System Engineer

Location: ASTRA UTM, United Arab Emirates

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, and today has over 300 employees. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE. Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro, the longest driverless metro network in the world and a fare collection system that processes up to 250,000 transactions per day. We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions, cyber security systems and communications as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabi’s airport.

JOB OBJECTIVE

We’re on the lookout for a Systems Engineer to join our engineering team, where you’ll have the opportunity to play a pivotal role within the Product Team at AstraUTM – ensuring liaison with Project Managers/Clients and collaborate with the Software Team on a daily basis to ensure that the system requirements are detailed, and traceability is ensured.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a System Engineering Role, you will:

• Define the system requirements: Translating stakeholder needs into technical requirements
• Define detailed functional, performance, and environmental requirements: Ensuring compliance with standards like ED-109
• Ensure the requirements are complete, consistent, and testable
• Ensure traceability
• Contribute to procedures for system level testing
• You want to update your expertise continuously and design innovative solutions to fit your customers’ needs
• You want to solve complex problems and be plunged into a challenging environment
  
  
  

Work Experience Requirements

• You have a proven experience in Software and/or Systems Engineering
• You have experience with writing system specifications (functional and non-functional requirements.
• You are familiar with engineering process and tools
• You are able to adapt and react to change
  
  
  

Nice to have:

• You have knowledge of development assurance standards (such as ED-153, ED-109A, ARP 4754A, ED-12C)
• You have knowledge of the operational and regulatory environment of Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM)
• You have experience with drone operations
  
  
  

Qualification, Certification & Educational Requirements

You have graduated with a master’s degree of an Engineering School (Electronics, Aeronautical/Space Engineering, Computer Science) or in university

Preferred Skills

• You can quickly understand the system in which you evolve (key stakeholders, interactions, products, environment …)
• You are recognized as a team player and enjoy collaborative work in an international environment
• You have synthetic and helicopter view of the organization
• You are resourceful, analytical and structured
• You are open-minded and curious
• You are rigorous and logical
• You are fluent in English (both spoken and written)
  
  
  

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