SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (Java) – Simulation Team

Thales has been present in Romania for more than 20 years. Over the years, our company has grown and diversified its portfolio of activities, and today we are a central hub for software development and engineering, serving customers in all our major markets: Defence & Security, Aerospace, Space, and Digital Identity & Security. With our local experts, Thales has unparalleled capability to design and deploy equipment, systems and services to meet the most complex requirements.

Our purpose is to help make the world a safer place by building a future we can all trust.

Professional competency

Education:

• Computer science graduates (Automatics and Computers Faculty, Informatics, Faculty of Cybernetics)


Requested technical competences:

• Strong knowledge of Java language (J2SE)
• Knowledge of OOD (Design Patterns) and UML
• Experience of full project lifecycle: design and documentation, development, unit testing, refactoring, deployment and maintenance.
• Flexibility to learn/work with new programming/scripting languages and different technologies/OS

Would be a plus:

• Eclipse RCP plug-in development
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping technologies
• Experience with Eclipse RCP plug-in development
• Experience with XML technologies (JAXB, DOM, XSD, etc.)
• Knowledge of Clearcase / Subversion, ClearQuest or DOORS
• Understanding of XML, schemas (XSD) and transforms (XSLT)
• Knowledge of C or C++ programming languages

Personal competencies

• Intercultural communication, including the empathy to work in an international team
• Team-working
• Solution oriented while being open to embrace new technologies
• Flexibility and availability to travel abroad from time to time

Languages:

• Fluency in English
• German is a plus

Job Purpose:

Design and implement safety software solutions for the railway field.
The simulation team is developing and maintaining automated test solutions at product and system level for various areas in the Thales Rail Signalling area.
The test solutions are consisting out of a bundling of smaller components, most of which are called simulators, having the purpose of testing a module on a specific interface.
Aside from simulators we also deliver virtualization solutions, wrappers and wizards that contribute to the delivery of complete test or training environments.

Job summary:

• Define the architectural solutions on subsystem level
• Design, Implementation/Coding and Unit/Module testing
• Maintain existing product features, resolve issues and fix bugs
• Documentation
• Regular progress reporting

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a professional environment and collaborating closely with experts in Germany and Austria.

Benefits:
Challenging projects with high safety requirements, professional development in multinational environment, training opportunities, attractive salary, medical care, restaurant tickets, sports programs, housing loan etc.