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 Naval Industry team is responsible and accountable for the on-time production and delivery of the Thales Naval products within in cost and first-time right. To realize this the Naval Industry team is strongly and closely cooperating with the other departments (e.g. Engineering, Procurement, Product Segments) within Thales Naval. As Thales Naval we foster a strong growth in demand to our products and to secure this growth the Industry organization will be become production line oriented to support the serial production. The production line is responsible for delivering a system which tested, functional operational and meeting the specification.
For that reason, we are looking for a: System Test Engineer
About the job
As System Test Engineer you will be part of the production line team and will work on an assigned system. You will work mainly on our premises and incidentally on customer locations to deliver our systems and services to our customers. In your function you will execute in line test, execute system setting to work procedures, support by Factory Acceptance Tests and support by problem solving. You report findings back to the production line team and support initiatives to improve the product quality as well as the producibility of the product.
The main tasks and responsibilities are:
- Execute in line system test and quality inspections to increase the First Pass Yield
- Independently integrating and testing radar and electro-optical systems.
- Performing tests on site and support by Factory Acceptance Tests
- Evaluating the performance of the system in its operational environment
- Acting as trouble shooter in case of technical and/or performance problems
- Provide support such as system health checks, maintenance and repair.
About You:
- MBO 4 or Bachelor/Master of Science in e.g. Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer science, Applied Physics, Mechatronics
- Affinity with radar, affinity with analogue technologies, the Linux terminal or computer networks are an advantage
- Professional language skills in English (verbal and writing), other language skills are an advantage.
- Analytical and problem-solving capacity
- Pro-active, accurate and solution oriented;
- Team player
- Dutch and English mandatory;
- Ability to empathize with other cultures and customs
Thales offers
- An interesting job within a nice team in an international high-tech environment;
- Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative;
- The opportunity to grow within the organization, for instance on a technical, managerial, commercial or international level;
- An open and flexible work environment where a good work-life balance is considered important;
- A pleasant workplace in "the best building in the Netherlands" (Public’s Choice Award, 2015) with our own Starbucks corner;
- Excellent work conditions, with 40 holidays a year, among other benefits.
Interested?
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