Thales 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.
Present 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.Position Summary
As a User Experience Designer your work will help companies build trusted identities and access for their employees and customers. You will contribute to the design of experiences that meet user needs and business objectives. You will collaborate with your design teammates, UX leaders, business, product, and engineering stakeholders.
Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility
- Demonstrated experience as a UX Designer including methods such as Storytelling, Team Collaboration, software development lifecycle, user-centered design, design thinking, design principles, heuristics, design testing, user feedback and iterative design.
- Turns abstract ideas into the representations at the right level of fidelity (sketches, journey maps, wire frames, high fidelity visual comps, and prototypes) to get user feedback and align the product team.
- Present design concepts and deliverables to stakeholders, defending the data-based rationale behind design decisions.
- Mobile-first designer that creates adaptive and responsive product designs for workflows across mobile, tablet and desktop experiences.
- Plans and leads cross-functional product team collaborations that create forward thinking ideas, innovative user experiences and intellectual capital that has a positive market outcome.
- Uses storytelling to align a product team to a shared product vision.
- Coaches a product team to plan for and execute design discovery, design vision and design delivery processes including planning for evaluative and generative design research, iterative design, and usability testing.
- Mastered product design processes including product development lifecycle, user-centered design, design thinking, design principles, heuristics, design testing, user feedback and iterative design.
- Collaborates with user research, helps collect and synthesize data into actionable insights that are demonstrated in user outcomes.
- Enjoys great design debates and iterating designs based on feedback.
Minimum Requirements:
Experience : 9-14 Yrs.
Technical/Specialized Knowledge
- You graduated with a Master’s in Design, Product Design, Interaction/Experience Design.
- Naturally curious with demonstrated excellence in critical thinking and tackling complex problems.
- Excellence in written and verbal communication skills, including user, product team and stakeholder interactions and presentations.
- Experience working in a fast-paced software development environment.
- Experience with AI-powered design and development tools to drive efficiency and high velocity.
- An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating your user-centered design craft, visualizations of complex experiences, storytelling, sketches, mock-ups, prototypes, etc.
At 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.
Skills Required
- 9-14 years of UX design experience
- Master's degree in Design, Product Design, Interaction/Experience Design
- Demonstrated experience with user-centered design, design thinking, heuristics, and iterative design
- Experience turning ideas into sketches, journey maps, wireframes, high-fidelity comps, and prototypes
- Mobile-first and responsive design expertise across mobile, tablet, and desktop
- Experience presenting design concepts and defending data-based decisions to stakeholders
- Experience working in a fast-paced software development environment
- Experience with AI-powered design and development tools
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- An online portfolio or samples demonstrating user-centered design, visualizations, and prototypes
- Experience planning and executing design discovery, evaluative and generative research, and usability testing
- Experience coaching product teams and leading cross-functional collaboration
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.
