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Software tester (Fire Control System)
Job Description
The role is a software engineering role within our biggest project to date, the F126 ships for the German Navy.
FüWES (Führungs- und WaffenEinsatzSystem) is the command system consisting of TACTICOS with an integrated, newly developed Fire Control solution. The development and integration of all subsystems onboard the ship, is what FüWES is all about. It accounts for the complete development cycle of products and solutions: from concept definition to system design, continuing to system integration and validation, up until the inclusion of delivery onboard the customer vessels. With the complete solution, we enable this new generation of frigates for the German Navy to have the necessary information to Defense Operators in time and to make the right decision within seconds.
To help us build and expand this system, we are looking for a
Naval Software Test Engineer (FüWES)
To take part in one of our development teams, which are multidisciplinary and self-organizing Agile/Scrum team. In addition to software development, our teams are fully responsible for various aspects, such as requirements analysis, architecture, design, testing, validation and product demonstrations. The use of high-tech techniques and software development methods is important. The software of the Fire Control solution is based both on Java and C++ and is supported by a modern development environment.
As a software test engineer you are working with the other engineers on your agile team and the other agile teams in the same sub-domain. You work on requirements analysis, testing, and take into account security and safety aspects in the code of your team.
Since we are working with classified information, we require all employees to undergo a screening by the AIVD or MIVD (level B).
You will work (among others) with the following tools and techniques:
Agile/Scrum software development within a scaled environment
Functional-Testing, Exploratory-Testing, Test-Automation and Unit-Testing (Google-Test), Cucumber
Continuous Integration & Delivery
Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, GitLab
What is in it for you?
We offer a career in our large, international organization (over 80,000 co-workers) with different career path possibilities. Thales produces highly technical and complex systems for our customers, where security and safety is always the main theme. We offer you an international environment and career opportunities, attention to personal growth and a salary that matches your experience and responsibility level. And last but not least, 40 paid days off per year.
We are looking for?
A colleague who:
Is passionate about technology
Is a team-player
Wants to contribute to a safe and secure society
Graduated at least Bachelor level in the area of software engineering or similar
Finds pleasure in rapidly mastering new domains and techniques
Some relevant professional experience in complex testing-environments
ISTQB certification
Dutch nationality
Interested?
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Job Details
- Category
- Software
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Hengelo
- Posted
- Jan 6, 2026, 07:00 PM
- Listed
- Jan 21, 2026, 05:59 AM
- Last updated
- Jan 21, 2026, 06:00 AM
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