🚀 Senior Software Engineer (m/f)
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Thales
- 📍 Location: Tres Cantos
- 📅 Posted: Oct 24, 2025
Thales Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid, Spain
Overview
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Location: Madrid Tres Cantos, Spain. Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), a global space manufacturer delivering high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation.
We are a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and we strive to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of software components for space ground segment solutions.
- Participate in integration and testing of the software products, seeing the process through from beginning to end.
- Collaborate with software architects to define and deploy best practices and cyber security rules within the company to secure-by-design the products.
- Provide security recommendations for software products based on analysis.
- Follow internal and external security audits for our products.
- Perform functional analysis of systems to capture software requirements.
- Take leadership of software activities with regard to cost, schedule and quality requirements.
- Help the team to achieve sprint objectives and contribute with your own work.
- Collaborate with new technologies research.
- Generate security requirements, risk analysis, threat modelling and test plans for selected projects in different technologies (in English).
Qualifications
- Degree in software engineering, telecommunication engineering, aerospace engineering, or related technical discipline; advanced degree or equivalent experience is a plus.
- Proactive, highly experienced software developer with strong hands-on programming, design skills and background in agile methodologies (preferably Scrum).
- Ability to show mature trade-offs, take ownership, and work with legacy code.
- Experience with microservices and building performance-based software solutions.
- Willingness to learn new technologies, processes and tools, and to propose new solutions.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfort with discovering and solving security flaws based on security tools recommendations.
Technology Stack & Capabilities
- Java SE/EE 8, Python, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, Camel, Cucumber, Selenium, Node.JS, Tensorflow, Keras, Apache Spark, MariaDB, Elasticsearch, Hazelcast.
What we offer
- Flexible schedule (8:00–9:30 and 16:30–18:00).
- Thales Concilia benefits and services at reduced prices.
- Free and healthy canteen; discounts via Club Ahorro.
- 22 working days of vacation, 6 days of flexible time-off, and Christmas/Easter closing days.
- Thales Flex: flexible compensation plan (health insurance, childcare vouchers, transportation, training).
- Annual bonus; fixed profit bonus of 755€.
- Thales employee share program; hybrid work plan.
- Pension plan with employer contributions; Wellness Plan and medical/physiotherapy at workplace.
- Inclusive, respectful and cooperative environment.
We will consider applicants with a disability certificate.
At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs, with mobility across countries and sites.
Job Details
- Seniority level: Not Applicable
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
- Industries: Aviation and Aerospace, Defense and Space Manufacturing
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