embedded software. However, the roles and responsibilities can be adjusted to fit, and a successful candidate will be supported to develop further.
• The successful candidate will typically have a fundamental technical understanding built on an Honours degree (minimum 2.1), a Master’s degree, or a PhD in a relevant discipline.
• We also expect candidates to be proficient in the use of standard PC-based office tools. We currently use Microsoft tools: Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project & Visio.

• Development of embedded C / C++
• Development of test scripts
• Building and evaluating proof-of-concept demonstrators and prototypes
• Integration with hardware
• Integration with networks
• Software and system testing
• Software deployment in cloud infrastructur