Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems. 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.

Location: Cheadle

Security Level: UK Sole National (applicants must not be dual nationals or naturalised British citizens)

Together we support an inclusive, flexible working pattern—including remote, office and hybrid delivery—aligned with the role’s operational requirements which may involve travel to client and other Thales UK sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure department/product/project management plans are kept up‑to‑date and governance is executed at the appropriate level.
• Ensure development is performed in accordance with the plans.
• Liaise with Project Customers as required.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor the work package performance, identify and manage risks throughout the lifecycle until closure.
• Deliver the work package to agreed timescales and budget, managing any scope changes.
• Capture and monitor metrics appropriate to each stage of the project/product lifecycle, and enact continuous improvement plans.
• Review Engineering Forward Load with SWEM and Head of SW Delivery.
• Contribute to bid activities including estimates, project scheduling and bid gate review inputs.
• Proactively expand professional knowledge and encourage innovation of ideas.
• Develop necessary skills through training, mentoring and feedback.
• Support less experienced team members, ensuring adherence to procedures.
• Lead by example and use the Thales Leadership model to create a high‑performing, coaching culture.

Essential Experience

• Background in Software Engineering and experience of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Proven application of engineering project delivery and processes across the full project lifecycle, with awareness of commercial impacts.
• Knowledge and experience of Agile methodologies and practices.
• Experience of configuration control and change management.
• Experience of requirements management, software design and development.
• Experience of Integration and Verification activities.
• Experience of risk management.
• Experience of bid management and estimation techniques.
• Good understanding of current trends in software engineering development techniques and technologies.
• Experience of industry‑standard software engineering toolsets.

Beneficial Experience

• Substantial and proven experience in a SW Delivery role with delivery management across multiple integrated SW Development, Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification teams.
• Experience managing multi‑million‑pound SW work packages.
• Experience of multi‑site/multi‑country development within a complex stakeholder environment.
• Experience of SW sub‑contract management.
• Experience with specific management toolsets e.g. Atlassian Jira, Windchill PLM.

Qualifications

• Degree‑qualified or equivalent.

Security Clearance

Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance – United Kingdom Security Vetting – GOV.UK. To be eligible for full SC you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last five years; in some circumstances a minimum of three years residence may be accepted.

Benefits

• Half‑day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00.
• Pension scheme.
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• Life cover.
• Progression and development opportunities.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to a mental wellbeing app.
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers.

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