Emplois senior c developer (Tubize)

Location: Tubize, Belgium

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/5G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales Belgium SA, Belgium competence center of Thales, is a company located on 2 sites, one in Tubize (near Brussels) and the other one in Herstal (near Liège). Thales Belgium, which employs more than 280 collaborators, is specialized in the design, development and supply of critical information systems for customers in the sectors of Defense, Security (including Cyber) and Aerospace.

Senior C/C++ Developer

General information

• Experience: > 6 years of relevant experience
• Level of study: Bachelor or Master’s degree
• Duration: Full time
• Location: Tubize - Belgium

Bored of reducing the transaction cost of banks? Annoyed to put in production half made products? Puzzled about the usefulness of your work in the society?

At Thales, we strive to have impact on what is around us to create a better future.
Did you know that Thales was part of the first satellite that humanity has sent on a meteorite 11 million kilometers away from earth? Yes, Thales Charleroi was part of it!

Here at Thales, our core business is to answer demands of high technological and engineering criteria that were never done before. And we love challenges !

On the Tubize site, we specialized in the design, development and supply of critical information systems for customers in the sectors of Defense, Security (including Cyber), Transport and Aerospace.

We are groundbreaking new digital technologies such as mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

The Software team works closely with the Hardware team to create unique pieces of high engineering.

For its activities, Thales Belgium SA (Tubize site) is therefore looking for a:

Senior C/C++ Developer (F/M/X)

Mission :

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and develop software solutions for our customers in Defense, Security and Aerospace domains.

You will work on projects which can be very different in nature, usually characterized by strong regulatory requirements and their complexity, such air traffic management, Key Management System, IP encryption devices…

You will develop using the newest features and development techniques.

Main Responsibilities :

• Mentor more junior developers with the help of other Senior team members
• As a senior member of the team, you bring strong expertise and leadership across the whole development cycle, playing a key role in delivering the best solution considering all stakeholders’ perspectives (customer, engineering, QA, business, supply chain…);
• You analyze and transform requirements into optimal technical design, in accordance with state-of-the-art best practices, allocating functions to the software components, and defining interfaces and communication mechanisms;
• You help the Software Engineering Manager and the Software Architect defining the development strategy, and provide robust and reliable estimation for work packages to develop (cost, schedule) and assessment of technical risks;
• You develop and unit test software components;
• You participate, and possibly lead, peer and engineering reviews;
• You participate, when needed, in higher-level testing (integration, verification, validation);
• You coordinate and lead the resolution of technical issues, and analyze root cause of problems;
• You establish and maintain working relationships with the other departments, QA, domain experts, IVVQ, subcontractors…;
• You actively help the Head of Software defining the technological and organizational orientations for the department, and play a key role in the technology watch process (identify, evaluate and recommend new technologies/processes/tools);
• You represent Thales Belgium towards customers and other corporate entities for technical matters.
• You will report to Thales Belgium’s Head of Software.

Your general profile :

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT orientation or equivalent experience.
• You have at least 6 years' solid experience as a C/C++ developer.
• You want to get involved in a company project strongly oriented towards collective intelligence and self-management.
• You will be able to be autonomous.
• You act as a role model team member.
• You have experience in most of the following technical areas:
  • Linux as dev and target env (knowledges about yocto is a plus).
  • You know software engineering fundamentals and best practices, and apply them: object-orientation, SOLID principles, design patterns, unit testing/mocks, continuous integration, code versioning (Git), Agile…
  • Network Protocols (TCP/UPD,…)
  • PKI, TLS and secure communication in general
  • Code benchmarking and performance optimization
  • Design, build and maintain efficient and reliable C++ code.
  • Maintenance and care of C++ code quality
• Knowledge in the following technologies is a plus:
  • Knowledges in embedded is a plus but not necessary (STM32, FPGA, ...)
  • Concurrent, multi-threaded programming, and distributed systems
  • Secure coding
  • Rust (or you are eager to learn it)
• Full professional proficiency in English. French and/or Dutch is a plus.

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