Manager System Engineering
32 - 40 hours per week, Hengelo
We’re driven by innovation, diversity, and high-tech ambition. With 81,000 talented people in 68 countries (nearly 3,000 in the Netherlands!), Thales is at the heart of smarter security, defence, aerospace, and cyber technology.
In the Netherlands—Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven, Hengelo—we partner with universities and top experts to deliver next-gen radar, combat systems, cybersecurity, transport solutions, and serious gaming.
Our teams engineer and deliver advanced software centric systems for navy vessels, integrating sensors, weapons, and smart data to support everything from pirate defense to missile interception.
For our German Navy customer, Thales is engineering and delivering the full solution for the combat systems, fire control systems and integrated sensor suites for a series of new frigates, called F126. F126 is one of the largest and most challenging programs Thales has, with more than 400 engineers working on the program across multiple countries.
For its F126 program in the Engineering department, Thales (Hengelo) is looking for a talented Manager System Engineering with a passion for system development and the ambition to advance his or her career within a high-tech environment in a management role.
Are you ready to take system engineering to the next level?
At Thales, we’re shaping the future with cutting-edge solutions at the forefront of high-tech innovation. For our F126 program, we’re looking for an inspiring Team Manager System Engineering – someone with vision, a passion for system engineering, and a drive to combine technology and people for lasting impact.
What will you do?
As Team Manager System Engineering, you’ll lead a dynamic team of 25-35 system engineers and specialists, performing functional and technical analysis and design on both solution level and product/system level, for the real-time safety critical combat management system and associated systems we deliver in F126.
Your team is a key link in the F126 program. You’ll enable everyone to perform at their best: coaching, inspiring, facilitating, and building the team. Together, you’ll not only drive the development of the entire project, but also competencies, domain knowledge, and optimal working methods. You spot opportunities for improvement, initiate change, and make a difference – for people and the project. Your team is pivotal to match customer expectations, drive the software development and secure the acceptance of the systems.
What do we offer?
- An innovative, high-tech environment where your ideas truly make an impact.
- A management culture based on trust, transparency, and the pursuit of excellence.
- Plenty of room for personal growth, coaching, and development.
- A key role in setting the strategic direction of your department.
- Challenging, international projects.
Why you?
You are a manager who puts people first, strives for results, and knows how to elevate teams to a higher level. You combine analytical and creative skills with convincing power and pragmatism. You interact effortlessly with various stakeholders, choose the right tools, methodologies and processes, and bring out the best in your team.
What do you bring?
• At least a BSc/MSc in a technical field.
• Management experience in a high-tech environment.
• Self-reflection, attentiveness, and persuasive abilities.
• Passion for people and technology.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
Ready to engineer the future?
At Thales, you get the freedom to lead, learn, and grow – together with a talented team in a world of technological innovation. Help build the success of the F126 project! Apply now or find out more at thalesgroup.com/careers.
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Skills Required
- At least a BSc/MSc in a technical field
- Management experience in a high-tech environment
- Excellent communication skills in English
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
