Hardware Engineering Manager - Electronics

Location: Glasgow, United KingdomThales 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.Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Hardware Engineering Manager (Electronics)

Based in Glasgow; Hybrid working.

We can offer a hybrid approach to office and remote working. We would expect 3 days per week as the standard days in Glasgow site.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like an opportunity to develop your leadership skills in a close-knit, dynamic team environment? Thales OME designs a range of state-of-the-art solutions for some of the most technically advanced defence and security platforms in the world, and we’re seeking an experienced electronics engineer who can apply their knowledge and skills in an engineering leadership role. We have built up a team passionate about developing products for a safer world and we are now looking for like-minded engineers to join us.

Our Opportunity

The Hardware Engineering Manager is a vital team member responsible for the execution of a comprehensive set of engineering tasks, ensuring adherence to cost, schedule, performance, and quality commitments. You’ll be responsible for the design and development of products that comply with regulatory safety and environmental standards including EMC standards, RoHS, Reach, WEEE and relevant Safety Directives.

The responsibilities may span across various stages of the engineering process, including addressing customer needs, mission analysis, functional and architectural design, as well as the complete hardware solution life cycle (requirements and specialty engineering, design, development, integration, and verification). You will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary internal team, including engineering delivery, systems, software and mechanical engineers to ensure the design and delivery of the electronics meets the needs of the business.

You will be responsible for leading and managing a team of electronics engineers to complete design tasks across any stage of the product or programme life cycle, and to do this within cost, schedule, performance & quality requirements.

The Hardware Engineering Manager operates within the constraints and guidelines established by the Engineering delivery manager, solution architects and design authorities.

Key responsibilities of the role

The role will include the following activities:

• Hardware Development Cycle: Define and manage the hardware development cycle, ensuring alignment with the overall project and system requirements, including dependencies and co-engineering activities. Ensure work carried out by the team is conducted in accordance with company processes
• Engineering Environment: Customize the hardware engineering environment, encompassing processes, practices, and tools, to meet company and project-specific needs.
• Task Allocation: Distribute responsibilities among individual contributors, ensuring effective task management and clear accountability. Manage the day-to-day activity of a team of engineers (plan, prioritise and allocate tasks within the team, negotiating between projects where necessary)
• Architecture Definition and Interface Specification: Participate in the development of the system architecture and the allocation of functions to the respective hardware components. Generate electronics specifications, architectures and development or verification plans. Collaborate in defining the functions and interfaces of the hardware products to be developed.
• Work Package Management: Occasionally undertake the role of Work Package Manager, which involves cross-functional responsibilities not covered in this description. Lead the generation of bids and estimates and provide consultancy on electronic solutions
• Technical Direction: Provide technical direction to the team to ensure that technical challenges/risks are being managed and mitigated. Lead or participate in fault-finding activities, technical investigations, reviews and improvement projects
• Collaboration: Engage with a multi-disciplinary team across the project (systems, mechanical, software, safety, etc) to develop an optimum solution
• Team development: Contribute to the development of the wider Electronics team, eg. developing junior members of staff, proposing and implementing improvements and reviewing the work of peers. Deliver high quality, value-adding development discussions with members of the team.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in hardware development and engineering management.
• Strong understanding of hardware life cycle processes, from requirements gathering to verification and validation.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to tailor engineering environments to specific project needs, ensuring efficient and effective outcomes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated responsibility for driving innovative technical solutions through the design lifecycle with a proven record of delivering to cost, schedule and quality
• Experience in electronics circuit design using schematic capture packages (Cadence, Mentor Graphics or similar)
• Experience in the entire product lifecycle from bid/concept through to system integration/qualification and support
• Comfortable challenging the norm, and directing or influencing electronics design approaches and processes
• Proven experience in advising, supporting and auditing activities of multiple projects and resources simultaneously
• Experience in selecting innovative technologies, tools and methods and ensuring they hold traction within the team
• Contribution to defining policies and guidelines for your business unit or department

Desirable Attributes:

• Product knowledge of lasers and cameras an advantage
• Passion for continuous learning and staying updated with advancements in electronics engineering.
• Knowledge of the Chorus 2.0 Design, Develop and Qualify the Solution (Hardware) Process Lifecycle, or equivalent ISO9001 compliant engineering management system.
• Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering related discipline e.g. BEng(Hons) Electronics

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organization.

Flexibility

The position will be based at the Thales site in Glasgow. While a significant proportion of the role may be carried out from home, attendance on site will be necessary for test, integration and other lab-based work.

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance.  Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.  In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

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