Manufacturing Technician – Wiring

Thales is hiring a Manufacturing Technician – Wiring in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Thales.

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The posting mentions ERP, Palma and wiring among its tools and skills.
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Perform complex electrical wiring and assembly manufacturing tasks according to engineering drawings in a 4-day work week.

ERPPalma

wiringsolderingelectrical-assembliesmanufacturingipc-standards

Location: Glasgow, 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.

Job Title: Manufacturing Technician – Wiring

Hours: 4 day week Monday-Thursday / 37 hours per week

Due to demand we’re looking for experienced Technicians to join our Optronics and Missile Electronics [OME] business unit in Glasgow. With experience in wiring, and building electrical assemblies you’ll be performing manufacturing tasks in accordance with engineering drawings to the required quality.

The roles are based out of our Glasgow manufacturing site. You will work a 4 day week Monday to Thursday and work 9.25 hours per day. Start time is flexible between 6:00am and 7:30am and you get 30 minutes unpaid for lunch. There is also free on-site parking and an on-site canteen.

What you’ll do…

Ensure all incidents are logged correctly and escalated to H&S leaders as appropriate.
Escalating Health and safety issues to the Work Cell Manager.
To perform complex Manufacturing operations in accordance with the associated documentation provided to the quality standards expected in a timely and professional manner.
To adhere to the defined Company processes when carrying out all tasks
Performs self-assessment and approval of products
To input and support any continuous improvement actions being worked on within Industry
To be able to detect any fault or non-compliance and if necessary raise the alert. In addition when able should contribute to diagnostics and the finding of the cause/root analysis
To manage and record build configuration of product
To use the company tools (ERP, Palma etc.) when carrying out product assembly tasks

What you’ll need…

Experience in wiring
Ability to perform complex electrical operations involving wiring and component soldering to IPC standards
Experience building electrical assemblies
The ability to interpret drawings and wiring diagrams
Eligible to obtain full SC clearance.

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At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include 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. Read more about our benefits here.

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How we rate this

Manufacturing Technician – Wiring at Thales rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Manufacturing Technician – Wiring is an open job at Thales.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Glasgow.
The job was posted on September 22, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Thales. Apply on Thales

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

WiringSolderingElectrical AssembliesManufacturingIpc StandardsERPPalma

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Tell me about a project where wiring was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where soldering was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where electrical assemblies was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where manufacturing was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where ipc standards was part of your work. What did you do?

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