Project Engineer Navaids (m/f)

Job description

Together we develop the future by shaping the world around us – here and now! Passion for innovations and breakthrough technologies is what drives us ever onwards. Every day we develop smart solutions for safety-critical applications in the rail technology, aerospace, defence and security sectors.

We are the world number 1 in air traffic management and are on board where safe and efficient air traffic is a top priority. Two out of every three aircraft in the world take off and land safely using our technology. Air traffic control centres equipped by us monitor a total of around 40% of worldwide air space – and 750,000 passengers use our in-flight entertainment systems every day.

Project Engineer Navaids (m/f) (Ref.Nr. 1714591)

in the Air Traffic Management division at our headquarters in Ditzingen near Stuttgart

You will enjoy having this responsibility:

As a Project Engineer Naids you will be responsible for the Project Engineering activities for Air Traffic Management (ATM) conventional navigation systems during bid and project execution phases in domestic and export markets.

It also involves the following tasks:

· Providing technical support during tender and/or contract negotiations with customers
· Analyzing the technical parts of tenders (compliance matrix) with assistance from Product Managers and other experts
· Performing Site Surveys including creation of Site Survey Reports for domestic and export projects relating to terrestrial navigation and related (sub-) systems
· Selecting the Navaids system configuration, based on experience, previous system configurations and computer aided simulations, including recommendations to other non-Navaid systems
· Providing technical specifications to selected suppliers as well as supporting procurement department in selecting new suppliers
· Defining the scope of supply for the selected THALES product
· Selecting and defining supplemental components from external suppliers (e.g. various data links and modems, power supplies systems, medium voltage (MV) transformer systems, fiber glass products for masts and towers and others)
· Providing the project specific design documentation, partially supported by a draftsman
· Providing the as-built documentation according to customer / site requirements, partially supported by a draftsman
· Clarifying technical on-site issues in co-operation with the project manager, customer service and other stakeholders (Product Manager, Quality, local KIP, others)

You have:

· Degree in technical engineering, with focus on electrical engineering, telecommunication or RF propagation
· First professional experience in a technical environment
· Basic knowledge and common understanding to civil work standards
· Basic knowledge of ATM operations
· Negotiate with customers and possibly consultants
· Good knowledge of standard Office tools (e.g. MS Office) and CAD (e.g. AutoCAD)
· Willingness to travel abroad to any worldwide destination
· Very good German and English skills
· One additional language recommended, e.g. Russian, Spanish, French at least on a level to understand and support tender/contracts requirements

As a global player with projects all over the world, Thales is looking for candidates from different backgrounds and with different careers, because it's the sheer diversity of our innovative and creative teams that drives our success – and that's why this is also a key aspect of our personnel selection process.

Do you want to know more? I look forward to hearing from you:

Vanessa Runfft
Tel.: +49 (0)7156 353 31695

You can find more information about Thales as an employer at www.thalesgroup.com/karriere

What we offer you:

At Thales, we take very good care of our people. We invest a lot in our employees' personal and professional development and in the promotion of teams, because these are very important issues for us. This is why we founded our internal Thales University, to offer you a broad portfolio of training and further education programs. We commend performance and our attractive salary policy will impress you.

Thales Germany actively promotes and practices a policy of open dialogue and transparency. Professional equality between women and men of all nationalities, and a good work-life balance are a matter of course for us. We have created special programs to encourage diversity and reconcile work and family, helping our employees to enjoy both their family lives and their exciting challenges with Thales.