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In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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.
Software Engineering Core competencies
- You are able to adapt and react to change
- You know and enjoy designing, developing and testing secure software solutions and/or components
- You can demonstrate knowledge in Full Stack or pure back/pure front programming languages and frameworks (JAVA, C, C++, Python, or any other)
- You are familiar with compilation/code building/continuous integration
- Containerisation experience
- You have knowledge of IS Computing Platforms, Operating Systems, and Hypervisors
- You know Agile principles
As a Software Solutions Engineering Role within Thales you will
- Work within in a Scrum team with other software developers, in Agile mode
- Contribute to the requirement definition, to the software design and you will be involved with the architectural aspects of the software projects
- Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
- Write well-designed, documented and testable code
- Develop, test and execute full software development life cycle
- Design, implement and test features with scalability, performance, deployment/operation and end-user experience in mind
- Make estimations and give inputs for planning together with the team members
- Collaborate with other software solutions engineer to share knowledge and improve overall product/solution
- From January 24' we are moving to 3 days a week in the office
This role will require successful applicants to achieve Security Clearance and potentially Higher Level Clearance.
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.
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.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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