Trials and Environmental Test Placement Student - Belfast, United Kingdom - Thales

Thales

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Belfast, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Location:
Belfast, United Kingdom

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.

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.

Primary Purpose of the Role:

Thales teams deliver cutting-edge solutions to armed forces the world over. We are Europe's number one supplier of defence electronics and a leading provider of integrated air defence systems.

The Trials & Environmental Test Department performs many activities related to testing and performance monitoring of the various defence projects.

These activities include test and trial planning and analysis, development and qualification test and trials, missile acceptance processing and in-service support for UK MOD and overseas customers' trials.

As a Sandwich year placement student / intern you will learn from a combination of hands-on coaching and an outstanding variety of work, picking up engineering skills that will serve you well throughout your career.

You'll get to work closely with all engineering skills as well as the functions that are involved in integrated project teams.

The role requires commitment and a willingness to travel.

Responsibility:

The Sandwich year placement student / intern will be required to:

Attend project meetings within the company and with outside agencies and customers.
Create electrical and mechanical layouts of trials and test equipment.
Create operating instructions and other engineering documentation.
Run and fault find trials and test equipment.
Assist with defining export control information for trials and test equipment.
Assist with creating shipping documentation for trials and test equipment.
Work with other Thales departments and suppliers to design, manufacture and prepare special purpose test or trials hardware.

These responsibilities may be may be managed autonomously as part of a stand-alone package of work or by a Trials and Environmental Test manager as part of a larger body of work.

Qualifications:

Essential:

Currently reading a degree in a Scientific/Engineering or a Mathematical Discipline.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

Demonstrable understanding of instrumentation and signal conditioning methods.
Strong numerical and analytical skills.
Scientific/Engineering report and procedure writing.
Proficiency in MS Office especially MS excel.

Desirable:

Engineering drawing experience.
Practical experience using test equipment hardware.
Basic software programming experience.
Membership of a professional body.

Personal Attributes:

Applicants should:

Be flexible and willing to work as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
Demonstrate a willingness to learn new concepts and techniques
Be highly motivated with a positive attitude.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The successful applicant will be required to work overtime, often at short notice, and agreed working patterns to comply with capacity demands.

This job may also require business travel, sometimes at short notice and for durations of up to 4 weeks at a time.

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 t