Senior Software Engineer (m/f)

Software Engineer

Location: Madrid Tres Cantos, Spain

Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation.

Life as a Thales Alenia Space Software Engineer:

The successful candidate will work in an agile and highly innovative environment and will participate in international projects.

As a Software Engineer you will:

• Lead the development of software components for space ground segment solutions.
• Participate in integration and testing of the software products, seeing the process through from beginning to end.
• Collaborate with our software architects to define and deploy best practices and cyber security rules within the company to secure by design the products.
• Security recommendations for software products based on analysis.
• Follow internal and external security audits for our products.
• Functional analysis of systems to capture software requirements.
• Take the leadership of its own software activities on cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Help the team to achieve the sprint objectives and contribute with his/her own work.
• Collaborate with new technologies research.
• Generation of security requirements, risk analysis, threat modelling and test plan for selected projects in different technologies (in English).

Candidates that would impress us:

Degree in software engineering, telecommunication engineering, aerospace engineering, double degree in computer science and mathematics or other similar technical discipline. Advanced degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience would be a plus.

We would like to find a proactive, highly experienced software developer with strong hands-on programming, designing skills and background on agile methodologies (preferably scrum).

You feel comfortable showing mature trade-offs and making decisions. You take ownership and feel responsible for the product as a whole, including working with legacy code.

You feel comfortable working with micro-services and creating performance-based software solutions.

We expect you're comfortable picking up new stacks and choosing the right tool to get the job done. Our technology stack is mainly composed by the following technologies: Java SE/EE 8, Python, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, Camel, Cucumber, Selenium, Node.JS, Tensorflow, Keras, Apache Spark, MariaDB, Elasticsearch Hazelcast.

We expect you're comfortable by discovering and solving security flaws based on security tools recommendations.

Skills:

• Enjoys developing and performing through teamwork and promoting improvements and change.
• Ability to work effectively in an international and multi-cultural environment.
• Responsible, pragmatic, results oriented, agile and dynamic.
• Willing to face challenges.
• Ability and motivation to learn new technologies, processes and tools, and to propose new solutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

What do we offer?

• Flexible schedule, from 8 to 9.30 and 16.30 until 18h.
• Thales Concilia: a set of advantages and free services and others at reduced prices.
• Free and healthy canteen.
• Enjoy discounts and special promotions on products and services thanks to Club Ahorro.
• 22 working days of vacation, 6 days of free disposal and closing days that do not consume vacations at Christmas and Easter.
• Thales Flex: Personalized flexible compensation plan in which you can choose how to distribute your salary (health insurance, childcare vouchers, transportation and training).
• Annual bonus.
• Fixed profit bonus of 755€.
• Sharing Thales program: become a Thales shareholder.
• Hybrid work plan.
• Pension Plan with monthly contributions on your behalf to your Pension Plan.
• Wellness Plan: thematic webinars and access to our company clubs.
• Medical and physiotherapy service at the workplace.
• We continuously create an inclusive, respectful and cooperative environment.

We will consider being in possession of a certificate of disability.

Thales is a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and for this reason, we work to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.

At Thales Alenia Space we provide careers and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife. Great journeys start here, apply now!