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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Hardware Architect - Probes

Hardware Systems IntegrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification from an engineering school or equivalent, specializing in Electronics or Aeronautics/Space, or a doctorate in the hardware domain.
  • More than five years of significant experience in one or more hardware disciplines and/or product development, including R&D project leadership experience.
  • Recognized expertise in designing anemometric, clinometric, and barometric probes, Airdata systems, or aeronautical instrumentation.
  • Knowledge of aeronautical standards and requirements related to quality, safety, and the environment.
  • Ability to develop and explain hardware architecture concepts, including electronics and product integration, packaging, industrialization, and testability.
  • Ability to interact in English orally and in writing.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, stabilize, and maintain the hardware architecture through all lifecycle phases, from offer preparation to hardware delivery.
  • Lead and coordinate hardware architecture studies.
  • Approve technical, technological, and methodological choices in accordance with the approved hardware architecture.
  • Ensure compliance with standards, product development plans including reuse policy, and hardware, industrial, and procurement strategies.
  • Identify risks and opportunities related to the hardware architecture.
  • Propose and implement risk-reduction plans and opportunity-validation plans.
  • Make architecture choices by balancing cost, supply-chain constraints, customer requirements, and technological capabilities.
  • Prepare design and justification documentation.
  • Provide knowledge of the state of the art in hardware architecture and its future development.
  • Contribute to the technical strategy for one or more hardware product lines or products.
  • Ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.
  • Lead a team of engineers and technicians conducting development activities for probes, ensuring reliability, precision, and compliance with aeronautical requirements.
  • Coordinate hardware disciplines to meet project cost, schedule, and quality objectives, working with mechanical architects and design offices, aerothermal calculation engineers, materials and assembly-technology specialists, electronic and integrated-circuit design teams, low-level software teams, industrial teams, and test-equipment teams.
  • Structure and lead the development, validation, and qualification of anemometric, barometric, and clinometric probes.
  • Ensure the technical and financial execution of assigned projects.
  • Ensure compliance with aeronautical industrial and regulatory standards, including DO-160 and DO-254.
  • Collaborate with engineering, industrial, quality, and certification departments to ensure products are manufacturable, integrable, and compliant.
  • Monitor technological advances in measurement technologies and aeronautical instrumentation and promote innovation.
  • Report to engineering management teams and support project managers in communications with business-line leadership and customers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of industrial and production professions.
  • Experience designing aeronautical products, ideally Airdata system equipment or other types of onboard instrumentation.
  • Ability to manage technical and organizational complexity and influence projects or strategy.
  • Ability to plan and execute action plans.
  • Knowledge of additional languages.

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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