Systems Engineer

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

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.

The Systems Engineer (Integration) is responsible for planning, participating and supervising the efficient integration, verification and validation (IVV) execution defense and supporting systems. He/she assures that the appropriate means and practices are applied to guarantee the adherence to defined requirements and quality standards with mínimal wasted effort or inefficiencies. The Systems Engineer (Integration) is responsible for the Test plan and reports, assuring that the scope of the IVV activities fully covers all aspects of the system under test, while taking all previous verification activities on comparable systems into account to optimize the test effort.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the Planning and Execution of IVV activities
- Decides on the appropriate test strategy, modules and practices
- Creates the System Test plan and report
- Works closely with Project Engineers (SEM) to agree on testing durations and project risks
- Efficiently manages test resources (staff, software & hardware)
- Manages Defects / Engineering Changes for the customer
- Contributes to the estimation, planning and execution of IVV activities
- Be able to coordinate activities with a global team
- Participate in Bid activities providing scope and costing

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with 5-9+ years’ experience,
- Minimum of 5-7 years related experience and/or training in Verification/Validation experience in large integrated systems
- Previous knowledge of Unix /Linux/ Android systems
- Expertise in defect reporting, characterization, and management workflows - Use of common defect management and tools
- Ability to read and interpret requirement documentation - Use of common requirements management and tools
- Project Management and communication skills
- Creativity in detecting and provoking possible problems
- Expertise in common test practices (Functional tests, user scenario tests, automation)
- Previous experience writing test cases
- Comfortable with handling and performing basic troubleshooting on IT software & hardware

**Preferred Skills and Experience**:

- Minimum four (4) years of comprehensive experience in an software engineering integration, verification or validation team
- Experienced in the integration of software systems, able to coordinate activities internal and external to the system
- Collaborate with clients, software developers, and other stakeholders to identify system requirements and ensure that our software products meet those requirements
- Working experience with open-source configuration management and deployment tools such as Puppet or Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux scripting.
- Understanding of software development methods and electrical/mechanical design
- User Interfaces, Networking, wireless, and/or communication systems test experience, software APIs
- Be versatile to be able to handle job scopes such as supporting bids and Work Package Management