Jobs at Thales

Designs and develops analogue, RF, electronic, and electromechanical products, including antennas, tuners, RF distribution units, sonar equipment, and communications systems. Performs engineering design, simulation, testing, requirements analysis, and systems lifecycle activities. Collaborates with architects, production, procurement, and business development teams to create cost-effective, manufacturable solutions. Supports bids, process improvement, product initiatives, and development of less experienced engineers.

Support supply chain security and risk management by assessing supplier and organisational security risks, maintaining risk profiles and ISMS controls, supporting accreditations (ISO 27001, CE+), responding to incidents, producing KRIs/KPIs and reports, and delivering training and guidance to stakeholders.

Provide technical security advice and through-life assurance for Thales IS/IT environments. Deliver security reviews, cloud and incident response guidance, compliance to government standards, risk assessments, CoCo assurance, and security requirements for delivery squads. Maintain security documentation and support continual assurance, training, and remediation across on-premises and cloud systems.

Lead cloud security architecture for Azure-based platforms, guiding platform teams to design secure, extensible cloud-native solutions. Provide strategic architecture, governance, vulnerability management, risk assessments, and DevSecOps support to ensure compliance, accreditation, and secure system delivery across multiple domains.

Lead and perform system safety engineering activities: record safety requirements, identify and analyse hazards/risks, maintain hazard logs, gather evidence for Safety Assessments/Cases, capture and resolve safety issues, and produce safety artefacts and reports to support project safety cases.

Support and secure the DCC infrastructure by defining system architecture, automating deployments, provisioning infrastructure, implementing operational best practices (monitoring, backups, logging), educating squads on constraints, and ensuring resilience and uptime for production releases.

Provide through-life technical support for the Crowsnest Mission System including product fault diagnosis, BMN and secure network administration, laboratory and crypto management, customer/field support, and driving reliability and supportability improvements.

The Global Channel Marketing Programs Manager leads strategy for global channel marketing efforts, driving partner engagement and measurable business growth through integrated campaigns and enablement initiatives.

Lead digital manufacturing transformation across UK sites: develop and deliver an Industry 4.0 roadmap, champion IoT, digital twins and smart tooling, drive data-driven operations, reduce waste, improve performance, and lead cross-functional teams and change.

Lead and manage quality assurance across a portfolio of engineering/defence programmes, ensuring governance at lifecycle gates, independent quality reporting, customer requirements embedding, supplier and manufacturing assurance, and driving continuous improvement and risk-based decisions.

Lead and perform project audits and surveillance, act as the customer representative within projects, manage and analyse quality reports, promote continuous improvement and best practice, support customer satisfaction, and implement process improvements across engineering/manufacturing projects.

Lead firmware/FPGA design, verification and delivery for complex defence ISR systems. Design and verify HDL firmware, enhance firmware processes, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and interface with customers and stakeholders.

Design and develop RF and electronic systems (antennas, tuners, RF distribution, PCBs) for underwater defence products. Collaborate with architects, production and procurement, support bids, develop analogue design, simulation and test capabilities, and mentor less-experienced engineers while ensuring design-for-manufacture and process improvements.

Lead end-to-end capture and sales for ISR Electronic Warfare (Naval) export contracts: identify and qualify opportunities, set Price to Win, run bid governance, coordinate cross-functional teams, engage senior stakeholders, negotiate and close deals while ensuring customer satisfaction and pipeline growth.

Lead systems engineering for large-scale naval communications programmes across lifecycle phases: requirements, solution architecture, design, IVVQ, deployment and through-life support. Provide technical leadership, manage multifunctional teams, maintain design baselines, mitigate technical risks, and produce design validation and certification documentation.

As a Test Design Engineer, you will lead the design of test solutions for aerospace and defence systems, ensuring compliance with standards and customer requirements. You will collaborate with stakeholders and integrate testing systems throughout the product lifecycle.

As Hardware Engineering Manager, you will oversee engineering tasks, manage hardware development cycles, and lead team activities in a regulated environment.

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise cryptographic services (PKI, KMS, HSMs, PQC). Produce HLDs and solution designs, drive integration, testing and transition, advise customers on quantum readiness, manage stakeholder engagement, identify risks, and mentor engineers across bids through delivery.

The Configuration Management Administrator will manage data registration and release, ensure data integrity, maintain records, and support project teams with configuration management tools.

Build and support secure, resilient Azure cloud infrastructure using DevSecOps practices. Create and maintain IaC (Terraform/Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, automation, monitoring, and operational best practices. Support releases, production environments, and educate squads on security and operational constraints.