{"id":1138202,"url":"https://alion.io/job/thales-group-hardware-architectengineering-manager-for-electronic-solutions","title":"Hardware Architect/Engineering Manager for Electronic Solutions","company":{"id":143,"name":"Thales Group","domain":"thalesgroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/thales","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":12,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":49,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":31000,"max_usd":76000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":987},"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T09:10:21Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T13:33:54Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Location: Bangalore, IndiaThales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.\nPresent in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.Hardware Architect/Engineering Manager for Electronic Solutions\nThales India Engineering Competency Center (ECC) in Bangalore is looking to drive a Hardware engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for Hardware subsystems architectural decisions, trade-off analysis, feasibility studies, Proposal preparation, Project scheduling/costing, Project monitoring and managing and IVVQ for various Thales products (Defense and aerospace applications). You will be coordinating with the Solution/System Architect and the Project Design Authority (PDA) to ensure consistency with the Solution/System architecture and with the hardware, industry and procurement strategies. Necessary to technically and functionally co-ordinate with engineers of hardware disciplines such as Board design (digital, analog, RF and power supplies), FPGA design (FPGA, ASIC), low-level software (in agreement with the software architect), mechanical design, testability and means of tests, industrial design (in agreement with the Head of Industry). This position requires having good level of expertise in its hardware product design, development and qualification.\nQualifications: B.Tech/B.E in Electronics, Instrumentation engineering or equivalent with 12 to 15 years of relevant experience. Higher qualifications of Masters or Post-graduation is desirable. Domain experience in Avionics systems or defense system is desirable.\nResponsibilities:\nDevelop, stabilize and maintain hardware architecture for all phases of the life cycle from design to delivery to customer.\nPerform trade-off analysis of different technologies and feasibility studies to propose the best architecture design\nImplement architecture choices based on trade-offs between cost, supply chain, customer requirements and technology possibilities\nLead and coordinate the architectural studies of Hardware under his responsibility\nPerform trade-off analysis of different technologies and feasibility studies to propose the best architecture design\nIdentify risks and opportunities related to the hardware architecture\nPropose and implement risk reduction plans and opportunities for validation\nPreparing project proposal including schedule and efforts\nPreparation of the associated project documentation and reviews\nCoordinating with different stakeholders like Industrialization, IPO, suppliers, engineering, WPM, customer to prepare the optimal project proposals\nIntegration of Hardware, Software and Firmware and performs IVVQ\nCollaborative work applying quality standards and internal processes\nEnsure compliance with standards, product development plans (reuse policy), material, industrial and purchasing strategies\nSkills & experience:\nMust have strong experience in complete Hardware certified development life cycle (Technical feasibility, requirements writing, preliminary and detailed design, prototype manufacturing, test and evaluation, qualification and certification)\nMust have gained experience in piloting a lot of development work, involving in product testing in external labs for hardware products\nMust have experience in the IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification) including requirements management\nMust have strong experience of integration of Hardware, FPGA firmware, mechanical packaging, low-level software and application software on Hardware unit.\nMust have good experience in bench test set-up, functional testing and performance evaluation\nMust have experience in developing IVV Test procedures (PVP/ATP), Test Reports (PVR/ATR), Qualification by similarity reports (QBSR) and other documents required by certification authorities for airborne products.\nMust have strong experience to troubleshoot on electronics and embedded hardware systems to find the root cause and to fix with a suitable solution.\nMust have experience to ensure the reporting progress of the project along with KPI.\nMust have experience to manage risks and opportunities at Hardware solution architecture.\nMust be rigorous, organized, autonomous and proactive, and motivated by a position within a multidisciplinary team.\nMust have demonstrated leadership skills on complex topics.\nMust have experience of working with multi-disciplinary team (extended business line engineering team, Lab technicians, external labs, Purchase team, Engineering teams and manufacturing teams)\nMust have experience in interfacing with external test facilities for environmental and EMI/EMC and other electrical tests as per MIL-STD/IEC61000/DO-160 standards.\nShould be familiar with Knowledge of production trades: procurement, manufacturing, delivery\nKnowledge of Certification DO254/DO160, Safety of aeronautical systems (ARP4761), and Knowledge of ARP4754B will be helpful.\nProduct knowledge in avionics fields: civil and military calculators, displays, inertia, GNSS, probes will be helpful.\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills in an international multi-cultural environment (France, Canada, India, UK). Ability to work across different departments and establish effective relationships.\nAt Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference - for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6850,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Satellite Communications","Satellite Manufacturing","Electronic Warfare","Information Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T09:10:21Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":49,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T15:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/thales-group-hardware-architectengineering-manager-for-electronic-solutions","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/thales-group-hardware-architectengineering-manager-for-electronic-solutions.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T15:49:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}