Job Description

Location: Tubize, Belgium

In Tubize, you will join more than 300 colleagues recognized by domestic and international partners for expertise on products such as Radio Frequency(RF) Products, C4ISR, Crypto GlobalSolution, MACS (Aeronautical Intercom), Cryptoand many others.
Today the Group employs more than 1,000 people across nine sitesin Belgium. Discover all Thales activities in Belgium here
We are looking for a skilled Modelling & Simulation Systems Engineer to join our team. In this dynamic role, you will work alongside top-tier design professionals and contribute to innovative, mission-critical
projects.

Your mission
As an experienced engineering professional, your responsibilities will include:
•Lead technical planning, system integration, and verification and validation (V&V) activities for
simulated land military vehicle platforms and mission systems.
•Conduct system and technical analyses to support the design, development, integration, and sustainment of vehicle models, digital twins, and simulated subsystems (e.g., communications,
sensors, EW, and weapon systems).
•Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues within simulation environments, including network configurations, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups, and model integration challenges, while maintaining configuration-managed baselines.
•Develop and execute validation plans to ensure simulation fidelity, accuracy, and correlation with real-world vehicle performance.
•Create and implement preventive maintenance and update plans for simulation frameworks, databases, models, and supporting lab infrastructure to ensure continuous operational readiness.

Basic Qualifications:
•Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a related field, along with at least 5 years of
relevant professional experience; or a Master’s degree in a related discipline with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience.

•Experience supporting projection, display, and visualization systems, as well as vehiclecrew station hardware, electronic interfaces, and associated mechanical assemblies within simulation environments.
•Minimum of 5 years of experience working with Linux and Microsoft operating systems,
including Microsoft-based tools and products.
•3–5 yearsof hands-on experience installing, configuring, modifying, and integrating simulation system software and hardware.
•At least 3 years of experience in distributed modeling and simulation (DM&S) environments and complex IT/AV system infrastructures.

DesiredSkills:
•Experience supporting high-fidelity simulation systems operating across multiple security classification levels.
•Background in system design and development to support experimentation, test events, and capability assessments.
•Strong understanding of network architecture, implementation, and troubleshooting, including
familiarity with simulation-specific communication protocols.
•Experience performing technical analyses to support the design, installation, integration,
sustainment, and operationaluse of devices, systems, and subsystems.
•Demonstrated ability to identify and implement effective solutions to complex technical issues,
including system, network, and infrastructure reconfiguration.
•Proven ability to coordinate and lead projects or initiatives across multiple functional disciplines and diverse stakeholder groups.

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your Competencies in different areas:

Room for and attention to personal development
Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or move to a more complex Solution
Choose between a technical expert or a leadership path
Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group