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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Hardware Computer Architect

Hardware Systems IntegrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBordeaux, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A BAC+5 qualification from an engineering school or equivalent, or a doctorate, in Electronics or Aeronautics/Space.
  • More than 10 years of experience in one or more hardware disciplines and/or product development, including experience leading research and development projects.
  • Experience architecting safety-critical systems.
  • Proficiency with architecture approaches and tools, including systems thinking and evaluating alternatives and trade-offs.
  • Knowledge of production activities, including procurement, manufacturing, and delivery.
  • Oral and written English proficiency for working with multidisciplinary and international teams.
  • Availability for short-duration assignments of less than two weeks, including travel to India.
  • The selected candidate must undergo a security-authorization procedure because the position may involve access to information covered by national defense secrecy.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, stabilize, and maintain the hardware architecture, including electronic and mechanical elements, throughout all lifecycle phases from proposal to hardware delivery.
  • Direct and coordinate the hardware architecture studies under the role's responsibility.
  • 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 plans to reduce risks and validate opportunities.
  • Implement architectural choices that balance cost, supply chain, customer requirements, and technological possibilities.
  • Integrate the elements comprising the computer and perform its formal verification.
  • Qualify the computer, including electromagnetic compatibility and environmental qualification.
  • Write computer-level documentation and design and justification files.
  • 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 Ethics Code and Code of Conduct while carrying out the assigned responsibilities.
  • Coordinate technically and functionally hardware-discipline engineers, including engineers working on digital, analog, radio-frequency, and power boards; FPGA and ASIC integrated circuits; low-level software; electronic and mechanical design; testability and test equipment; and industrial design.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of products in an avionics domain, such as civil and military computers.
  • Ideally, knowledge of DO-254, DO-160, ARP4761 for aircraft systems safety, or ARP4754B certifications and standards.
  • Leadership, strong interpersonal skills, rigor, autonomy, technical and cultural curiosity, adaptability, assertiveness, and analytical and synthesis skills.

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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