Location: Singapore, Singapore
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.
Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.
OVERVIEW
Were inventing the future, right here, right now, at Thales. We design the critical security solutions of tomorrow by combining the curiosity to explore, the intelligence to question and the vision to create. Together we solve complicated problems by combining our experience in the market with our leading research and development capabilities.
Be part of revolutionising our skies for the future of aerospace. A future where all modes of aircrafts piloted or unpiloted, civilian or military move around our skies safer, more efficiently and sustainably for a greener and more harmonised airspace.
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the provision of network integration activities for the respective project and/or bid activity. The Engineer is a key member of the Hardware Deployment & Integration team that provides:
Technical and resource supervisory input to Network Integration and Deployment engineering activities
Skilled input to the Network Integration and Deployment activities within the respective project engineering segment, and
Assistance to the Integration Group for bid response activities.
OUR CULTURE: YOUR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Joining Thales means joining a worldwide and well establish company (85 000 headcounts and growing) and navigate your career in the vast different path available.
Joining our program is joining an environment where you can discover engineering best practices to deliver safety critical systems.
Joining the system community means being on the critical path of our business challenges, and therefore upskilling our talent is a priority.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Senior Network Engineer, you are accountable for:
For Projects:
Revise solution architecture drawings and diagrams, cost templates (devis), the List of Supply (LOS) / Bill of Materials (BOM), and interfaces at the start of the project.
Create and/or update network integration engineer contributions to the Solution Specification and Design documentation, Network Acceptance Test Procedures, and other associated network integration documents.
Define equipment configuration for the ATM solution(s) and coordinate with Hardware Deployment and Integration management for assembly of the ATM system and interface with Tools Engineering, Customer Service and Site Services departments where necessary to accomplish this task.
Load, configure, validate, and hand over equipment to Software Integration in the factory and on customer sites.
Support configuration changes to system platforms in factory and customer sites.
Attend Design Reviews with customers.
Provide customer training.
Identify risks at solution architecture level and propose where possible alternate validated solutions.
Provide system and networking expertise useful in the design.
Follow and contribute to the development and enhancement of engineering processes
For Bids / Tenders:
Creation and Peer Review system architecture diagrams.
Creation of the List of Supply (LOS) / Bill of Materials (BOM)
Creation of Hardware Integration section in the Engineering Department devis.
Definition of system interfaces.
KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:
Qualifications
Relevant bachelors degree or Master Degree
Technical skills
Must-have
Cisco formal certifications (CCNP, CCNA etc)
Good level of knowledge of, and experience with Unix/Linux (Redhat distribution preferred) Operating System
Familiarity with a wide range of Computer and Networking hardware (preferably Cisco)
Scripting (TCL/TK, Perl, & Shell)
Able to work on multiple activities con-currently and effectively self-manage (autonomy)
Nice-to-have
Work experience in a mission-critical, near real-time environment preferably ATC-related
Experience in large and distributed networked computer systems
Interpersonal skills
Sense of ownership
Team player
Verbal and non-verbal communication,
Listening skills,
Problem solving,
Decision-making,
assertiveness,
patience,
empathy
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, apply now!
