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Software Engineer - Air Traffic Control

Job Description

Location: Paço de Arcos - Q45, Portugal

For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems´ security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.

Currently, Thales Portugal is looking for Software Engineer to join our Air Mobility Solutions (AMS) that will have the opportunity to work in an international and multidisciplinary team on the specification, design and development of Thales solutions towards our customers.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop high-quality, maintainable and secure Java applications that meet business and stakeholder requirements;

  • Design scalable and efficient software architectures, ensuring compliance with coding standards, security, and data protection regulations;

  • Write, execute and maintain unit tests; troubleshoot and resolve bugs; optimize performance and scalability;

  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, participate in code reviews and manage technical debt to ensure long-term software quality;

  • Create and maintain clear technical documentation and stay updated with emerging technologies and best practices.

Requirements:

  • Degree in Engineering;

  • Experience in software development and software engineering;

  • Knowledge of JAVA;

  • Knowledge of other programming languages and development tools;

  • Written and Oral proficiency in English.

The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
 

For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.

Say HI* – Your journey to us

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.

Tiago Vital – Talent Acquisition Partner

tiago.vital@thalesgroup.com

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Job Details

Category
Software
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Paço de Arcos - Q45
Posted
Mar 19, 2026, 08:00 PM
Listed
Mar 20, 2026, 05:46 AM

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