System Engineer for Defense and Security

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Location: Tubize, Belgium

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/5G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales Belgium SA, Belgium competence center of Thales, is a company located on 2 sites, one in Tubize (near Brussels) and the other one in Herstal (near Liège). Thales Belgium, which employs more than 280 collaborators, is specialized in the design, development and supply of critical information systems for customers in the sectors of Defense, Security (including Cyber) and Aerospace.

Thales Belgium SA (Tubize site) is looking for a:

System Engineer for Defense and Security

Mission:

As part of the engineering group of THALES Belgium, the System Engineer for Defense and Security Projects will be involved in the development and support of state-of-the-art systems designed on site at THALES Belgium. He or she shall participate to the definition of Telecommunication, Command and Control solutions with Customers and other different Stakeholders up to its integration into Customer environment.

The System Engineer for Defense and Security will perform key aspects of Systems Engineering and IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification) for integration into military and civilian environments.

The System Engineer for Defense and Security needs to be a technical passionate. Based on his/her previous expertise in electronics, IT or telecommunication systems, he/she will be eager to discover new technologies.

Main Responsibilities:

• Understand and analyse the Customer’s needs;
• Find the best solution and support the architecture definition to meet the customer requirements;
• Be the first contributor in the system specification process;
• Interface with the Customer, for the technical related aspects of the solution;
• Write technical specification definition and support the subcontractor choice for needed subsystem acquisition;
• Be in charge of the technical documentation (High Level Design, Low Level Design, Configuration Documents, User Manuals, Testing plan);
• Be in contact with the Product Design Authority and the IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification) team to define the activities required to develop a solution achieving Customer satisfaction;
• Prepare, configure equipment for Proof Of Concept (PoC) of solution;
• Bring state of the art expertise for his/her field of expertise, specialty or domain;
• Support clients in resolving technical problems and taking advantage of such opportunities;
• Assure that the system and its sub-components (hardware and software design) are consistent and in line with the specifications and requested functionalities;
• Assemble the solution/product elements in a logical and controlled manner to evaluate the design, behaviour, interactions and performance, and to confirm that all requirements against which the solution/product has been designed are fulfilled.
  

Profile:

• Engineering degree in Electronics / Computer Science / Telecommunications or a related field (with a minimum of 10 years of working experience);
• Knowledges or curious to learn about sensors, effectors and means of communication for vehicles, drones and robots to provide protection, observation, local combat situation monitoring, command systems, augmented reality, decision support tools, interoperability...
• Experience with full development cycle (e.g. requirements engineering, design, development, test, integration);
• Experience in end-to-end designing (architecture), 3rd party integration and prototyping electronics/IT systems;
• Relevant experience in system integration into electronics/IT platforms and understanding of the integration impacts;
• Experience with requirements management tools and processes, such as Doors or Polarion;
• Experience with modelling tools, such as Capella or Enterprise Architect;
• Familiarity with work management solutions, such as Jira or Redmine;
• Passionate for technologies, continuing education and problem solving;
• Customer satisfaction and results oriented;
• Team player;
• Pragmatic, assertive and well organized;
• Ability to work independently when needed and be proactive;
• Innovative and creative mindset;
• Good communication skills, both verbally and written. Fluency in English (≥ B2) is mandatory. Knowledge of French and/or Dutch is desirable;
• Demonstrated initiative to learn new technologies, analytical and problem-solving skills;
  

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