Product design Authority (PDA)

About Thales

Thales is a global leader in high technology, specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly €4 billion annually in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training programs, academies, and internal communities
• An inclusive, supportive environment that respects work-life balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

Join us on the Vélizy campus, which hosts a wide diversity of Thales activities, aerospace, defense, civil, etc. West of Paris, this site offers a work environment equipped with the latest technological innovations and provides services to reconcile professional and personal life.

In a context of strong business growth and the evolution of a munition maintenance state towards the development of new products, new munitions, new weapons, and new systems with competitiveness challenges through accelerated time-to-market and cost reduction.

The Product Design Authority (PDA) therefore plays a key role in the organization for mastering mobility systems.

To carry out its missions, the PDA will be supported by all the necessary skills to master the products, as well as "delivery", i.e., meeting deadlines and cost commitments to satisfy all stakeholders: client, industrial, program, and business.

The PDA participates in responses to tenders for its products, prepares and assists in gates, the PDA issues the DVA to outline the technical solution and report technical and calendar risks and opportunities, before costing by the business units to ensure the right level of competitiveness.

Your profile

Your priority is to master technical and industrial challenges in a demanding sector? Do you have the ambition to become a key player in the defense and aeronautics field? Do you want to discover new challenges related to complex product management and strategic client relationships?

Do you have significant experience in defense and/or aeronautics, mobility and C2 systems, and are you proficient in VTS-FR products and operational uses:

• You are a recognized industrialist, with excellent client and team relations, a strong capacity for continuous improvement, and strategic vision,
• You are familiar with developments based on data modeling, simulation, IVVQ, RAMST, and pyrotechnics,
• You know how to take a step back, reconciling tactical, operational, and strategic aspects Professional English, autonomy, proactivity, teamwork beyond hierarchical conventions, and a strong client orientation are your assets. Then this position is for you!

A word from the team

You are joining a very dynamic field with very strong business growth generating a significant ramp-up in a context of improving competitiveness with highly technical teammates to support you who also wish for improvements.

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our greatest asset. Apply and join us!

As the position may require access to information related to national defense secrecy, the selected person will undergo a vetting procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.