Team Lead IVVQ; m​/w​/d

Team Lead IVVQ (m/w/d)

Location:

Ditzingen #LI-HYBRID

Thales is a global leader in advanced technologies for defense, aerospace, and cyber security and digital identity. In Ditzingen, you will be working on security solutions for monitoring and securing borders and border controls, for the protection of civilian and military facilities, and for tactical communication. If you want to develop and produce tactical and field-tested radio equipment for networked operational command in military operations, this is the place for you.

Join the Thales expert team for radio equipment, cybersecurity, and cryptography, for encryption components and hardware security modules, and for electronic key management systems. We look forward to you!

Your Mission

You will lead a team of 11-16 experts to successfully develop security-critical systems and products for civilian and military customers. In addition to your leadership role, you will actively work on projects for at least 50% and take on technical responsibility.

• As a Team Lead, you will take disciplinary leadership and strategic development of your team members in line with company goals

• You will also work operationally in projects and support technical solution finding and engineering management tasks

• You will ensure the capacity and deployment planning of your team for projects, keeping track of workload and resources

• You will actively design recruiting, onboarding, employee meetings, and individual development plans and promote talents

• You will manage development activities, ensure adherence to defined methods, processes, and tools, and reduce development risks

• Through regular communication, peer reviews, knowledge sharing, and training initiatives, you will strengthen team performance and quality

• In close coordination with superiors, other team leaders, and Head of Department, you will drive cross-departmental collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation, and represent your team in gates and reviews

We Are Looking For

• A successfully completed degree in Information Technology, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable qualification

• In-depth knowledge and practical experience in integration, verification, validation, and qualification of systems

• Experience in leading and managing engineering teams

• Very good German and English skills in speech and writing

• Experience with common development tools (e.g., Polarion, Jira, Confluence)

• Knowledge in test automation

• Experience in the design and proof of systems of systems or large military projects

• Enthusiasm for the disciplinary leadership and development of an engineering team

• Excellent communication skills and cross-departmental collaboration

• Entrepreneurial, self-directed thinking and acting

• High motivation, reflectivity, and reliability

Thales invests more than 4 billion euros annually in research and development in key technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, quantum, and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the group generated a turnover of 20.6 billion euros.

For more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries, we open up future-oriented perspectives, realize individual career paths, and enable creative freedom. This is achieved through courage, diversity, and the firm will to shape the challenging demands of our time in a safer and more inclusive way.

With our sustainable, value-oriented personnel management, we actively advocate for diversity.