Systems Engineer - IVVQ Manager

at  Thales

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
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.
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.

WHAT THE ROLE HAS TO OFFER:

• Variety of work and working across multiple projects
• Career development and growth
• Opportunity to join a well-established knowledgeable team

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Defining the IVVQ strategy and generation of associated estimates and schedule,
• IVVQ work package planning, management and leadership (planning, defining and estimating IVVQ resources and activities; managing these to plan and budget),
• Defining IVVQ testing methods, acceptance criteria and manage their implementation,
• Providing clear and timely communication of design non-compliances to the team and wider internal/external stakeholders,
• Lead IVVQ activities either on-site or at the customer’s premises to deliver the evidence of requirements compliance,
• Prepare System Integration Verification Validation & Qualification activities,
• Analyse test results and/or data and produce technical reports,
• Be responsible for testing, collating results and evidence,
• To provide input into project Engineering Reviews,
• Highlights any technical risk associated with the IVVQ phase to the SEM and PDA, proposing any suitable actions to mitigate and manage IVVQ risks,
• Liaises with the PDA and Architect to ensure that IVVQ is in line with the design and is compliant with all requirements,
• Liaise with test houses and customer ranges to conduct system level V&V and Acceptance,
• Responsibility for supporting PDA and SEM to achieve Customer Acceptance,
• Able to present clearly and confidently to internal & external stakeholders.

You will need to be a self-starter, and be able to perform job responsibilities with minimal direction as well as having the following:

• Experience in an IVVQ role on complex systems development / integration
• Good understanding of IVVQ strategies and philosophies
• Detailed knowledge of the various system lifecycles.
• Experience of continuous integration and test activities
• Experience of formal verification, validation activities
• Experience of Acceptance Testing for UK Defence suppliers and customers – sell off against requirements, Compliance Matrix…etc.
• Good technical writing skills, excellent communication and analytical skills; excellent command of the English language, both written and oral
• An effective team player who can interface at all levels across the organisation. Able to operate successfully in a multi-cultural environment, working effectively with teams distributed across different sites/countries.
• Strong organisational and team working skills.
• Excellent customer relationship skills.
• Use of DOORS, JIRA and Vivaldi or Other Test Tools
• Has a “can-do” attitude that performs effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment and promotes the values of inclusiveness and diversity
• Is confident in their ability to help solve complex problems, asks challenging questions to develop their understanding, and suggests new ideas to further our product offering and increase our added value
• Displays enthusiasm about learning new skills and technolog