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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Service Architect Manager - Support Engineering Manager

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeLa Ferté-Saint-Aubin, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience in the defense and/or aerospace sector, with mastery of support engineering.
  • Experience interacting closely with customers across support, training, and maintenance in operational condition activities.
  • Mastery of project management and partner coordination.
  • Ability to drive continuous improvement and develop a strategic vision, integrating and anticipating elements of the work environment.
  • Focus on customer and industry satisfaction.
  • Ability to rely on external partners to address business needs.
  • Good command of English.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage support-engineering and maintenance-in-operational-condition activities across the lifecycle of a product line, including weapons systems and ammunition, with the aim of controlling total cost of ownership and meeting product-line development objectives while ensuring customer satisfaction.
  • Lead technical-control activities for a product line in support of weapons-system maintenance, controlling total cost of ownership and ensuring equipment availability in close coordination with dependability and reliability analyses and environmental engineering, particularly with the product design manager.
  • Ensure the quality of technical-control work and challenge designed solutions to meet service and customer objectives.
  • Influence service-solution design by participating in peer reviews and product reviews.
  • Contribute to preparing bids for the support portion of equipment on the assigned product line.
  • Verify and validate outsourced support documents, including BASL, BDR, MO, and MM.
  • Apply processes, procedures, business rules, and tools to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Propose and carry out continuous-improvement actions to increase competitiveness and develop service activities for the assigned product line.
  • Maintain effective working relationships with armed-forces customers, industrialization teams, procurement, group service centers (CWS), and partners.
  • Travel to Thales sites and customer sites.

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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