Location: Hengelo, Netherlands
Vacancy Naval System Engineering
About us:
With 80.000 talents working in 68 countries, we are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security. In the Netherlands, where 2000 employees are based, we are located in four locations: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels and land based, mission solutions, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions and research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).
Within Naval Engineering, the department System Engineering accounts for the complete development cycle of products and solutions: concept definition, system design, system integration and validation.
The group Mission Systems (MS) Engineering which is part of the System Engineering department consists of people responsible for the definition and implementation of Mission Systems based on the needs of our customers.
A Mission System is a complete service package with guaranteed performance and availability of our systems
and equipment throughout the life cycle, thus enabling our customers to perform their missions in the Naval Domain with an outstanding performance at a competitive cost, anytime, anywhere.
To strengthen our MS Engineering activities, we like to recruit for the function of:
Team Manager Product Engineering
About the job:
We are looking for a motivated person to lead part of our MS Engineering team as Team Manager. You will manage the team in a motivating and inspiring way. With your experience and knowledge, you are able to work closely with the team, yet on the other hand empowering them to “let them do their thing” without too much interference.
The group consists of technical experts who support software and (network) infrastructure product development. The experts perform concept and requirements definition for these products based on their Mission System experience and architecture.
The Team Manager Product Engineering is part of the MS Engineering management team and will be required to inform internal stakeholders about her/his group and to effectuate (process) improvements and changes.
The Team Manager is responsible to make and maintaining a resource planning in-line with the needs coming from the Bids and Projects
In this role you will report to the Group Manager MS Engineering
About you
- Clear sense of how to leverage your personality, knowledge and experience to bring out the best in others and yourself
- You will set the direction, provide energy and connect with your team
- Good interpersonal and good communication skills towards stakeholders
- Analytical and solution focused
- Experience in System Engineering (Requirements Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering and Product engineering)
- Gained knowledge and experience in development of Software intensive systems
- Experience with Agile and SCRUM processes
- High level of creativity, initiative, pragmatism and persuasiveness
- Experience in people management, team management and being able to understand the challenges the team is dealing with
- Fluency in spoken and written English
Top Skills
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.
