Mechanical Engineer

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 cities: Huizen, Delft, 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 and research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

About the team
The development of modern Naval/Radar systems requires a multi-disciplinary approach in which the functional concept, the mechanical, the electronics, the electrical and cooling infrastructure are addressed simultaneously. In this multi-disciplinary team, the working area consists of the development of new mechanical concepts for Naval Radar and Combat systems but also the maintenance of the existing products and their Technical Product Documentation.For the Mechanical and Electrical department we are looking for a:

Mechanical (Lead) Engineer

About the job
Your work will cover a broad spectrum of activities within the engineering department. The main area of focus will be in the generation and maintenance of the Technical Product Documentation of the so-called standard products. You will act in close cooperation with other disciplines (i.e., system engineers, electrical engineers, EMC engineers and work package managers), often in an international environment. Several tasks can be distinguished in this process, including analysis of the problem, alignment with stakeholders, mechanical engineering of the solution and making plus updating the TPD (BOM, models and drawings).You will be part of a product / project development team, under operational management by a WPM (Work Package Manager). The team consists of engineers from several disciplines (E&M), with hardware architects, lead-engineers and engineers, per discipline. The ECC (Environmental Competence Center) is also part of the engineering department; qualification testing for environmental requirements will be executed there (high/low temperatures, humidity, corrosion protection, shock-and-vibration). Testing is in close cooperation with engineering.

About you

• You have a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (HBO or WO)
• You have experience with CAD tools (preferable CREO Parametric) and PDM/PLM tools (preferable Windchill)
• You are open minded, creative and able to think across boundaries
• You are enthusiastic, persistent and flexible
• You have good communication skills
• You are fluent in English, both verbal and written
• You are proactive and don’t mind approaching colleagues to get issues solved
• You have at least 5 years experience as an engineer in a multidisciplinary environment
• You have worked in a production-environment, cooperating with quality, production, external suppliers
• You have sensitivity for and awareness of several and different interests within the company
• You are able to set priorities and schedule work packages accordingly
• You are able to delegate work to colleague-engineers and follow-up on that
• You are a team-player; communicate clearly and manage expectations, and also have fun together

Thales offers

• An interesting job within a nice team in an international high-tech environment.
• Lots of opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Bij Thales krijg ik alle kansen en de ruimte om mijzelf verder te ontwikkelen, en dat als onderdeel van allerlei gave processen en projecten binnen de organisatie!
Anoek Trainee

Wat het voor mij aantrekkelijk maakt om hier te werken, is de diversiteit in opdrachten en het werken in verschillende teams met diverse disciplines. Zo blijf je jezelf ontwikkelen binnen het cyberdomein.
Maurits Cyber Engineer

Diversiteitsstatement

We vinden dat je baan de juiste work/life balance moet ondersteunen en het platform is om jóuw ambities waar te maken. Dat betekent dat gelijke kansen, inclusiviteit en een informele cultuur een essentieel onderdeel uitmaken van ons succes. Maar ook dat jouw gezondheid en geluk voor ons erg belangrijk zijn! Daarom bieden we je de flexibiliteit om te doen wat voor jóu belangrijk is; of dat nu parttime werken is, of werken vanuit huis, of de mogelijkheid om flexibel te zijn in je start- en eindtijden, we denken met je mee.

Security Requirements

In lijn met de basisbeveiligingsvereisten van Thales vragen wij kandidaten mogelijk om bewijs omtrent identiteit, werkvergunning en arbeids- plus opleidingsgeschiedenis. Sommige vacatures vereisen ook een security clearance die verdere informatie vereist. Voor meer informatie over wat er nodig is voor bepaalde security clearance, raadpleeg dan de General Intelligence and Security Service.

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