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# ILS Engineer

- **Company:** Thales Group
- **Location:** Belfast, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Databases, Microsoft Office, SC Clearance
- **Published:** August 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://thales.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/Belfast/ILS-Engineer_R0336329

## About the Role

This position would be ideal for someone with experience working as a Technical Support Engineer who possesses a broad understanding of equipment support requirements and a defence engineering background., We are looking for someone who brings strong technical capability, pragmatic sound judgement and a proactive, collaborative approach.

 * Degree qualifications in Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related discipline, or HND Engineering qualified with significant experience.
 * Experience working as a Supportability or Reliability Engineer with a good understanding of reliability and maintainability principles
 * Experience preparing formal ILS documentation and supportability deliverables.
 * Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
 * Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
 * Cleared with or eligible for UK SC clearance
 * Proficient with IT
 * Full UK driver's licence
 * Fluent in English
 * Be proficient in the use of a range of commercial and Thales-specific tools and databases, e.g. Reliability Workbench, MS Office suite
 * Be familiar with standards relevant to ILS, e.g. UK MoD Defence Standards

Desirable experience:

 * Experience working within Defence, Aerospace, Maritime, Military or MoD
 * Familiarity with configuration management, technical publications and training support interfaces
 * Exposure to obsolescence management and life-cycle asset support
 * Experience supporting customer reviews, audits, tenders or gated project reviews
 * Professional registration or progress toward chartered status

## Description

As an ILS Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring supportability is designed into our products and services from the earliest stages of the lifecycle. You will work across multi-disciplinary teams to develop and help deliver support solutions that optimise availability, maintainability, reliability and whole life cost., * Carrying out detailed Supportability Analysis (SA) and Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) tasks

 * Ensuring that the current capability meets the program supportability needs
 * Work within the Systems Engineering process to ensure support is formally considered and addressed
 * Continuously improve programme supportability engineering performance
 * Develop and maintain ILS-related plans in line with the programme and customer requirements.
 * Provides ILS inputs to short notice Bids and address ad-hoc technical queries relevant to ILS
 * Analyse in-service data and recommend improvements to enhance R&M and operational performance
 * Identify and manage ILS risks, issues and opportunities throughout the product lifecycle
 * Production of Whole Life Costs (WLC) data
 * Engage with key stakeholders as required to conduct a Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
 * Planning and conduct Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA)
 * Managing the DRACAS process and reporting through regular Defect Review Boards (DRBs) for monitored programmes


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