Software Engineer Junior Level - Thales

Location: Bucharest, Romania

The people we all rely on to make the world go round – they rely on Thales.  Thales rely on its employees to invent the future: right here, right now.

Present in Romania for over 40 years, Thales is expanding its presence in the country by growing its Digital capabilities and by developing a Group Engineering Competence Centre (ECC). Operating from Bucharest, Thales delivers solutions in a number of core businesses, from ground transportation, space and defence, to security and aeronautics.
Several professional opportunities have arisen. If you are looking for the solidity of a Global Group that is at the forefront of innovation, but with the agility of a human structure that tailors to the personal development of its employees and allows opportunities for evolution in an international environment, then this is the place for you!

About Our Team

Airspace use is increasing and changing rapidly, from commercial and military flights to the growing use of drones and the threat of ballistic missiles. Ensuring territorial integrity and the safety of the population calls for systems that are more efficient and more closely integrated than ever before. In this context, we enable States to detect, identify, analyse and neutralise any threat from the air with the help of our integrated airspace and protection systems.

Integrated Airspace-protection Systems (IAS) business line starts its development in Thales Romania by extending the operations of Land and Air Systems (LAS) department with activities around Air Mission Control for Skyview 4.0.

We, at LAS, believe we should:

• Be proud of the quality of what we deliver
• Undergo continuous improvement and personal growth
• Have a high level of Agile maturity values, principles and processes
• Have supportive and friendly team
• Abide to servant leadership principles
• Assess our activity using management by results

A typical work day:

• Scrum ceremonies
• Solving any pending or blocking issues
• Develop new features and solve bugs
• Collaborate with other teams (e.g. Integration, Validation, System etc.)
• Technical design sessions
• Contribute to estimating enhancement requests for prospective and existing customers

About the Role We Are Looking For

We are now creating a new team and we look for a fellow junior software engineer who is passionate about computer science and aeronautics and has a strong will to take up the challenge of airspace protection

Business travel to France (around Paris) will be required for transferring the competencies.

Presence on site is required for this role.

Technical Skills 

Required:

• Knowledge of C++ programming language and at least 5 years of experience in software development
• Willingness to discover the Command and Control (C2) domain for Integrated Airspace Protection
• Knowledge of configuration and change management tools (e.g. JIRA)
• Ability to document and mentor colleagues on complex technical issues (presentations, wiki pages for products, pairing sessions with peers etc.)
• Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl etc.
• Familiar with Continuous Integration environments (e.g.: Jenkins)
• Linux
• Git

Nice to have:

• Specification writing
• Bazel
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Design Patterns

Human Skills

Required:

• Optimistic and can-do attitude
• Values: Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment
• Fluent in English
• Collaborative attitude
• Desire to grow on technical and personal levels

Nice to have:

• French
• Presentation skills
• Leadership skills

YOUR CAREER AT THALES 

Joining Thales, you will integrate into a tight-knit team working in an international and friendly environment. Thanks to various teams working on multiple fields and domains, all located in Bucharest, you will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas.

• Room for and attention to personal development
• The opportunity to grow within the organization, for instance on a technical, managerial or international level, within the various markets Thales is working in

Your immediate benefits

• 24 holiday days a year
• A good work-life balance which includes flexible working hours and work from home options
• A comprehensive compensation and benefit package including medical coverage

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!