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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Hardware Development Engineer - Electrotechnical Specialization

Power Systems EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLimours, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in engineering or a Master 2 with a specialization in electrotechnics.
  • Experience in an electrotechnical design office in industrial, electronic, aeronautical, railway, defense, energy, or similar equipment is an advantage.
  • Practice in modeling and simulation using Simulink, ETAP, or Caneco, and the ability to communicate with calculation specialists.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes.
  • Familiarity with applicable industry standards, including environmental, electromagnetic compatibility, and safety standards.
  • Knowledge of configuration-management and document-management tools.
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and manage multiple topics while meeting deadlines.
  • Written and spoken technical English for reading documents and communicating with international suppliers.

Responsibilities

  • Specify, design, develop, and qualify electrical distribution solutions for products, ensuring compliance with functional, performance, availability, safety, cost, quality, and schedule requirements while considering electromagnetic compatibility and safety constraints.
  • Analyze functional, environmental, and normative requirements and contribute to drafting the electrotechnical portion of specifications.
  • Contribute to hardware architecture decisions for electrical distribution, including generation, backup, transformation, distribution, and protection.
  • Contribute to specifying functional chains and allocating power consumption and dissipation to solution elements.
  • Size and select electrical distribution components.
  • Account for assembly, testing, maintenance, and recyclability constraints.
  • Prepare or arrange preparation of design-definition documentation.
  • Perform or oversee calculations and simulations.
  • Define and track qualification plans.
  • Analyze test results and propose corrective or optimization actions.
  • Participate in design reviews and risk analyses, including failure-mode analyses.
  • Work with industrialization and production teams to ensure electrotechnical solutions are manufacturable using design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly principles.
  • Maintain technical documentation, including specifications, design-definition files, and justification files.
  • Resolve production issues, including nonconformities, deviations, and field returns, and propose lasting solutions.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of products and processes, including cost reduction, simplification, and robustness.
  • Contribute to estimating electrotechnical development effort and schedules.
  • Contribute to project planning and progress reporting.
  • Coordinate activities with other disciplines.
  • Contribute to technical relationships with suppliers and subcontractors, including design reviews, prototype validation, and quality follow-up.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in an electrotechnical design office in industrial, electronic, aeronautical, railway, defense, energy, or similar equipment is an advantage.

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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