Solution Engineering Manager for Opto-mechanical

Vor 2 Tagen


Zurich, Schweiz Thales Vollzeit

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

The Thales Group employs over 83,000 people worldwide, 850 of them in Switzerland. Thales' roots in Switzerland date back to the mid-19th century. Since that time, we have become an authoritative and trend-setting provider of high-tech solutions, key technologies, systems and services in the fields of Transportation Security, Defense & Security, Satellite & Space Technology and Digital Identity & Security.

Thales Alenia Space Schweiz AG in Zurich, with its 75 employees, is the Swiss branch of the internationally operating Thales Alenia Space, Thales Alenia Space Switzerland has over 20 years of experience in the development and construction of opto-electronic systems for space and has established itself as a leading supplier of small and high-performance opto-electronic observation and communication systems for the European and global space industry.

For our space business at our location in Zürich we are looking for an experienced

Solution Engineering Manager for Opto-Mechanical Unit (f/m/d) (Ref. No. R0200609)

You will enjoy having this responsibility:

- Manage and coordinate Design, Analysis and hardware breadboarding activities of the Opto - Mechanic al Systems (with electronics content) in collaboration with Architect and IVVQ Teams
- Stimulate and monitor process improvements in the engineering domain
- Lead and d rive eng ineering activities and allocated engineering project team
- M aintain back - up solutions for critical components and sub - systems
- Trigger externalization activities for unavailable competences
- Ensure analysis activities to confirm technical margins and manufa cturability and tes t ability (DfM, DfT)
- Design to cost
- Ensure delivery of manufacturing files
- Contribute to Engineering plans maintenance
- Ensure execution of Internal Design Reviews and the related follow - up.

You have:

- Degree in engineering or physics, aerospace, electronics and optics or microtechniques
- 7 years relevant experience in product development
- Engineering experience in one or more of the above domains
- Experience in AIT campaigns for Optomechanical and Optoelectronics equipment
- Systems Engineering thinking and Experience
- Leade r ship and delegation, Motivator, T horoughness
- Good interpersonal and customer handling skills
- Ability to communicate fluently in both spoken and written English; other languages are of advantage

You want to learn more? The Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you.

Phone: +41 44 457 18 01

Look forward to the collegial climate of a Swiss SME and the international reach of a global corporation with employment conditions that leave nothing to be desired. Thales lives diversity in everyday life, values work-life balance and where possible enables flexible working.



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