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.
Test Engineer
📍 Crawley 💼 Monday – Thursday 37 hours
🔐 Must be eligible for SC-level clearance
At Thales UK, we’re powering a future you can trust.
We’re looking for an Integration and Test Engineer to join our collaborative and innovative team. You’ll play a key role in the manufacture and repair of both customer and developmental items — using your technical skills to make a real impact.
🚀 What You’ll Do
- Perform electrical, electronic, and mechanical assembly to defined standards
- Identify and log faults with accuracy and attention to detail
- Maintain essential documentation throughout the build/test process
- Use tools and production equipment safely and efficiently
- Work closely with engineers, planners, and project teams in a supportive, team-based environment
🎯 What You’ll Bring
- Experience in a Production Test or multi-skilled environment
- Ability to read circuit diagrams and engineering drawings
- Strong knowledge of through-hole & surface mount tech
- Skilled in fault diagnosis and repair down to component level
- HNC/HND in Electronics or equivalent + 3 years’ relevant experience
- Confident user of MS Word & Excel
- A team player who values quality, innovation, and continuous improvement
🌍 Why Join Us?
At Thales, we believe that diverse teams drive better ideas. We’re committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. You’ll get:
✅ Meaningful projects with purpose
✅ Career development & internal mobility
✅ Flexible benefits & wellbeing support
✅ A culture where everyone belongs
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Ready to shape the future with us? Apply now and be part of something bigger.
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.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.
If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.
Join Thales in the UK – Innovate with us and shape the future!
Skills Required
- Experience in a production test or multi-skilled environment
- Ability to read circuit diagrams and engineering drawings
- Strong knowledge of through-hole and surface-mount technology
- Skill in fault diagnosis and repair to component level
- HNC or HND in Electronics, or equivalent qualification, plus three years of relevant experience
- Confident use of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Eligibility for SC-level security clearance
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
Thales Insights
What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
