Job Specifications
Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Algorithm Developer
Location: Cheadle, requires full-time presence at our location
Dive into innovation with General Sonar Studies (GSS)!
What The Role Has To Offer
Drive innovation in underwater systems by supporting R&D activities that shape the future of sonar and maritime capabilities
Contribute to high-impact projects - our General Sonar Studies team delivers low TRL (technology readiness levels) 1-5 study activities to external and internal customers
Work alongside top-tier experts to develop revolutionary processing techniques that help customers make smarter decisions across the mission cycle
Our Opportunity
Looking to make waves in cutting-edge maritime technology? This is your chance to join a fast-moving, forward-thinking team at the forefront of UK sonar research and data exploitation. General Sonar Studies (GSS) operates as a post-doc research group within Thales UK's Defence Mission Systems - focused on delivering breakthrough innovations for Royal Navy underwater platforms, especially in support of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).
We’re tackling some of the toughest challenges in defence, and we do it through deep collaboration - both within Thales and with external partners. If you thrive in a space where ideas flow freely and impact is real, you’ll feel right at home. We’re looking for someone flexible, curious, and proactive - someone who combines academic excellence with real-world problem-solving. You’ll need to be comfortable working independently and as part of a tight-knit team, and confident in your ability to lead, learn, and communicate a clear technical vision. Due to the classified nature of the work, this opportunity is a full-time role with onsite working only - remote work is not available.
Building a Future, we can all trust.
Defence Mission Systems (DMS) supplies products, solutions and services in the field of electronic combat systems, airborne surveillance and reconnaissance systems, above water and under water combat systems. The Underwater Systems Business Line (UWS BL) specializes in underwater systems, focusing on sonars for submarines, surface vessels, helicopters, and maritime patrol aircraft; mine countermeasures systems; underwater security; and support services. With over 50 years of experience in undersea warfare, UWS is a global leader and key exporter of sonars and related systems for navies. The BL offers a diverse range of products for submarines, surface vessels, mine-countermeasures vessels, unmanned vehicles, and aircraft.
What We Offer You
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package designed to support our employees’ wellbeing and professional growth, which includes:
Pension – match like-for-like up to 7% of annual base salary
Life Assurance – 2 x base salary minimum (8 x salary if part of the pension scheme)
Income Protection – 50% of salary less state benefits for 5 years
Annual Leave – 201 hours, bank holidays, plus 1 company day
Private Medical Insurance - Couples cover
Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 1:00pm
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
24 hours paid leave for volunteering activities
Access to flexible benefits and discounts – dental insurance, buying & selling annual leave, cycle to work, and many more
Key Responsibilities And Tasks
Champion the creation of innovative, collaborative solutions for Customer Funded R&D Programmes, contributing to high impact bid documents that secure future opportunities and advance technological frontiers
Deliver complex tasks, work packages, and projects with precision—ensuring outcomes are consistently on time, within budget, and aligned with the highest standards of quality and technical excellence
Strengthen customer engagement by providing expert technical support across delegated areas, fostering trusted, long-term relationships with internal stakeholders and extern
About the Company
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies specialized in three business domains: Defence & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cybersecurity & Digital identity. It develops products and solutions that help make the world safer, greener and more inclusive.
The Group invests close to EUR4 billion a year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, cloud technologies and 6G.
Thales has close to 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In...
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