Systems Engineer - IVVQ Manager
Location: Belfast – Occasional travel may be required
Are you up for a challenge? Do you want to work with a highly regarded team who will support your learning and development? Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that 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? Do you want to be part of a team of specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? …..Then look no further
What the role has to offer:
Variety of work and working across multiple projects
Career development and growth
Opportunity to join a well-established knowledgeable team
Our Opportunity
We have a great opportunity available for a System Engineer – IVVQ Manager to join Thales Land and Air Systems (LAS) in Belfast.
As a Systems Engineer – IVVQ Manager you will undertake both front-end lifecycle system requirements and design tasks as well the back end integration, verification and validation activities.
You will also be working across multiple projects at various stages of the lifecycle, which will include new and existing projects.
Key responsibilities:
Defining the IVVQ strategy and generation of associated estimates and schedule,
IVVQ work package planning, management and leadership (planning, defining and estimating IVVQ resources and activities; managing these to plan and budget),
Defining IVVQ testing methods, acceptance criteria and manage their implementation,
Providing clear and timely communication of design non-compliances to the team and wider internal/external stakeholders,
Lead IVVQ activities either on-site or at the customer’s premises to deliver the evidence of requirements compliance,
Prepare System Integration Verification Validation & Qualification activities,
Analyse test results and/or data and produce technical reports,
Be responsible for testing, collating results and evidence,
To provide input into project Engineering Reviews,
Highlights any technical risk associated with the IVVQ phase to the SEM and PDA, proposing any suitable actions to mitigate and manage IVVQ risks,
Liaises with the PDA and Architect to ensure that IVVQ is in line with the design and is compliant with all requirements,
Liaise with test houses and customer ranges to conduct system level V&V and Acceptance,
Responsibility for supporting PDA and SEM to achieve Customer Acceptance,
Able to present clearly and confidently to internal & external stakeholders.
About You
You will need to be a self-starter, and be able to perform job responsibilities with minimal direction as well as having the following:
Experience in an IVVQ role on complex systems development / integration
Good understanding of IVVQ strategies and philosophies
Detailed knowledge of the various system lifecycles.
Experience of continuous integration and test activities
Experience of formal verification, validation activities
Experience of Acceptance Testing for UK Defence suppliers and customers – sell off against requirements, Compliance Matrix…etc.
Good technical writing skills, excellent communication and analytical skills; excellent command of the English language, both written and oral
An effective team player who can interface at all levels across the organisation. Able to operate successfully in a multi-cultural environment, working effectively with teams distributed across different sites/countries.
Strong organisational and team working skills.
Excellent customer relationship skills.
Use of DOORS, JIRA and Vivaldi or Other Test Tools
Has a “can-do” attitude that performs effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment and promotes the values of inclusiveness and diversity
Is confident in their ability to help solve complex problems, asks challenging questions to develop their understanding, and suggests new ideas to further our product offering and increase our added value
Displays enthusiasm about learning new skills and technology
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 organisation.
Flexibility
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.
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