Lead electrical engineer

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About the job

As an Electrical Engineer, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary (lead) engineers on the electrical (sub)systems of our high-tech search and fire control systems. You'll be responsible for designing and creating electrical models for these (sub)systems. You'll ensure your designs meet the specified requirements in various areas, such as EMC, repairability, and testability. All of this is designed to ensure the high quality of our products.

You'll work with an Eplan-based workflow and select the components used in our products. We'll provide guidance and support from technical experts who help you define our products. Together, we're always striving to improve our processes and tools to work as efficiently as possible.

You'll be involved in prototyping, manufacturing, and testing the subsystems you've designed, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to produce, implement, and qualify them.

Your daily tasks will include designing electrical diagrams in Eplan, discussing requirements with your lead engineer, and documenting your designs. You'll plan your own work and help colleagues achieve product milestones.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or similar

• At least 5 years of experience as an electrical engineer

• Ability to balance perfection with pace and deliver on time and within budget

• Knowledge and experience with Eplan

• Strong teamwork skills

• Skills to translate broad specifications and international (safety) standards into high-quality designs.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; Dutch is a plus

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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