Location: Crawley, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.
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.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY IF YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

• You are a self-motivated software professional with experience in successfully leading software projects to deliver on-time and to budget preferably for real-time and embedded software systems.
• Experience with and conversant in Agile development methodologies with a track record in continuous improvement
• Experience in requirements management across the software developmental life-cycle. This includes interpreting system requirements, defining and maturation of software requirements, managing linkages and traceability and ultimately producing compliance evidence
• Experience in managing technology uplifts such as OS upgrades and new tech insertion into established products in complex/distributed systems
• Proficient in Jira for loading epics and stories for backlog management and the generation and management of metrics
• Experience in developing with languages C++ and C are desirable
• Developing software systems to meet international safety systems such as IEC 61508, DO-178C/278 or EUROCAE – ED109 is desirable
• Developed software systems to meet the cyber-security needs of the customer and other stakeholders
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• Work collaboratively in the Naval engineering team and with programme team colleagues to provide realistic plans and schedules that identify clear priorities for software activities that support the wider business customer deliverables clearly identifying any software risks, assumptions and dependencies and managing them appropriately
• Maintain and update software development plans that are mindful of evolving customer and business requirements around topics such as software team delivery structures, safety and cyber-security
• Ensure the defined software development process is followed and necessary artefacts are generated to adequate quality, timeliness and budget
• Lead the estimating process in the Naval portfolio for the software function and collaborate with other engineering functions to build realistic and affordable winning bids
• Report monthly on the software delivery performance to the Naval Portfolio and the Head of Software for SIX for the work package performance that you’re responsible for with a view to maintaining and bettering available budgets and delivery milestones.
• Ensure company standard metrics are reporting current and accurate data for the work you are responsible for
• Competently represent the company and the software function at customer facing meetings or audits
• Support Agile Scrum teams and work with the Product Owners and Scrum Masters to maintain focus on milestones and budgets. Opportunity to become the Product Owner in the longer term
• Ensure peer reviews of work and generation of necessary materials for major gate reviews for milestone deliveries are carried out as per the plans
• Opportunity to provide line management after a period of familiarisation with the working environment and people processes to the software engineers working within your sphere of responsibility. This would entail carrying out regular performance discussions and wellbeing 1-2-1s plus collaboratively developing training and development plans with the software function
• Where required provide coaching and support to more junior engineers