Location: Manor Royal Crawley, United Kingdom 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. Under Water Systems (UWS) Our purpose is to be the leading provider of underwater sensors and decision superiority, helping navies across the world keep our friends, families and all of us safe. We cover four sectors: Mine Counter Measures, Anti-Submarine warfare, Services and Future Capabilities. Primary Purpose of the Role: Be the Mechanical Engineering Lead for the UWS project, supporting product and development. To provide direction to the mechanical team and increase the capability of the Mechanical team. Provide support to the PDA (Project Design Authority) and PLA (Product Line Authority) in a technical capacity, supporting in build issues/improvements/initiatives. Provide support to industry teams to lead problem resolutions Contributes and develops all mechanical elements of the UWS project, and drives future product capability Co-ordinates product definition, and assessment of trade-offs between aspects of cost, customer requirements and technological possibilities; To enable assimilation between ..... full job details .....