Location: Madrid, Spain
Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.
Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.
In Defence and security, armed forces, governments and global organisations entrust Thales with helping them achieve and maintain security, tactical superiority and strategic independence in the face of any type of threat. In an increasingly unpredictable world, governments rely on our expertise to protect their citizens and make the world safer, from designing smart sensors and connecting soldiers on the digital battlefield to delivering solutions that protect states, cities and critical infrastructures.

In Spain, Thales Sistemas is specialized in Command and Control systems, Tactical Communications and Modeling and Simulation addressing solutions in the domain of Defense and Security. Thales is the Spanish leader in tactical Land CIS (Communication and Information Systems) covering all the product life cycle (design, development, production, ILS). Based in Leganés, Thales Sistemas employs a highly specialized workforce of more than 100 people, most of them engineers that participate in the following activities:

• Communications and Information Systems (CIS) to support Command function and Decision Making:
• Embedded electronics for military aircraft
• Tactical Communications
• Radio Navigation Aids for air traffic

As part of the Configuration Management Team in the Engineering Department, you will establish and maintain consistency between a product/project and its documentation throughout the lifecycle, ensuring the integrity, traceability and history of configuration records.

As a Configuration Technician you will:

• Identify the Configuration
• Control the Configuration
• Record the Configuration Status
• Perform Configuration Verifications and Audits
• Prepare Configuration Management Plans
• Be an advanced user of the Windchill lifecycle tool (PLM)
• Manage and request NATO Cataloging certificates
• Provide support to users

Competences:
Technical/functional skills:

• Bachelor degree in Information and Documentation
• High level of English
• Advanced user of the Office suite

Other (advantage):

• PLM tools management
• Knowledge of Configuration Management
• Medium/high level of French

Behavioural skills:

• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Proactivity.

What does the Talent Programme consist of?

At Thales we believe that the new generations are the drivers of change and, for this reason, we have developed a one-year full-time internship programme that we will complement with a Master's degree in Productivity, Adaptive Management and Innovation through the Nebrija University (distance learning).

What do we offer you?

• 21 days holiday.
• 1050€ gross per month.
• Flexible working hours.
• Remote-friendly - 2 days a week working from home.
• Intensive working day on Fridays and during July & August.
• Multidisciplinary and international environment, which will enrich you as a professional.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!