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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Head of Systems Engineering

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBrest, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • An engineering degree or equivalent, with significant experience in engineering management and transversal management of multidisciplinary teams.
  • Ability to lead a team, train collaborators, and evaluate their skills; communication, motivation, and responsiveness are also identified as strengths.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of about twenty junior and experienced senior engineers by setting a clear vision, defining and tracking objectives, conducting evaluations, coaching and tutoring team members, and guiding their professional development.
  • Understand business challenges and translate them into the system engineering scope.
  • Coordinate and prioritize resources across projects.
  • Manage team competencies by maintaining competitiveness, encouraging knowledge sharing, preserving expertise, and identifying and assessing critical skills.
  • Develop a strategy to improve engineering maturity and competitiveness through processes, practices, tools, organization, governance, and competencies.
  • Contribute to bids by preparing system engineering estimates for products and projects, accounting for technical and engineering risks and using capitalized cost models.
  • Collaborate and communicate closely with peers in Delivery, Software Engineering, and IVVQ.
  • Coordinate a team that is partly based in Brest and partly in Sophia Antipolis; regular travel between sites should be expected.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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