Link Y Software Engineer

Link Y Software Engineer

Thales

Hengelo, Netherlands

About the Role:

Join the Software Development department within Thales Naval Engineering cluster and play a key role in the development of advanced communication systems for naval and airborne vessels as part of the Link Y team. You will work on developing and maintaining software that is essential for secure and reliable data exchange in maritime operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software for Link Y as part of a self-managing Agile/Scrum team.
• Engage in the full software development lifecycle: requirements analysis, system architecture, design, implementation, testing, validation and customer demonstrations.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in processes, tools, and techniques, ensuring the use of robust and scalable technologies.
• Collaborate with engineers from various domains to deliver complex and reliable embedded systems.
• Able to quickly adapt to continuous Integration & Delivery.

Your Profile:

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proactive, self-motivated and collaborative; able to communicate and work effectively in a diverse, multicultural environment.
• Quick to master new domains, tools, and programming techniques.
• Experience or strong interest in working with embedded systems and real-time applications.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Agile software development using Scrum methodologies.
• Experience developing in C. Knowledge of Ada, or willingness to learn it. Familiarity with Python is a plus.
• Familiarity with GIT, Maven, Nexus, Jenkins, for modern software engineering workflows.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for issue tracking and documentation.
• Test-driven development mindset, with knowledge of Unit Testing and Test Automation frameworks.
• Solid knowledge of Linux OS and libraries or UNIX in general.
• Good knowledge of networking protocols, background in network engineering is highly valued.

LIFE AS A THALES SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING ROLE:

As a Software Solutions Engineering Role within Thales you will:

• Work within in a Scrum team with other software developers, in Agile mode.
• Contribute to the requirement definition, to the software design and you will be involved with the architectural aspects of the software projects.
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.
• Write well-designed, documented and testable code.
• Develop, test and execute full software development life cycle.
• Design, implement and test features with scalability, performance, deployment/operation and end-user experience in mind.
• Make estimations and give inputs for planning together with the team members.
• Collaborate with other software solutions engineer to share knowledge and improve overall product/solution.