Director Engineering (mfd) Secure Communication and Information Systems

Location : Stuttgart Germany

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Director Engineering (f / m / d) Secure Communication and Information Systems

Thales in Germany is part of an internationally leading technology group in the defence and security aerospace as well as cyber security and digital identity markets.

In Ditzingen you will encounter security solutions for monitoring and safeguarding borders and border controls protection of civil and military facilities and tactical communication. This is the right place for you if you want to join us in developing and producing tactical radio equipment for networked operations guidance during military missions. Join the Thales expert team for radio communication systems cybersecurity and cryptography for encryption components and hardware security modules and electronic key management systems.

Your mission as Director Engineering :

• Lead and develop an organization of highly skilled engineering professionals (300) across two sites in Germany (Kiel and Ditzingen) fostering a culture of excellence collaboration and innovation. You will guide multidisciplinary teams in the development of complex systems involving hardware software and systems engineering.
• Drive the engineering strategy for complex system development including hardware software and integrated systems in both national and international contexts.
• Structure and grow the engineering organization with a clear vision and operational discipline aligning with both local needs and global engineering objectives.
• Guide and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering leadership team ensuring alignment with program goals and long-term business objectives.
• Deploy and oversee the Groups engineering transformation and competitiveness roadmap
• Enhance organizational maturity by evolving engineering processes tools practices and governance structures to support delivery excellence.
• Lead the digital transformation of engineering practices (automation microservices architecture digital continuity across the lifecycle) including the required cultural change.
• Anticipate skill needs and manage engineering resources across projects ensuring the right capabilities are in place while promoting diversity inclusion and a culture of continuous learning.
• Represent the engineering function in group-wide strategic processes (10-Year Strategic Plan multi-year budgeting and Strategic Technology Plan).
• Drive process and performance improvements to support delivery of large-scale projects.

We are looking forward to :

The Group invests more than 4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas particularly for critical environments such as Artificial Intelligence cybersecurity quantum and cloud technologies.

In 2024 the Group generated sales of 20.6 billion.

For our more than 83000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.

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At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it Your Talent Acquisition contact Christian Frey is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.

Christian Frey Head of Talent Acquisition

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Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Go,Lean,Management Experience,React,Node.js,Operations Management,Project Management,Research & Development,Software Development,Team Management,GraphQL,Leadership Experience

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1