Continuous Improvement Engineer M/F

The Continuous Improvement Engineer will drive change within the Vehicles and Tactical Systems activity at the La Ferté Saint Aubin site. This role involves analyzing current processes, identifying improvement levers, and proposing solutions for performance management and process optimization. Key responsibilities include leading the development of automation, digitalization, and AI solutions, supporting operational teams, and collaborating with various departments. The engineer will also contribute to innovation through continuous technological watch in continuous improvement.

Must Have

• Successfully lead change management in an industrial and digital environment
• Be a key player in digital transformation and continuous improvement
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams in a stimulating technological environment
• Engineering degree or equivalent, specialized in continuous improvement, digital transformation, or lean management
• Significant experience in continuous improvement projects within a digital transformation context, especially in engineering
• Mastery of leadership and change management project leadership
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills
• Project management skills
• Proficiency in IT tools such as Power BI, Python, and AI

Perks & Benefits

• Success driven by technological excellence, experience, and shared ambition
• Attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training programs, internal academies and communities
• Inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Let's build a future of trust together

Thales is a global leader in high technologies specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aerospace & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training programs, internal academies, and communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

Within the Vehicles and Tactical Systems activity, the La Ferté Saint Aubin site specializes in the production of land and airborne weapon systems (mortars, ammunition, rockets, etc.), force protection systems, and zone control. With its 450 employees, engineers, technicians, and specialized workers, the La Ferté Saint Aubin site ensures research and development, production, testing, as well as all necessary "support" functions for the design of high-performance systems essential to the success of operational missions. Thales, with the German defense group DIEHL, has formed a Joint-Venture "JUNGHANS T2M" with 165 employees, allowing both companies to combine their expertise in electronics and precision mechanics and thus become one of the world leaders in the field of ammunition fuses. This Joint-Venture is also present on the La Ferté Saint Aubin site.

• Actively participate in change management by analyzing current processes and practices and identifying levers for improvement.
• Define and propose adapted solutions for performance management, process improvement, and decision support.
• Lead and supervise the development of automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence solutions to optimize decision-making and operational processes.
• Support operational teams in their application and use.
• Collaborate closely with IT, engineering, management, and business teams from need identification to their use.
• Contribute to the culture of innovation by ensuring continuous technological watch in the areas of continuous improvement.

Your profile

Is your priority to successfully lead change management in an industrial and digital environment?

Do you have the ambition to be a key player in digital transformation and continuous improvement?

Do you want to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams in a stimulating technological environment?

You have an engineering degree or equivalent, specialized in continuous improvement, digital transformation, or lean management, and have significant experience in continuous improvement projects in a digital transformation context, particularly in engineering:

• You master leadership and the management of change management projects, analytical and synthesis skills, as well as project management.
• Your taste for collaborative work and your good interpersonal skills, as well as your mastery of IT tools such as Power BI, Python, and AI, are recognized assets?

Then this position is for you!

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!