Senior research engineer (software)

at  Thales

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.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Because of the advanced nature of our work, 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 relevance discipline.

• Computer Science
• Cybernetics, Information Technology
• Software Engineering

As a Senior Software Research Engineer in the Autonomy Research Group you will:

• Imagine, develop and deliver exciting autonomy software building blocks and enabling technologies for Thales and our customers.
• Take ownership of the entire software lifecycle by continuously designing, writing, testing, deploying and maintaining code.
• Share code, best practice and knowledge with engineers throughout the worldwide Thales Group.
• Engage with customers, across Thales, wider industry and academic partners to curate a portfolio of autonomy demos to showcase Thales autonomy expertise.
• Work within a group of other research staff, as well as being self-motivated to work individually, and be flexible to adapt into new research areas and ways of working.
• Maintain professional and technical skills and be willing to learn new skills.
• Provide accurate estimates for own work and deliver it within budget.
• Follow processes and procedures as defined by the Project Management Plan.
• Presentation of technical information at reviews.
• Technical liaison with customer representatives to transfer technology.

About You

• You have a keen interest in (or you are curious about) autonomy and putting autonomous systems into practice, both in the simulated and real worlds
• The successful candidate should have significant experience with Software development in programming languages and frameworks (e.g. Java, Python, .NET, C++).
• Experience with some of the following would be beneficial:
• Java, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot
• ROS2 and/or MAVLink
• Software development tooling, e.g. Git, GitLab CI/CD, containerisation
• React
• Luciad
• 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. Access, Project & Visio
• Experience in development of testbeds