Data / AI Engineer (m/w/d)

Data / AI Engineer

Thales is a worldwide leader in advanced technologies for defense, aerospace, cyber security, and digital identity.

In Ditzingen, you will find security solutions for border surveillance and protection, for the protection of civilian and military facilities, and for tactical communication. If you want to work with us on field-ready, highly mobile radars for ground and coastal surveillance, or on night vision goggles and multi-functional thermal imaging devices, you are in the right place. Become part of the Thales expert team for radars, optoelectronic vision systems for armored military vehicles, or for the security of Bundeswehr field camps. We are looking forward to you!

Your mission as Data / AI Engineer:

• Data architecture & storage for AI training
• Design, implementation, and operation of data lake and data warehouse solutions
• Administration of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Data acquisition & preprocessing, capturing and processing data from radar and other sensor systems
• Quality assurance of data and preprocessing for the machine learning workflow
• Scientific evaluation of datasets & creation of dashboards
• Development & operation of data pipelines
• Implementation of continuous integration/deployment for data workloads
• Support in testing and validation of AI models

We look forward to:

• Proven experience in Python and SQL
• Deep understanding of AI/ML workflows and data quality assurance
• Practical knowledge of CI/CD toolchains (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
• Knowledge in container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in radar signal processing or related domains
• Strong team and communication skills
• Analytical and structured thinking
• Independent, proactive work style and high sense of responsibility
• Flexibility and willingness to learn in a dynamic environment
• Problem-solving orientation and resilience

Thales invests more than 4 billion euros annually in research and development in key technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, quantum, and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the group generated a turnover of 20.6 billion euros.

For more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries, we open up groundbreaking perspectives, realize individual career paths, and enable creative freedom. This is achieved through courage, diversity, and the firm will to shape the challenging demands of our time in a safer and more inclusive way. With our sustainable, value-oriented personnel management, we actively advocate for diversity.