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Thales Business Operations in Belgium
Thales is well represented in Belgium with five specialised business units in the sectors of Defence, Security, Aerospace and Telecoms. These business units employ nearly 1000 people in a wide variety of professions, ranging from engineers and technicians to admin staff, production operators, finance and sales people.
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- In Belgium, Thales Alenia Space is represented by its subsidiary Thales Alenia Space ETCA, in Mont-sur-Marchienne. This Belgian company is an expert in several high-technology fields. Thales Alenia Space ETCA is the Belgian front-runner in space electronics applications for satellites and launchers, the European leader in power conditioning and distribution for satellites and the principal supplier of electronics for Ariane 5.
Day after day, our staff of 600 offer quality products and services to our customers all over the world..
If you want to know more about Thales Alenia Space in Belgium please have a look at this Brochure or visit our Website - Thales Communications Belgium located in Tubize, employs a 160-strong workforce. TCB is renowned world-wide for its expertise in the field of development and production of control, inspection and checking, communication and IT systems for any type of platform for Defence and Security purposes. As the market leader in the national Defence sector, Thales Communications Belgium develops a wide range of high tech products and takes on the role of project manager for systems engineering and integration on critical projects.
- If you want to know more about Thales Communications in Belgium please have a look at this Brochure or visit our Website
- Thales Information Systems designs, operates and maintains critical IT systems from their site in Brussels. More specifically, its 100-strong staff develop turnkey IT systems and assist clients at various levels (project management, architecture, etc.). The company has developed an accurate know-how in air traffic control (Eurocontrol, Belgocontrol) and in the public sector (French Community,...).
Website - Forges de Zeebrugge is a world-wide player in terrestrial and air-launched armament systems and munitronics. At the Herstal site, the company has a staff of nearly 50 employees and is the only systems manufacturer in the world with the capability of controlling an entire air-to-ground rocket system.
Website - Thales Parking Systems employs around 10 people on its Tubize site. Thales Parking Systems is a leader in management systems for secure public parks. This company equips car parks with automatic barriers and payment terminals. It also upgrades existing equipment.
Profiles Required
We regularly require the following profiles:
- Graduates in electronics and IT
- Aeronautics engineers
- Calculation engineers
- Electronic design engineers
- Electromechanical engineers
- IT engineers
- Telecoms and signal processing engineers
- Software and systems engineers
- Program Manager
- Designers (Java, C++, .Net
- Functional analysts
- Software architects
- IT project managers
We are also interested in traditional support services profiles, such as Finance, External Sales, Marketing, etc.!
Vacancies
If you wish to apply to Thales Belgium, please send your CV and covering letter by e-mail to the business unit to which you wish to apply:
Our Recruitment Campaigns
We ensure that we come out to meet you at the annual employment fairs, such as Talentum (Brussels) and Aiseau-Presles.
Every year, we also attend university campuses on their enterprise open days. In the 2009-2010 academic year, we will be present at the following campuses:
- Ensiame - Valenciennes
- Forum Entreprises et Avenir - Lille
- Forum Rencontre Ecole Centrale de Lille - Villeneuve d'Ascq
- Forum Emploi Transfrontalier - Valenciennes
- UCL - Louvain-la-Neuve
- Mons Polytechnic Faculty
- ULG - Liège
- ULB - Brussels
Training Placements
Every year, we take on a number of trainees who wish to gain experience as part of their course of study.
For example, we offer student training placements in the fields of engineering, IT hardware and software design, for support positions, etc. Please refer to our "Profiles Required" heading to find out more about our range of professions.
Are you interested in a training placement with us?
Then please send your CV and covering letter by e-mail to the business unit to which you would like to apply:
Collaboration with Educational Establishments
In addition to our regular attendance at university campuses, we also actively develop partnerships with the universities and higher education colleges in order to promote our know-how. We also sponsor various former engineers associations as well as major events in our business sectors, such as the Belgian Robotics Cup.
Our only creed is to encourage you to join us in order that we may work together to develop tomorrow's technologies!
Your Future With Us
We provide you with the opportunity of revealing your talents within human-sized companies, whilst being part of an international group. You can train in a climate of openness and trust, in order to develop or to perfect your knowledge and skills, and to promote your creativity. We offer a large number of professions and opportunities for you to further develop your career.