Application Engineer

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Our Thales Netherlands IS/IT team works at the core of the Thales digital transformation. It is positioned between our IS/IT and business departments. With a team of 180 colleagues we provide IS/IT support to our 3500 Dutch colleagues in several Business Lines and functions. We also work closely together with the international IS/IT departments of the Thales Group. As an innovative, high-tech organization we fully embrace agile principles and strive for excellence by continuous improvement.

About Your Future Job

As a Business Application Engineer, you will join an Agile Squad of 10 colleagues: a Product Owner, a Solution Architect and around eight engineers. Together, you are responsible for a diverse set of business applications within the Services & Industry domain. The culture is open, friendly and collaborative — with plenty of freedom to take initiative and shape your own development.

Your week is varied. You start with the daily stand-up, align with internal stakeholders on their needs and work on solutions that directly support our operations. You act as the bridge between business and IT: technical enough to understand complex applications, communicative enough to guide users through changes.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain complex business applications that directly support our operations.
• Work on Industry 4.0 solutions such as smart mobility, shopfloor digitalisation and industrial networks.
• Develop API integrations between various systems and applications.
• Play an active role in introducing RPA (UiPath) within our organization.
• Work with a modern tech stack including Linux, Windows, PostgreSQL, Mendix (preferred) and various integration tools.
• Contribute to new features, improvements and the technical roadmap of our applications.
• Collaborate closely with other squads and international Thales teams to drive continuous improvement.

You don’t need to know everything already, what matters most is your curiosity, your ability to learn quickly and your motivation to dive into new technologies. In this squad, you’ll have the space to grow into a broad generalist who takes on increasing responsibility.

Why you'd be a good match

You are a strong fit for this role if you:

• Have a technical background and operate at HBO level.
• Enjoy solving complex technical challenges and understanding how applications work under the hood.
• Are interested in Industry 4.0, industrial networks and automation.
• Want to actively contribute to building our new RPA capabilities with UiPath.
• Have affinity with integrations, APIs and preferably Mendix.
• Communicate well with internal customers and don’t speak only “tech”.
• Can work independently while also enjoying teamwork.

What's In It For You

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas.
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organisation, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills.
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe.
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance.
• You can usually work where and when you want to be able to do your work as well and efficiently as possible. Within Thales we implement hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it.
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalise your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs.
• 40 days off per year (PTO)

Interested?

Apply now! Click on the button below to upload your profile and show your interest.

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Diversity Statement

We actively support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. That means that equal opportunities, inclusion and an informal culture are integral to our success. It also means that your well-being and happiness matter to us! That’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, remote working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times.

Security Requirements

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in The Netherlands and employment and/or education history. Some vacancies may require a security clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for security clearance please refer to the General Intelligence and Security Service.