Senior System Integration Engineer

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.

**KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**As a **Senior Systems Integration Engineer **, you are accountable for**:

- Preparing definition documents to align with project targets relating to costs, deadlines and quality, and participating in the product integration and verification phases
- Supporting the planning and coordination of program software integration activities, and delivering software integration services for systems and/or sub-systems of products
- Defining and leading testing activities (regression, interface, simulation scenarios and test tools)
- Product installation, configuration, data management, performance monitoring and systems administration
- Leading the integration & block testing of incremental software releases for products and/or projects, in accordance with the schedule
- Providing expert technical support and the setup of environments to developers, testers and end users, and providing support to the software integration team, development and validation teams during the implementation phase of the project
- Identifying risks and proposing effective solutions
- Authoring documentation and documentation updates

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Recommendations may be reviewed for soundness of judgement but are usually regarded as technically accurate and feasible. The Senior Engineer makes responsible decisions on matters assigned, including the establishment of professional engineering standards and procedures, consults, recommends and advises in speciality engineering areas.

Work is carried out within broad guidelines requiring conformity with overall objectives, relative priorities and necessary cooperation with other units. Informed professional engineering guidance may be available.

The Senior Engineer outlines and assigns work, reviews it for technical accuracy and adequacy, and may plan, direct, coordinate and supervise the work of other professional and technical staff.

**KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE**

**To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated the following knowledge and experience**:

- A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Computer Science or IT
- Solid understanding of software integration and testing processes including regression, interface, simulation scenarios and test tools
- Solid experience in using UNIX/Linux operating systems, binary and source level debugging tools, Requirement/Test and Defect Management Systems
- Practical experience of integration and verification of software / hardware components on large, complex, software-based systems
- Practical experience with programming languages such as; Java, Shell Scripting, Python and continuous integration tools such as Git and Jenkins
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to write clear and concise documents that clearly articulate complex technical detail