Internship assignment - Extension of Naval Tech Bots

About Thales

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 2500 employees are based, we are located in seven cities: Huizen, Amersfoort, Rotterdam, Delft, Breda, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions, research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

The software department of the Application Engineering cluster has over 400 colleagues and is responsible for the software development in Combat Management and Radar- and Optical sensors for worldwide navies- and defense systems. The work is performed in multi-disciplinary agile teams with specialists in software/system/test engineering and functional design.

About the assignment

Naval Tech Bots is a game developed internally to host programming events with colleagues. In this game the player has to program their own bot using an API on a server to battle against bots made by other players.

For this task we are looking for a developer to continue working on the features of the game, and for a designer to give shape to (the visuals of) the game. Within a few requirements you have creative freedom over the next set of features and the look and feel of the game. Any additional ideas to further enhance the game is greatly appreciated as well! At the end of the internship we will host a tournament where we encourage others to write a bot for the battle and see who has the best programming skills.

This assignment may be performed in a team if multiple candidates fit our profile.

Affinity

• Unity/C#
• Git
• Testing
• Optionally another programming language
• Optionally Game Development
• Optionally UI design

What’s in it for you

• An interesting internship or graduation assignment within our high-tech, innovative work environment;
• A comfortable, flexible work space in a modern environment;
• An excellent internship allowance;
• Its own student association where you can participate in educational and fun activities.