Stage – ICT. Plug-ins for Model Based System Engineering application

About us

With 80.000 talents working in 68 countries, we are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security. In the Netherlands, where 2000 employees are based, we are located in four cities: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions, research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

Information about the department:

The Naval System Engineering department is responsible for the entire development cycle of our radar products, services and solutions, consisting of concept definition, system design, system integration and validation.

Within the Naval System Engineering department, the Solution Engineering Group performs all system engineering activities for the realization of a mission system on board of naval ships. This includes all integration activities with various subsystems, such as sensors, effectors, communication and navigation systems. The Solution Engineering Group has two teams: a main team in Hengelo and an affiliate team in Delft. For the team in Delft, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated intern. Join us in an absorbing assignment taking you through all stages of software engineering in an environment setup for learning and mentoring!

About the assignment

One of the methods that Thales employs to support our integration activities is Model Based System Engineering (MBSE): engineering based on a virtual (abstract) representation of the mission system. To perform MBSE Thales uses a software application based on the open-source Capella software (https://www.eclipse.org/capella/).

To make maximum use of Capella, Thales needs to ensure that the input into / output from Capella fits seamlessly with the normal engineering processes. I.e. input information and format needs to match with templates that our engineers currently use and output needs to match to what is needed internally and towards Customers.

The fact that Capella stores a virtual representation of a complex mission system means that checks can be put in place to prevent engineering errors, doubling, etc. In addition, the virtual representation can be used for automation of the entire engineering process to produce the required documentation, one of the main purposes of plugins creation.

The internship assignment requires the identification of stakeholder needs, an analysis of how current Capella capabilities can address some of them, a proposal for new plugins (viewpoint) as well as the justification with regards to the needs analysis, followed by implementation and testing in Python. This entails discussions with stakeholders, documentation of needs and solution, software development/testing and demonstration to the engineering community.

Affinity

• For the internship affinity and/or experience with Python is required.
• Experience with Java/Eclipse and knowledge about Systems Engineering is a plus.

Thales offers…

• An interesting internship or graduation assignment in an international high-tech environment;
• Introduction to MBSE software and methodology, a sought-after specialty within the System Engineering field;
• An open and flexible working environment;
• An excellent internship allowance;
• Its own student association where you can participate in educational and fun activities.