System Engineering & AI (Hybrid)

In Defence and security, armed forces, governments and global organisations entrust Thales with helping them achieve and maintain security, tactical superiority and strategic independence in the face of any type of threat. In an increasingly unpredictable world, governments rely on our expertise to protect their citizens and make the world safer, from designing smart sensors and connecting soldiers on the digital battlefield to delivering solutions that protect states, cities and critical infrastructures.

Thales SIX in Spain:

In Spain, Thales Sistemas is specialized in Command and Control systems, Tactical Communications and Modeling and Simulation addressing solutions in the domain of Defense and Security. Thales is the Spanish leader in tactical Land CIS (Communication and Information Systems) covering all the product life cycle (design, development, production, ILS). Based in Leganés, Thales Sistemas employs a highly specialized workforce of more than 100 people, most of them engineers that participate in the following activities:

• Communications and Information Systems (CIS)  to support Command function and Decision Making:
• Embedded electronics for military aircraft
• Tactical Communications
• Radio Navigation Aids for air traffic

CANDIDATES THAT WOULD IMPRESS US

PROFILE:

You graduated from an Engineering School with a master’s degree – a PhD is a plus
You have a proven experience in different environments and technologies using Artificial Intelligence and you have occupied a position among the following: Artificial Intelligence engineer or Artificial Intelligence specialist, start-up CTO and Artificial Intelligence expert
You are a mentor willing to share your knowledge
You are recognised as a team player and enjoy collaborative work
You have synthetic and helicopter view of the organisation
You enjoy thinking "outside the box" and being creative
You are resourceful, structured and solution oriented
You want to influence and guide teams for strategic and technical decisions using an “outside in” approach
You are user centric and want to design innovative solutions to fit your customers’ needs based on a continuous update of your expertise

COMPETENCIES:

You have in-depth knowledge of one of the following specialties:
Algorithm design
Cooperative Human/Machine dialog
Data Driven AI
Symbolic AI and reasoning
Systems Analysis
Mathematics and statistics
You have the ability to discuss with people from different jobs and backgrounds
You have outstanding problem-solving skills and a passion to solve hard problems
You have the ability to discuss with people from different jobs and backgrounds
You are a Thought Leader with deep knowledge or even influence on the latest trends (technical, philosophical, ethical by design) and the Artificial Intelligence norms, laws and standards
You are a team leader with strong abilities to influence and guide teams while promoting constructive confrontations and challenging attitudes

LIFE AS A THALES System and IA engineer

As an Artificial Intelligence Science Role within Thales, you will:

Bring innovation through collaborative and multidisciplinary teams
Support, develop and promote the Artificial Intelligence discipline at the highest level of the organisation
Contribute to Thales Artificial Intelligence strategy by developing expertise in your Artificial Intelligence Speciality domain
Propose and design Artificial Intelligence functionalities and alternative approaches or breakthroughs
Work on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Understanding (NLU), and also to design multimodal approaches for Human-Machin Dialog including intention understanding, reasoning and hybrid AI
Define the system capabilities thanks to a functional, logical and value analysis, describing functions to be performed to meet the real needs of the user in the various scenarii and maximising product value for Customer
Translate end-user needs into specifications (user centricity)

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas:

Room and attention to personal development
Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

What do we offer?

• Flexible working hours.
• Shorter working days on Fridays and during summer.
• Remote-friendly - 2/3 days a week working from home.
• Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarden).

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