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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Project Design Authority

Telecommunications EngineeringPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeGennevilliers, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in engineering or equivalent at Bac+5 level is required.
  • At least 10 years of experience implementing complex communications systems, including user terminals, V/UHF radios, cybersecurity, management systems, business software, tactical data links, and underlying IT and network infrastructure.
  • Ability to quickly understand complex military telecommunications systems.
  • Ability to lead multidisciplinary expert teams in resolving customer systems problems to the required scope.
  • Ability to make decisions within offer and project timelines and constraints.
  • Ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally, including in English, and to conduct technical reviews with clients.

Responsibilities

  • Guide proposed solutions with relevant domain experts, ensuring compliance with cost and schedule constraints and product policy for offers, projects, and studies.
  • Ensure solution architecture and technological maturity comply with contractual requirements.
  • Manage the technical interface internally and with clients, with support from project managers, business managers, and sales.
  • Write and update DVa with competency-center contributors, ensuring technical risks are identified and defining corrective measures to manage them.
  • Approve technical specifications and supplier selection for major subsystem purchases, and participate in decisions to accept development-cycle reviews (DDQS).
  • Provide advice and tutoring to the broader team and capture knowledge.
  • Travel occasionally in France and internationally.

Desired Qualifications

  • A good understanding of customers’ operational concepts and tactical data links is appreciated.

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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