Location: Crawley, United Kingdom
Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.
Thales is transforming how engineering tools and services are delivered to our teams. We are looking for a Technical Product Owner – Hardware Engineering Environments to help build the next generation of secure engineering environments across Thales UK.
You will play a central role in modernising the tools used by more than 500 hardware engineers. Working across secure network environments and cloud-based platforms where appropriate, you will help define, deliver and evolve the engineering applications that support our hardware design and development activities.
This is an opportunity to combine practical hardware engineering experience with product ownership, technical architecture and stakeholder leadership.
Location(s): Crawley or Reading or Cheadle or Bristol or Glasgow or any other Thales site in the UK
The opportunity
As Technical Product Owner, you will work within an agile development team and as part of the wider Technical Leadership team. You will represent the needs of engineering users, maximise the value delivered by the development and deployment team, and ensure that engineering environments remain fit for purpose.
You will act as the key interface between:
Hardware engineering users.
The Engineering Applications Leadership Team.
Product Owners across Engineering and Information Services.
Technical architects and delivery teams.
Engineering Heads of Discipline.
The Thales Global Services Hardware Tribe.
You will also act as the Technical Authority and Architect for your area, with key design decisions agreed through the Engineering Applications Portfolio Design Authority.
What you’ll be doing
Represent the needs of engineering users and champion effective ways of working.
Own and prioritise the product backlog for your team.
Define requirements, acceptance criteria and feature priorities.
Validate and approve completed features.
Collect user feedback through reviews and continuous engagement.
Lead the evolution, consolidation and migration of hardware engineering applications.
Align UK engineering toolsets with Thales Group workbench roadmaps.
Define and deliver modern engineering environment solutions across secure networks and cloud platforms where appropriate.
Drive the retirement of legacy tools and reduction of technical debt.
Plan the migration, retention or archiving of programme data.
Make important technical and product decisions for your area.
Ensure that engineering practices, processes, tooling, infrastructure and internal services work together effectively.
Collaborate with Product Owners, Technical Leads, Portfolio Managers and Delivery Managers to deliver the wider engineering applications strategy.
What you’ll bring
We are interested in hearing from candidates at different stages of their careers. You may be an experienced Product Owner, Technical Lead, Applications Architect or hardware engineer ready to take the next step.
You should bring:
Practical experience of working in a hardware engineering environment.
A strong understanding of hardware engineering processes and best practice.
Knowledge of one or more of the following disciplines:
Mechanical engineering.
Electronics.
Interconnect and cabling.
FPGA engineering.
Experience defining, architecting, implementing or managing engineering development environments.
The ability to understand user needs and translate them into effective technical solutions.
Experience prioritising work, managing backlogs or coordinating delivery across technical teams.
Strong communication and stakeholder management…