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24 articlesCareers at Airbus: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
An in-depth look at Airbus's organizational structure, division-specific roles in Commercial, Defence, and Space, compensation models across Europe, and the technical expertise required to thrive in their safety-critical engineering environment.
The Pentagon's $384 Billion Tech Budget Just Landed. Startups Are Hiring Faster Than Lockheed.
Anduril and Palantir spearhead a 2026 defense-tech hiring boom driven by $49.1B venture funding and a $1.01T Pentagon budget. Startups out-hire legacy primes: Anduril grew 53% to 8,169 employees, Palantir's U.S. revenue surged 104% YoY. Demand centers on deployable AI, autonomous systems, and cleare
Italy Shopped SpaceX Before Its Own Champions Could Merge
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales signed a memorandum of understanding to pool their satellite and space systems businesses into a joint venture, consolidating Europe's fragmented military space sector to better compete with SpaceX and Chinese aerospace powers. The JV aims for a 2027 launch, pending regu
€10B Airbus-Leonardo-Thales Merger Leaves 25,000 Engineers in Regulatory Limbo
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales merge satellite and space services into Project BROMO, a €10B joint venture with 25,000 employees targeting 2027 launch. Regulatory review and workforce overlaps in Toulouse, Rome, Germany, and UK shape integration.
Airbus Plugs Into 5 Million Drone Sorties a Year — First Western Prime Inside Ukraine's Combat Loop
Airbus Defence and Space signs a strategic MoU with Ukraine's Brave1 battlefield innovation hub, becoming the first Western defence prime to integrate directly into the frontline co-testing loop. The partnership establishes joint task forces for loitering munitions beyond 40 km, electronic warfare,
Thales Builds First GEO Satellite Line Outside Europe, U.S. in Mexico
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Es'hailSat to build the Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni software-defined GEO satellite on the INSPIRE platform. Thales is establishing a production hub in Cuernavaca, Mexico, hiring procurement and supply-chain roles first, leveraging lower labor costs, a strong ae
Thales' Victoria ship-maintenance roles pay up to $125,000. That's not a shipyard wage.
Thales Canada's surge of ship maintenance and naval engineering roles in Victoria-Esquimalt, BC, signals a deeper strategic pivot. The AJISS program is building a workforce skilled in RF systems, thermal management, and platform integration—capabilities that map directly onto Thales Alenia Space's s
Thales Is Building a Cloud Google Can't Touch — and Hiring 8,000 People to Run It
Thales plans to recruit 8,000 people worldwide in 2025, with 40% in engineering roles spanning AI, cybersecurity, and data science. The company's hiring surge is backed by a new sovereign cloud partnership with Google Cloud in Germany, operated through a fully owned French-German entity with SecNumC
Thales Alenia Space's 3,300 hires aren't a press release — they're a production floor being staffed for a war Europe hasn't fought yet
Thales Group is recruiting 3,300 people across France in 2025 and 2026, with 150 hires at the La Ferté-Saint-Aubin plant to double production capacity. The hiring surge supports the proposed Airbus-Leonardo-Thales satellite joint venture called Project Bromo, a €6.5 billion consolidation targeting a
Poland's Celeste Satellite Program Demands Engineers Who Understand Orbital Mechanics and Electronic Warfare — and Thales Is Hiring 120 in Cannes to Build It
Thales planned to recruit 9,000 people worldwide in 2026, with 120 new hires at its Cannes satellite factory. The hiring surge reflects growing demand for engineers skilled in military-grade communications, space systems, and cybersecurity, driven by programs like Poland's Celeste satellite initiati
Thales Alenia Space Added 216 Roles in Seven Days. Most Have Nothing to Do With Designing Satellites.
Thales Alenia Space is investing €100 million in a Rome smart factory targeting production of over 100 micro and small satellites per year, driven by the Sentinel-1 Next Generation constellation programme and a shift toward serial satellite manufacturing in Europe.
Airbus Has 66 Open Roles in One Small German Town — and 15 Are for a Type of Space Job That Barely Existed in Europe Five Years Ago
Airbus Defence and Space is rapidly transforming its Immenstaad am Bodensee site from a helicopter-focused facility into a hub for space situational awareness, satellite ground segments, and signals intelligence. With 66 open positions, at least 15 are directly tied to SSA and ISR work, reflecting a
Thales Alenia Space's Rydalmere Campus Has More Job Postings Than Airbus's Entire Space Division — and the Roles Reveal Australia Is Done Being a Ground-Station Outpost
Thales Alenia Space is ramping up hiring at its Rydalmere campus in western Sydney, with 212 roles added in the past week. The surge signals a major expansion of space-hardware manufacturing in Australia, driven by European consolidation and growing sovereign space ambitions.
Toulouse Has One Metro Area Where You Can Walk From a Cleanroom to a Military Satellite Review Board — and Every European Space Company Knows It
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales merge satellite and space operations into a new European entity with 25,000 employees and €6.5 billion revenue, targeting 2027 launch to counter SpaceX and strengthen strategic autonomy.
France Wants 1,000 Drones a Month Without US or Chinese Parts. The Bottleneck Isn't the Factory — It's 1,900 Engineers.
Renault and Thales have partnered to build a sovereign French drone-manufacturing base, targeting 1,000 TOUTATIS loitering munitions per month by 2027. The collaboration addresses Europe's defense production gap by applying automotive-scale manufacturing to military drones, while also unveiling the
Singapore's First Thales Avionics Lab Outside France Needs Engineers Who Can Certify AI for Flight — and the Roles Are Open Now
Thales Alenia Space has returned to marginal profit in 2025 after two years of losses, triggering a major hiring push across APAC. With 227 roles added in one week spanning Jakarta, Singapore, and European sites, the company is staffing up for growth in satellite, avionics, and AI-driven air-traffic
France's Defense Job Postings Outnumber Germany's and the UK's Combined. Thales Alone Is Hiring 9,000 in 2026.
Renault and Thales unveiled the 4 TROOP, a hybrid 4×4 prototype combining troop transport, drone/robot command, and networked tactical operations—signaling a new model for European defense platforms.
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales Are Merging Their Space Divisions Into a €6.5B Giant With 25,000 Workers
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge their space businesses into a single entity, creating one of the world's largest space companies. Expected to be operational in 2027, the joint venture will employ 25,000 people, generate €6.5 billion in annual revenue,
Europe committed €235 million to service satellites in orbit. The workforce to build that capability doesn't exist.
The Italian space agency has awarded a €235 million contract to a Thales Alenia Space-led consortium for an in-orbit servicing demonstration mission covering refuelling, repair, orbital transfer, and debris removal. The program is driving a hiring wave across Italy and France, exposing a critical sk
Collins Aerospace Is Hiring Across Three Continents on a $158.5 Million Factory Spending Spree — and the Roles Span AI Strategy Directors to Shop-Floor Technicians
Collins Aerospace is investing $63 million in Malaysia, $69 million in Poland, and $26.5 million in Florida to expand MRO, landing gear, and radar production capacity, creating hundreds of skilled aerospace jobs across three continents.
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