Mid Test Engineer (Education)

Location: Overland Park, United States of America

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.

Mid Test Engineer

Overland Park, KS (Onsite)

Position Summary

Thales is looking for a Supply Chain Manager who is self-motivated, a critical thinker and with a strong technical background, to join the Thales Radar Test Engineering Team in Overland Park, Kansas.  This team is responsible for development and test of a next generation state of the art secondary radar system for the FAA, as well as providing deployment site support.  The Test Engineering team guides all technical aspects of system test through the formal test process.  With inputs from the system architects, the Test Engineering team defines the test approaches and test success criteria for each system requirement which result in integration and test procedures to validate the system to customer requirements. 

In this position, you will apply your knowledge of the system's hardware, software, and networks to support and conduct test design reviews and perform system integration on multiple radar subsystems and external interfaces.  The Test Engineering team also conducts formal in-plant test, and on-site development test campaigns for the validation of the FAA secondary radar system.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Responsible for working on all phases of the test program, including planning, test approach and test success criteria development, test procedure development, test dry-runs, test conduct and test report development and for mapping requirements into Test Phases, Test Events, Test Methods, Test Procedures and Test Cases.
• Responsible for formulating and defining effective test approaches and success criteria through research and fact-finding to solve complex testing problems and for system integration, debug (both hardware and software) and root cause analysis throughout the design, test and deployment phases.
• Responsible for conducting formal on-site development tests in the presence of the FAA and other witnesses.
• May be required to conduct formal on-site development tests regression in the presence of the FAA and other witnesses.
• Responsible for performing data analysis on data collected at various stages of test.
• Participation in developing Test Design Review Material in accordance with requirement test approaches. May be required to participate in field test activities, primarily equipment tuning and optimization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering or appropriate engineering field and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant system engineering and/or test engineering experience in any elements of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance or Air Traffic Management.
• Understanding and/or experience of execution of a Formal Test process/program.
• Experience with creation, definition, analysis, integration and maintenance of system requirements, defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions, and developing verbal and written communications and presentations.
• Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law.

Special Position Requirements

• Travel: Domestic and international travel may be required (up to 50% annually)
• Prior experience working with and/or deploying surveillance systems such as Primary Radar, Secondary Radar, ADS-B, and Multilateration systems, working with surveillance data structures and test experience in US Government contracts in either a prime contractor or sub-contractor organization.
• Understanding of air traffic management systems and operations.
• Working with cross-functional teams (systems engineering, modeling and analysis, program management, product development, etc.) to complete test campaigns.
• Familiar with ASTERIX standards.

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What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following: 

• Elective Health and Dental plans. 
• Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution and a match, and without vesting period. 
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave. 
• Company provided Life Insurance.

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

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