Project Engineer

at  Thales

Location: Salt Lake City, United States of America
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 short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

POSITION SUMMARY

Thales is looking for a Project Engineer be responsible for all technical activities and customer interfaces during the offer and execution phases of a project. Thales Navigation And non-radar Surveillance (NAS) business segment, part of the Thales Land and Air Systems Global Business Unit, architects solutions used by over two-thirds 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 ground-based navigational aids (NAVAIDs) (e.g. ILS, DME, TACAN, VOR) and non-radar surveillance (e.g. ADS-B). With more than 10,000 NAVAIDs and non-radar surveillance installed worldwide in 180 countries, we are world leaders in the NAVAIDs market.
In this position, you will act as lead technical interface with the internal or external customer in regards to technical coordination, the solution architecture, performance, and issues raised during the project phase. The Project Engineer will report directly to the local Engineering Manager of the Thales NAS business segment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Systems, Electrical or Software Engineering, or another technical field with a minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience, or Master’s degree in Systems, Electrical or Software Engineering, or another technical field with a minimum of 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Proven experience in working collaboratively across multiple product development and specialist domain teams (Obeya, Problem solving…).
• Proven ability to work in a multinational and multicultural team with varied degrees of experience.
• Good knowledge of standard Office tools (e.g. MS Office) and CAD (e.g. AutoCAD) and/or MS Visio and experience with network technologies, and remote-control systems.
• The candidate should have communication and negotiation skills to be able to ensure the equipment’s acceptance and to support Thales product policy by minimizing project customization.
• Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law. Must be a U.S. Person as defined in applicable law, or otherwise authorized or eligible for authorization, to access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

SPECIAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Travel: Anticipated to be less than 10% annually. Trips can be both domestic and international travel and less than 5 days in length, with international trips up to 7 days in length.
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