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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Industrialization Methods Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeLa Ferté-Saint-Aubin, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education qualification from an engineering school in mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, general engineering, or equivalent is required.
  • At least five years of experience in a methods, industrialization, or production department is required, ideally in a complex technical environment.
  • The candidate must master production processes and industrialization, methods, and serial-product support practices.
  • The candidate must be able to manage projects, including equipment investments and budget management.
  • The candidate must be capable of communicating and interested in innovation and technology monitoring.
  • The candidate must be able to understand and coordinate diverse functions, including production and engineering.
  • Basic knowledge of pyrotechnics is preferred.
  • Knowledge of Lean and continuous improvement tools is preferred.
  • Knowledge of EN9100 certification and special processes is preferred.
  • The selected candidate will undergo a security habilitation procedure if access to information classified as a national defense secret is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide real-time industrial technical support to the APRU operational teams in close collaboration with serial product managers and operational teams.
  • Handle client or internal technical events when requested by operational teams, including analysis, assessments, and action plans, to improve system and subsystem reliability and meet response-time commitments.
  • Capture and share lessons learned from production lines.
  • Define and implement immediate actions to protect the client.
  • Ensure that equipment, documentation, and other support enable APRUs to meet cost, quality, and delivery commitments, and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Ensure that input data supplied to production teams is consistent, current, complete, and of appropriate quality.
  • Maintain complete and up-to-date industrial files in the PLM, including articles, bills of materials, and CTD, and in the ERP, including articles, bills of materials, and routing operations.
  • Maintain static ERP data, including process scrap percentages and safety stock.
  • Consolidate data to the minimum required for work-order release and issue VLA/VLP documents.
  • Support and train APRU operational teams at their workstations and in first-level maintenance implementation, in coordination with maintenance teams.
  • Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
  • Work with serial product managers and APRUs to capture lessons learned from production lines and contribute to productivity and continuous improvement.
  • Initiate and manage productivity-improvement initiatives, including production-flow organization with support from industrial process teams.
  • Manage assigned industrial capital expenditure projects for quality, cost, and delivery, including consolidated requirements and qualification and non-regression plans.
  • Implement product-improvement plans throughout the production cycle to reduce recurring cost, following the direction of operational teams.
  • Contribute to the preparation of industrial quotations.
  • Analyze failures and propose corrective actions and progress plans to serial product managers or APRU managers to maintain the availability of equipment in the role’s scope.
  • Contribute to technological innovation that reduces costs and cycle times and improves the reliability and reproducibility of manufactured items.
  • Provide the Industrial Maintenance Manager with information needed to manage preventive and corrective maintenance of industrial production and test equipment.
  • Define and maintain applicable professional standards and user-centered operational standards within the role’s scope.

Desired Qualifications

  • Basic knowledge of pyrotechnics.
  • Knowledge of Lean and continuous improvement tools.
  • Knowledge of EN9100 certification and special processes.

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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