Integration and Validation Engineer for Airspace Teams

Integration and Validation Engineer for Airspace Teams

The people we all rely on to make the world go round – they rely on Thales.  Thales rely on its employees to invent the future: right here, right now.

Present in Romania for over 40 years, Thales is expanding its presence in the country by growing its Digital capabilities and by developing a Group Engineering Competence Centre (ECC). Operating from Bucharest, Thales delivers solutions in a number of core businesses, from ground transportation, space and defence, to security and aeronautics.
Several professional opportunities have arisen. If you are looking for the solidity of a Global Group that is at the forefront of innovation, but with the agility of a human structure that tailors to the personal development of its employees and allows opportunities for evolution in an international environment, then this is the place for you!

About Our Team

We are developing a very competitive solution for Air Traffic Management, used across many countries all over the World. Our TopSky-C ATC system helps traffic controllers contribute to maintaining the highest levels of safety in the airspace.

Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) business line is a safe, friendly and people-focused environment, built on mutual respect, trust and growth. We employ coaching and building leaders as means of achieving our dream.

An impressive 2 out of every 3 planes around the world land and take-off with the help of Thales. We combine half a century’s experience in development and deployment with an unrivalled worldwide installed base, advanced technology and ground-breaking innovations to deliver solutions that are continually adapted to the ever-changing aviation system’s needs.

We, at AMS, believe we should:

• Be proud of the quality of what we deliver
• Undergo continuous improvement and personal growth
• Have a high level of Agile maturity values, principles and processes
• Have supportive and friendly team
• Abide to servant leadership principles
• Assess our activity using management by results

A typical work day in Integration:

• Agile ceremonies
• Solving any pending or blocking issues
• Installation of the ATC software, integration of the surveillance sources and on the job training at the customer site (travel required)
• Supporting live systems via telephone and VPN, customer assistance, issue investigation and warranty visits
• Working closely with System team to ensure the operational needs of the customer are met
• Setting up the system with the Hardware team to ensure the customer systems are ready for Factory and Site Acceptance (FAT, SAT)
• Setting up customer software both in factory and on-site
• Creating customer releases, installation medium and site documentation (test plans, transition plans, version description documents)

A typical work day in Validation:

• Agile ceremonies
• Solving any pending or blocking issues
• Verifying and Validating Product Enhancements and Problem Reports raised as part of the product enhancement roadmap or issues discovered during testing
• Continuous Product Testing as part of the product release drumbeat
• Setting up the reference rig with the software releases provided by Software
• Generating Product Test Procedures and Results plus contributing to the product Operating Handbooks and requirements set
• Raising issues in the configuration management tool and owning them throughout their lifecycle
• Carrying out the process improvement activities such as automated testing

We are now creating a new team and we look for a fellow integration & validation engineer to help us keeping the skies safe.

If the sanitary conditions will allow, travel will be required for transferring the competencies.

Technical Skills

Required:

• At least 5 years of experience in a similar position
• Experience deploying systems involving Linux, Routers and external sources (ideally air traffic surveillance sources such as Radars, AFTN/AMHS interfaces, ADS-B interfaces)
• Knowledge of configuration and change management tools (e.g. JIRA)
• Ability to understand and debate on complex technical issues
• Linux

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of ADA / C / C++ / Java programming languages
• Git, SVN
• An understanding of requirements and configuration management, aeronautical Software and Hardware standard (e.g. DO-278) and Air Traffic Control
• Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl etc.

Human Skills

Required:

• Optimistic and can-do attitude
• Values: Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment
• Fluent in English
• Collaborative attitude
• Desire to grow on technical and personal levels

Nice to have:

• French
• Presentation skills
• Leadership skills

Benefits

• Training opportunities
• 24 paid vacation days
• Attractive salary
• Medical care
• Restaurant tickets
• Team socializing (Happy Hour)
• Technical trainings inside the team (Hero in the team)
• International environment

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. Great journeys start here.

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