About Thomas Global
Thomas Global Systems designs, manufactures, and supports highly engineered and reliable electronic systems solutions for commercial aviation, defense and other high-integrity transportation applications. For more than 65 years, Thomas Global has thrived by providing customers with trusted, innovative, and best value products and services. The company focuses on avionics, armored vehicle electronics, and specialized mission-critical electronics and training systems. Thomas Global operates high technology R&D, advanced manufacturing, and support facilities in Irvine, California and Sydney, Australia.
Working with us
Our people and culture are key to our success and purpose. Our people have a passion to perform and deliver exceptional results. Our leadership is open and collaborative, we hire talented people and trust them to be great. Our people are rewarded with competitive remuneration packages, engagement activities, recognition and opportunities for learning and development. Thomas Global Systems are proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer.

REQUIRED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Tertiary qualification in Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years work experience developing and integrating systems and complex products.
• Fluency in the systems engineering process and its application to the management of complexity and risk reduction.
• Experience working within Systems Engineering lifecycle including Verification & Validation of systems.
• Experience with authoring/reviewing technical documentation.
• Extensive experience in management of engineering design / technical maintenance.
• Strong Customer focus and excellent interpersonal skills.
• High-level accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience with common requirements management, PLM and CM software.
• Familiarity with ISO 15288 (or equivalent) and its practical application in a fast-paced, new product development (NPD) environment
• Familiarity with requirements management tools (for example: Polarion, DOORS)
• High level of competence using the MS Office suite for documentation, analysis and presentation
• Strong problem-solving techniques and written/verbal communication skills.
• Eligibility to obtain Australian Defence Clearance.
  Apply by sending your resume and cover letter to Human Resources at humanresources@thomas-global.com

ABOUT THE ROLE

The primary function is to interpret customer needs and specification documents to derive and refine system, subsystem, and assembly requirements and develop a holistic, contextually aware and verifiable solution architecture. You will ensure that the envisioned system has been validated to adequately and appropriately meet the needs of all key stakeholders.
The Systems Engineer is required to lead the formal verification of the product. You will liaise with the in-house or third-party test engineers to develop the test cases, organise the test readiness review and accreditation test, and prepare the test reports for the audits. The role provides a key supporting role to operations that helps ensure repair, process improvement and equipment realisation initiatives that embrace a holistic execution from cradle to grave.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• System Requirement Development
• Interpretation of both customer and regulatory requirements and specifications
• Derivation of Functional and Performance Specifications
• Validated System Requirement Baseline via formal review (for example: SRR)
• System Architecture Design
• Iterative development of Solution Architecture through functional decomposition and mapping to physical model
• Derivation and maintenance of Interface Control Documentation
• Identification, analysis and mitigation of Technical Risks
• Identification of critical supply-chain partners
• Validated System Design Baseline via formal reviews (for example: SDR and PDR)
• Integration Management
• Validated Detailed Design via formal review (for example: CDR)
• Develop Integration Management Plan
• Establish Integration Infrastructure
• Lead Integration and Demonstration activities from a technical perspective and provide front-line support to the PM from a logistical perspective
• Assessment (incl. formal V&V)
• Understand V&V test requirements and manage dependencies between Product and associated Special Test Equipment developments
• Develop test procedures and conduct/supervise tests as needed to fulfil project objectives
• Conduct testing and analysis for verification and organise accreditation tests when required (incl. the management of 3rd parties)
• Liaise with Quality, V&V Team and certifying bodies to ensure certified Product delivery
• Liaise with customer to ensure compliance with their Acceptance Test Plan
• Manage verification from Test Readiness Review (TRR) through to results collation, submittal and final acceptance sign-of