Team Lead RTE Embedded Software Engineering (w/m/d)

Team Lead Rte Embedded Software Engineering

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Thales is a worldwide leading provider of cutting-edge technologies for defense, aerospace, cyber security, and digital identity.

In Ditzingen, you will find security solutions for monitoring and securing borders and border controls, for the protection of civilian and military facilities, as well as for tactical communication. If you want to develop and produce tactical and field-tested radio equipment for networked operational command in military operations, you are in the right place to do so with us. Become part of the Thales expert team for radio equipment, cybersecurity, and cryptography, for encryption components and hardware security modules, as well as for electronic key management systems. We look forward to you!

Your mission as team lead rte embedded software engineering:

• Technical and disciplinary leadership of a team of 12 embedded software engineers and architects for the development of safety-critical systems for civilian and military systems
• Responsibility for the professional development of the team as well as for efficient resource utilization in projects
• Ensuring high-quality work results through adherence to defined processes, tools, and quality standards
• Close cross-functional collaboration with project managers, executives, and other team leaders in a matrix structure
• Operational support for technical solution finding and taking over technical engineering management tasks in projects

We look forward to:

• Completed degree in information technology, electrical engineering, or a comparable qualification
• Proven experience in the development of safety-critical real-time embedded software with in-depth knowledge in C/C++ as well as in the design, validation, and qualification of corresponding systems (BSI approvals are an advantage)
• Very good knowledge in hardware-near software development and in the use of modern development tools such as Visual Studio, Polarion, Jira, Confluence, Gitlab, and Git
• Experience with agile and classical development processes as well as their practical application in everyday project life
• Leadership experience or potential in leading technical teams as well as in mentoring and coaching of employees
• Very good German and English language skills in speech and writing

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 future-oriented 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 promote diversity.