Around 40 per cent of new hires will join engineering roles including software and systems engineering, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data; while approximately 25 per cent will join industrial roles, including technicians, operators, and industrial engineers.
Furthermore, Thales said it plans to invest heavily in quantum technology and quantum specialists.
In the UK, Thales will be recruiting over 1,000 roles across its manufacturing facilities in Glasgow, Belfast and Crawley, West Sussex.
Recent contracts in the UK have provided a boost to the company in Britain, including air defence missile contracts for Belfast, manufacturing the optronic periscope at Glasgow for the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought submarine, and manufacturing the UK’s new biometric passport for the Home Office.
The company said geopolitical crises, the rebound in air traffic, and accelerating global connectivity are contributing to its growth and the need for more staff. It added that this builds on momentum established in recent years, with over 30,000 new hires between 2022 and 2024, including 9,000 in the defence sector;
Recruitment this year will take place across all regions, with 3,000 people in France, 500 in the Netherlands, 400 in the United States, 400 in Australia, 300 in Central Europe, 250 in India, 200 in Germany, and 150 in Africa and the Middle East.
In a statement, Clément de Villepin, senior executive vice president, Human Resources, Thales, said: “To support the Group’s growth and performance, recruitment and internal mobility are essential, but we must go further. Giving our teams the opportunity to continuously develop their skills and encouraging them to pass on their expertise to colleagues is both the spirit and the ambition of our 'Learning company' programme. Our goal is to support the professional growth of our people and maintain Thales’s expertise at the highest level.”
More information can be found at this URL: https://careers.thalesgroup.com/global/en
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