Technical Lead
Thales Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid, Spain. Location: Madrid Tres Cantos, Spain.
A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a integral space manufacturer delivering high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation.
Our Opportunity
Are you an experienced engineering professional with a passion for leading projects and designing innovative solutions? Do you have a degree in telecommunications engineering, industrial engineering, software engineering, physics, mathematics or another technical discipline? If so, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity at Thales, where you can leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to drive impactful projects.
You will lead the technical definition and design of space equipment or subsystems that position and connect anyone and anything, everywhere, helping to observe our planet and optimise the use of its resources and to spacecraft discover the universe. Space equipment and subsystem include hardware, software, firmware, digital and analogue electronics, radio‑frequency, power electronics.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary technical leader of the project team, leading the solution specification and architecture.
- Act as lead technical interface with the Customer.
- Assess alternative solutions and ensure the feasibility of the solution including:
- adequacy of the solution in terms of architecture and technology maturity with respect to requirements;
- consistency of the solution with the Product Policy and Make‑Team‑Buy strategy;
- feasibility with respect to cost, schedule, skills, resources and industrial organization;
- compliance with contractual requirements;
- risk assessment and the related mitigation plan.
About You
- Master’s degree in telecommunications engineering, industrial engineering, software engineering, physics, mathematics or a similar technical discipline.
- At least 7 years of experience, 2 of them in the space sector.
- Understanding of a whole system, with knowledge in electronics, radiofrequency, communications and/or software.
- Ability to design, develop and deliver systems and solutions efficiently (Key Decisions, Model Based Engineering, Simulations, …).
- Ability to define system capabilities maximizing product value for the Customer while taking project constraints into