System Engineer

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Location: Paco De Arcos - Q45, Portugal

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 Edisoft Portugal, S. A. is focused on providing the most advanced solutions in the Aeronautics, Space, Security and Defense domain. For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems' security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.

We are looking for a System Engineer to be part of our Above Water Systems Team.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand customer needs using models, prototypes, and advanced simulations
• Define and design system specifications and architecture aligned with client requirements
• Prepare and execute integration, verification, and validation (IVVQ) tests
• Create and manage
  - level test plans and procedures
• Ensure technical coherence across system design, interfaces, and performance

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering
• Proven experience in Systems Engineering, Software/Hardware, and IVVQ activities
• Strong analytical, structured, and problem‑solving mindset
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and adaptability in fast‑changing environments.

The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20. 6 billion. For our more than 83, 000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom.

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry‑leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Industries

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing and Defense and Space Manufacturing

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