Configuration & Test (IVVQ) Engineer

Say HI* to our Configuration & Test (IVVQ) Engineer role

More than 85,000 colleagues worldwide work daily to make the world a safer place. In the Netherlands, Thales employs 2,500 people, with around 250 based at Thales Huizen, which holds a leading position in highly qualified radio and network communications.

At Thales Huizen, we deliver cutting-edge, dependable network and security solutions worldwide under the name “SOTAS”. Our systems guarantee optimal communication, regardless of extreme conditions enabling informed decision-making. In the cybersecurity market, we offer services to permanently ensure security, performance and resilience of our customers’ critical information systems and industrial infrastructure to guarantee their digital sovereignty in a constantly evolving cyber threat environment.

About the job

As an IVVQ engineer you perform configuration- integration- and test  activities required to verify and validate that the solutions and products satisfy the customer requirements and needs. You work within the Customer and Technical Support Team of the SOTAS Product line in close cooperation with the project teams as well as the software/hardware developers. The working method applied is based on agile engineering principles.

The main engineering activities you will perform are:

• Define test plans and procedures for system level testing

  
  

• Build, Configure subsystems on the lab.

  
  

• Define and perform risk based integration, verification and validation testing

  
  

• Prepare, test and perform/support demo’s inhouse and at the customer site in country

  
  

• Analyze issues found by our customers implying as well travelling to customers worldwide on a regular bases

  
  

• Upgrade systems in country

  
  

• Train local engineers

  
  

What you’ll bring

We are in search for a colleague who:

• Has a bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering or similar;

  
  

• Fluency in spoken and written English and Dutch,

  
  

• Willing to travel 

  
  

• Experience with training of people is a pre

  
  

• Knowledge of test and integration.

  
  

• Knowledge of Embedded systems. Networks and Computing

  
  

Wherever your passion lies, Thales can help you make the best use of your skills and creativity. As a contractor at Thales, you can expect to experience:

• An interesting job within a team of experts in an international high-tech environment.

• Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative.

• The opportunity to grow within the organization, whether in a technical, managerial, commercial or international capacity.

• A flexible work environment with a focus on maintaining a good work-life balance.

Thales offers untold opportunities to take part in fascinating projects and overcome ambitious human and technological challenges. As a contractor, you’ll be part of a community of experts bringing together innovations from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace. Collaborating to find solutions to the biggest challenges in the most difficult conditions.

Drawing on a diversity of expertise, perspectives and cultures, we are able to provide the best possible solutions to our customers. Together, we can harness the extraordinary power of technology to build a future we can all trust.

Randstad, as the EMEA Thales talent acquisition partner, is responsible for finding and contracting talent for the contingent roles at Thales. If you are selected for a role you will be engaged or employed by one of the Randstad recruitment companies in EMEA and will not be an employee of Thales.

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This position offers a one-year contract with the opportunity to transition to a permanent contract at Thales Nederland after the first year.

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