Material Specialist - Hengelo | Thales Job

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About the Department

At the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (MEE) department, consisting of 170 experts, we develop and design cutting-edge hardware systems for multiple applications, such as search radars, fire control radars, and combat management equipment for our (global) Naval and/or Ground-based customers.

The department consists of Mechanical, Electrical, and Procured Parts Engineering teams, as well as our Environmental Competence Center (ECC). Within our team of Analysts we’re currently looking for a:

Material Specialist

About the Team

The development of modern Naval/Radar systems requires a multi-disciplinary approach in which the functional concept, the mechanical, the (RF) electronics, the electrical and cooling infrastructure are addressed simultaneously. In this multi-disciplinary team, the working area consists of the development of new hardware concepts for Radar and Combat systems but also the maintenance of the existing products and their Technical Product Documentation.

About the job

Your work will cover a broad spectrum of activities within the engineering department. The main area of focus will be in the material performance analyses of the hardware of the so-called standard products plus building blocks. You will act in close cooperation with other disciplines (i.e., system engineers, MEE engineers, ECC engineers, supply chain / industry plus procurement colleagues and suppliers), often in an international environment. Several tasks can be distinguished in this process, including analysis of the challenges, alignment with stakeholders, preparing and executing analyses of the solution and making plus updating analysis reports (eg Engineering Analysis Report).

About you

• Via a relevant bachelor / academic degree: in depth knowledge of chemical, physical and mechanical material properties typically found in military applications. This includes the ability to match availability, typical processing, eco-design, costs etcetera on the (military) application.
• Ability to design, simulate and test parts or devices using different base materials and coatings (metal, polymer, ceramics and composites). Competence to implement them in a solution, taking into account trends and concerns from the field of material science. Area’s of interest: selection of materials, surface treatment, bonding and preservation compliant with requirements, such as strength, stiffness, EMC and corrosion resistance.
• Ability to understand and apply international standards in the fields of materials, surface treatment and environmental qualification (e.g. ISO, EN, ASTM, MIL-STD, MIL-DTL, STANAG, ...).
• Analytical, pragmatic, communicative (verbal and written), self starting team player.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English in a professional multidisciplinary environment, both verbally and in writing.
• You have to pass a Dutch Security check in order to get a clearance (we are a Defence Company).

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