Head of System Engineering - #10521578

Lieu : Herstal, Belgium

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 Belgium SA, Belgium competence center of Thales, is a company located on 2 sites, one in Tubize (near Brussels) and the other one in Herstal (near Liège). Thales Belgium, which employs more than 280 collaborators, is specialized in the design, development and supply of critical information systems for customers in the sectors of Defense, Security (including Cyber) and Aerospace.

MISSION

Thales Begium (Herstal site) is a world leader in precision guided rocket system for helicopters and jet aircraft and system team of its key engineering activities. In order to meet its ambitious production and product development roadmap, Thales increase team and looking for head of system engineer.

As Head of System Engineering, you will manage a multidisciplinary team of development within the Engineering department. You will be involved in the design, development and qualification activities of new products or concepts and in the technical support to Operations and Projects for the in-service product line. You will have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art Model-Based-Design methods and tools in a high-tech environment. You will be expected to support multiple projects and as such will require planning and organizing skills. Head od System Engineering must is seen as a key capability for our company, and is responsible for driving the Systems Engineering team to meet our challenges.

PROFILE:

• You graduated with a Master of Engineering or any other relevant field in University, and you have significant experience in team management
• You have an experience and expertise in system of aeronautic, space, electronics, applied mathematics or physics domains
• You understand and want to oversee rocket systems and be plunged into a challenging and innovative environment with diverse technical projects
• You are a leader willing to engage and develop your team (up to 20 persons) through the use of collaborative work and challenging approaches
• You love to share knowledge and help people develop themselves, which enables you to be recognised as a great mentor and team-player
• You are responsible and show a great sense of initiative
• You have a very good command of French and English
  
  
  

COMPETENCES

• You are able to empower and unite employees around clear objectives by acting as a coach and servant leader, which mobilises influencing and “team first” skills
• You have substantial knowledge of Systems Engineering: embedded hardware, embedded software, algorithms, simulations and modeling (Matlab/Simulink) to integrate rocket system on platforms
• You have the ability to adopt a holistic approach to analyse a system, focusing on the way that a system’s constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems
• You are able to understand the system capabilities through functional, logical and value analytics
• You understand the importance of requirements definition through a process using performance analysis, trade studies, constraint evaluation and cost/benefit analysis You are able to adopt a Model Based Systems Engineering and see how it serves as a basis for architecture
• You have good notions of IVVQ (Integration/Verification/Validation/Qualification), R-A-M-T (Reliability/Maintainability/Availability/Testability) and associated norms and standards
• You demonstrate a strong desire for continuous improvement and a capacity to develop a strategic vision: you are able to integrate and even anticipate the various elements of your environment in order to guide the team through the challenges prompted by competitiveness
• You know how to adopt a Lean Management approach and apply Agile principles to the management and development of your team, in Scrum and / or Kanban mode
  
  
  

LIFE AS A HEAD OF SYSTEM ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ROLE

As a Head of System Engineering role within Thales, you will:

• Take in charge the Discipline Practices and Tools tailoring and deployment (including digitisation, automation, data management) across Projects and Products
• You develop/improve your skills to integrate the rocket system on various platforms (airplanes, vehicles, helicopters, drones, etc...)
• Ensure the capitalisation and sharing of knowledge and assets (building blocks, cost estimating models, best practices, etc.)
• Foster continuous improvement based on root cause analysis, problem solving, new practice deployment, …
• Manage people within your discipline and ensure their development (skills management, coaching, career development, mind-set), the adequacy with the expected needs (quality and quantity) at the right time and the allocation to the Bids and Projects
• Perform technical reviews associated with their discipline on Bids/Products and Projects
• Ensure Operational Subject Matter Experts allocate part of their time to coach engineering people and to train people about the Domain activities
• At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!
  
  
  

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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