Project Engineer at Thales USA, Inc. (AMS) in Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Description:

Location: Salt Lake City, United States of America

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Project Engineer

Salt Lake City, Utah (Onsite) or (Hybrid)

Position Summary

Thales is looking for a Project Engineer be responsible for all technical activities and customer interfaces during the offer and execution phases of a project. Thales Navigation And non-radar Surveillance (NAS) business segment, part of the Thales Land and Air Systems Global Business Unit, architects solutions used by over two-thirds of all planes worldwide to take off and land safely. Our Ground Navigation portfolio offers a complete range of products, which includes the latest generation of ground-based navigational aids (NAVAIDs) (e.g. ILS, DME, TACAN, VOR) and non-radar surveillance (e.g. ADS-B). With more than 10,000 NAVAIDs and non-radar surveillance installed worldwide in 180 countries, we are world leaders in the NAVAIDs market.

In this position, you will act as lead technical interface with the internal or external customer in regards to technical coordination, the solution architecture, performance, and issues raised during the project phase. The Project Engineer will report directly to the local Engineering Manager of the Thales NAS business segment.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• The project engineer is responsible for analyzing the technical parts of tenders (e.g. compliance matrix) with assistance from the engineering team and other experts.


• They define the optimal solution configuration by considering approved configurations and performing analysis and/or simulations with customer installation sites inputs.


• They are responsible to provide, customer and project documentation and associated configuration files according to customer site and contract requirements.


• In co-operation with the procurement department, they deliver technical specifications and contributes to the statement of work to suppliers in order to obtain commitments on cost, schedule, and delivery contents.


• They solve technical on-site issues in co-operation with the field engineering team, project manager, customer service and any other resources (Quality, local KIP, etc.). Based on existing product tests and procedures, they prepare and execute acceptance tests with the customer (e.g. Factory Acceptance Test and Site Acceptance Tests) as needed.


• In support of the services department, they contribute to training sessions to end users and customer, to solving technical issues within warranty and service contracts and to restoring systems under service contracts within the contractual reaction times by solving issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Systems, Electrical or Software Engineering, or another technical field with a minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience, or Master’s degree in Systems, Electrical or Software Engineering, or another technical field with a minimum of 4+ years of relevant work experience.

• Proven experience in working collaboratively across multiple product development and specialist domain teams (Obeya, Problem solving…).


• Proven ability to work in a multinational and multicultural team with varied degrees of experience.


• Good knowledge of standard Office tools (e.g. MS Office) and CAD (e.g. AutoCAD) and/or MS Visio and experience with network technologies, and remote-control systems.


• The candidate should have communication and negotiation skills to be able to ensure the equipment’s acceptance and to support Thales product policy by minimizing project customization.


• Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law. Must be a U.S. Person as defined in applicable law, or otherwise authorized or eligible for authorization, to access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Special Position Requirements

• Travel: Anticipated to be less than 10% annually. Trips can be both domestic and international travel and less than 5 days in length, with international trips up to 7 days in length.

If you’re excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community!

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following: 

• Elective Health and Dental plans. 


• Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution and a match, and without vesting period. 


• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave. 


• Company provided Life Insurance.

Why Join Us?

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with (a) criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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