Software Engineer (Avionics)

Job description

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that enable two-thirds of planes to take off and land safely. We create in-flight entertainment systems that engross 50 million fliers every year and we develop the avionics that control the world's largest commercial aircrafts. Our simulators train the next generation of pilots for fighter jets, transporters and search and rescue helicopters. And, together, each and every member of our aerospace team makes a difference.

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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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.

Role

We are currently recruiting for a high-calibre Software Engineer, with experience working in an Avionics and embedded domain to join Thales Flight Avionics at a time of product transition.

The initial role for the successful applicant is for a full lifecycle software developer working on a mature product line of military Avionics Management System products providing aircrew controls in helicopter cockpits to a variety of interfaced radio communication and navigation sensor equipment.

The successful candidate will join a small software discipline team of experienced Thales software engineers working on a variety of programmes and products. Some members of this team are currently investigating future software technologies for future products on military aircraft programmes, both ground based mission support systems and airborne equipment. In due course, there will be opportunities for the successful candidate to become involved in the development of these newer products.

The successful applicant will be able to develop their software engineering skills and there may be opportunities to develop leadership skills on upcoming new projects.

The key focus of this role will be primarily in the military rotary wing environment, specifying and implementing software for airborne Avionic Management System products.

This role is located at the Thales site at Crawley, and the successful candidate will be required to work on site some of the time in order to make use of target integration equipment in Avionics laboratories and to work effectively in a team with other colleagues. Thales operates on smart working. A proportion of this role can be conducted remotely in the UK, but the successful candidate must be prepared to commute to the Crawley site when required.

The successful candidate should be security clearable to SC and preferably a UK National.

Required Experience / Working Knowledge:

• Full software development lifecycle experience including Waterfall and Incremental/Agile methodologies
• Requirement capture analysis, Design, Coding, Testing & Configuration management
• Developing avionics software to RTCA - DO-178B-C guidelines, preferably to a Level C standard, for developing safety-related airborne software
• Software development activities using Ada, C and / or C++ programming languages
• Experience of Real-Time embedded systems & software in development and testing

Desirable Experience / Working Knowledge:

• Functional programming in Ada83
• Use of the Rational Apex software development environment under the Solaris/Unix operating system
• Verification test procedure / script development for TestMate and / or VectorCast test tools
• Use of DOORs for documentation
• Performing requirement traceability analysis using Reqtify
• Experience of the use of ARINC-429 and Mil-STD-1553B data bus standards for equipment interfacing and associated bus analyser tools
• Familiarity of UML Use Case, Deployment and Sequence diagrams
• MASCOT II design methodology
• Domain knowledge of aircraft navigation
• Domain knowledge of aircraft radio communications
• Domain knowledge of military aircraft operations

What We Can Offer

We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

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.

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competencies in different areas:

Room and attention to personal development
Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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