Functional System Architect M/F

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Thales is a global leader in high technologies specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies and communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

At the heart of Saint Quentin en Yvelines, the Elancourt site is one of Thales' most important technological centers of excellence. The diversity and technicality of the systems and equipment mobilize expertise in more than 80 professions in defense, high-tech security, and digital services solutions.

As a Functional System Architect, you have significant experience in the design and development of complex embedded systems with a strong software contribution: Embedded software architectures, Algorithms (image processing, AI, fault management, etc.), optronic sensors.

You master system engineering and functional analysis methods, particularly those using modeling (MBSE, MBD).

You will be entrusted with the following missions:

• To imagine the architectures of our future optronic products, cooperate with a multidisciplinary team (designers, sub-assembly architects, experts)

• By relying on the business architects, evaluate the different possible functional architecture alternatives, justifying the choices through analyses, studies, calculations, simulations, and prototyping.

• Ensure the construction of the product definition file, notably the functional architecture file detailing all functional chains, and the specification of interfaces

• Coordinate technical specification writing activities

• Provide technical support throughout the product development cycle, from the integration phase to the production and deployment phase at the client.

Your profile

With higher education, you have at least 10 years of experience in embedded systems development.

Your professional experiences have allowed you to lead, cross-functionally, design teams. You master system engineering tools (Doors/Polarion, MBSE, MBD...) and associated methods (Functional analysis, Modeling).

During your professional career, you have demonstrated clear oral expression and your ability to adapt to the audience concerned. You also know how to write clear technical documents, including for the client.

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!

The position may require access to information relating to national defense secrecy, the selected person will be subject to an authorization procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.