Project Design Authority

Thales

Project Design Authority ensuring Solution Compliance for bids and projects at Thales. Leading technical assessments and interfaces with customers, working from Hybrid locations in the UK.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeCheadle • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for Solution Compliance for a Bid or Project
Acts as the primary technical leader of the bid or project team
Analyses Customer needs/requirements and assesses Solution architecture and technical choices
Ensures Solution compliance with Customer needs, Product Policy, MTB Strategy & applicable legislation, rules & regulations
Reviews the technical risks and opportunities and the related mitigation plans throughout the bid or project
Ensures best trade-off between Customer requirements & Product Policy consistent with schedule, costs, MTB strategy & risks/ opportunities
Checks the production and the maintenance/service aspects of the Solution with the Production Process/Technology Manager (PPTM) and the Service Engineering Manager
Approves the technical specification and source selection of subsystems/products to be outsourced
Checks that the Engineering Environment (E2) for the Solution is consistent with Country/Company E2 Instruction, and overall Solution cost, technical risks & schedule
Responsible for ensuring, that the Solution design takes into account contract requirements and applicable legislation, rules & regulations, including product safety & security and Environmental/HSE requirements & standards
Approves the Design & Justification File (D&JF) prepared by the Solution Architect (ARC)
Approves the completion of integration, verification, validation and qualification results
Performs the Complexity Profiler analysis with the Solution Architect (ARC) & SEM
Leads the main bid/project Engineering Reviews and approves the main Engineering deliverables at each project decision milestone

Requirements

What you’ll need

Technical prowess in one or more of the technological disciplines relevant to the company, e.g. Sonar Systems, Processing, Outboard Hardware etc
Experience in the developmental lifecycle disciplines, e.g. Requirements Capture, Modelling & Analysis, System Design, Product Development, and IV&V
Experienced and knowledgeable of whole systems engineering lifecycles for complex systems
Proven technical/project experience in critical control systems engineering
HND/Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent
UK National and needs to achieve Security Clearance (SC)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Private medical insurance
Buying or selling annual leave
Cycle to work schemes
Employee discounts
Paid volunteering day
Stocks and shares
Annual bonus and much more depending on the role

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Hard Skills & Tools

Solution ComplianceSolution architectureTechnical specificationIntegrationVerificationValidationQualificationComplexity Profiler analysisSystems engineering lifecycleCritical control systems engineering

Soft Skills

Technical leadershipAnalytical skillsRisk assessmentDecision makingCommunication

Certifications

HNDDegreeSecurity Clearance (SC)