With more than 1,200 kilometres of the country's rail lines using its signalling and communication solutions, Thales has emerged as the market leader in integrated transport systems in Portugal.

As Thales pursues its multidomestic strategy, the company has built up a very operational presence in Portugal, largely centred on the ground transportation business. The latest major reference; The Lisbon Rail Operational Control Centre  came on-stream in recently, helping the company to corner 60% of the national market for rail solutions and services.

"We intend to become the benchmark provider of mission critical systems and services in Portugal," says João Araújo, Thales Country Corporate Director..

More generally, Thales intends to expand its involvement into other areas such as security solutions for critical infrastructure, and to contribute to a number of large-scale local projects including Portugal's high-speed rail lines.

In addition to the Finance, Human Resources and Quality departments, we are always interested in meeting people with higher education and skills in the following areas:

• Sales & Marketing
• Project Management
• Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Hardware Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Digital Engineering
• Design Engineering

In Portugal, working conditions at Thales are not related merely to salaries, although our fixed and variable salaries are obviously competitive. Naturally, our Personal and Professional Development Plans are also in accordance with the world's best practices for a multinational company working with the best and state-of-the-art technology. As a matter of fact, working conditions at Thales also include our excellent facilities, spacious work areas with natural lighting and free parking.

Located in Paço de Arcos, between Lisbon and Cascais, with easy access by motorway and by the marginal road, Thales is pleasantly located close to the seaside. These are some of the reasons why so many people want to work for Thales, and some end up doing so.