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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification Manager

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBordeaux, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Confirmed experience managing IVV/IVVQ in an aeronautical or embedded critical-systems context.
  • Solid understanding of embedded systems and their test lifecycle, including verification, validation, and qualification.
  • Knowledge of certification standards and associated software and systems development processes, such as ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-254, and DO-160, or project equivalents.
  • Ability to lead multidisciplinary activities and coordinate interfaces across engineering, quality, testing, industry, certification, and suppliers.
  • Strong communication and technical writing skills for reports, analyses, summaries, and minutes.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and supervise the IVVQ team, directing activity organization and team performance.
  • Define IVVQ strategy and establish integration, verification, validation, qualification, and robustness plans aligned with the project lifecycle and product requirements.
  • Lead qualification and robustness activities to demonstrate product conformity with specifications, performance criteria, and environmental conditions.
  • Coordinate laboratory and on-site/field test campaigns, including planning and conducting necessary tests where applicable.
  • Ensure regulatory compliance, particularly applicable certification requirements, and ensure customer requirements are addressed.
  • Collaborate with design, development, and certification teams; manage nonconformities through cause analysis, impact identification, solution proposals, and validation of corrections.
  • Lead the preparation, analysis, and use of test results, including verification/validation reports, nonconformity reports, assessments, and evidence, ensuring full traceability.
  • Ensure milestones, schedules, and budgets are met for each IVVQ phase, with regular progress and risk monitoring.

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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