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Thales Alenia Space
About Thales Alenia Space
Thales Alenia Space builds telecommunications, navigation and observation satellites, their payloads and modules for space stations, and is owned by Thales and Leonardo. Its jobs sit on the Thales group's own career site, which files them under Thales Alenia Space's own business unit: those are the roles listed here, most of them in Toulouse and Cannes, France, Madrid, Turin and Rome.
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, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 345 open Thales Alenia Space roles.
Live Thales Alenia Space roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 08:02 UTCCyber Manager (Service Delivery Manager)) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Roma, Italy· 1w agoDetails
Cyber Security Manager GALILEO F/H (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France· 1w agoDetails
Site Security Manager (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Torino, Italy· 6d agoDetails
Governance, Risk and Compliance Leader (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes +3 more· 5d agoDetails
Head of Sites and Security (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom· 1w agoDetails
Security Officer (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain· 2d agoDetails
Trade Compliance Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Roma, Italy· 1w agoDetails
Project Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain· 1w agoDetails
GBU Bids & Programs Processes Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes +5 more· 2d agoDetails
Responsable Operations IS-IT - F/H (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France· 1w agoDetails
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Thales Alenia Space jobs by site
The towns where Thales Alenia Space has the most open roles, each with its kinds of work and what each role asks.
- Toulouse is Thales Alenia Space's largest plant in Europe, which has built more than 300 telecom satellite payloads in 40 years and runs the ground segment of Europe's Galileo navigation system. (Source: Thales Alenia Space)
- Rome is Thales Alenia Space's satellite integration center, where its Space Smart Factory opened in 2025 to build around 100 satellites a year. (Source: Defence Industry Europe)
- Cannes is Thales Alenia Space's headquarters, at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center. (Source: Wikipedia, Thales Alenia Space)
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About Thales Alenia Space
Satellites, payloads and space station modules, a joint venture of Thales and Leonardo. It pays Stated per posting (platform-stated).
345 openings posted on its board today345 open roles on Thales Alenia Space, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee of Thales Alenia Space, under the employment terms each posting states.
Cannes and Toulouse, France; Rome, Italy; Tres Cantos, Spain; Zurich, Switzerland
Honest catches
- The pay shown is platform-stated rather than read off a live job feed: a reference point, not a promised rate.
- The steps are the Thales group's; Thales Alenia Space, its joint venture with Leonardo, publishes no process of its own.
- The page states no timeline, no tests and nothing about security or background checks, which each posting states for its role.
What Thales Alenia Space pays
Platform-stated · as of 2026-10-29From our research, platform-stated, dated 2026-10-29
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What our research measures about Thales Alenia Space
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring334 open roles, 2.1% of all the space roles we read, across 14 kinds of work; 332 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply0.3% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 0.6% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience0.3% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 9.3% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency0.0% of the postings state their pay.
- Internships and entry level108 open roles are for someone starting out (32.3% of its open roles), 105 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% for overtime or extended hours.
How to apply to Thales Alenia Space
Researched Oct 2026Thales Alenia Space posts its roles on the Thales group's careers site, where you apply online with your CV or a social profile; a recruiter assesses your application against the role (and may refer you to other suitable positions), then you are invited to a formal interview with the recruiter and/or the hiring manager, which may run in several stages, before a formal job offer with your benefits, start date and onboarding.
Who can apply
- Each posting states its own requirements, including any nationality or security clearance the role needs; the share of Thales Alenia Space's open postings that name one is in the research below.
Step by step
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Find the role on the Thales careers site
Search the Thales group's careers site for roles in your field or location.
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Apply online
Apply online using your CV or a social profile.
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Review by a recruiter
A recruiter assesses your application against your CV, your profile and the role's requirements, and may refer you for other positions that suit your background.
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Interviews
You are invited to a formal interview with the recruiter and/or the hiring manager; it may be a multi-stage process depending on the role.
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Offer and onboarding
After a successful interview process you receive a formal job offer with the key information on benefits, start dates and onboarding, followed by an onboarding programme in your first weeks.
Thales interviews
A formal interview with the recruiter and/or the hiring manager, in several stages for some roles.
Format
One or more interviews, depending on the role
How to prepare
- Treat the interview as a conversation: Thales's own recruiters advise a two-way dialogue and being honest about the experience you have.
The Thales careers site states no time from application to offer.
Tips to get hired
- Join the Thales Talent Community on the careers site to be told of new roles and to upload your CV for recruiters.
What isn't public
- The steps are the Thales group's; Thales Alenia Space, its joint venture with Leonardo, publishes no process of its own.
- The page states no timeline, no tests and nothing about security or background checks, which each posting states for its role.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Thales Alenia Space do?
Satellites, payloads and space station modules, a joint venture of Thales and Leonardo.
How much does Thales Alenia Space pay?
Stated per posting. The board shows a pay figure only where a posting states one.
What is it like to work at Thales Alenia Space?
Thales Alenia Space pays Stated per posting (platform-stated).
Which locations does Thales Alenia Space hire in?
Cannes and Toulouse, France; Rome, Italy; Tres Cantos, Spain; Zurich, Switzerland
How do I apply to Thales Alenia Space?
On the Thales group's careers site, online with your CV or a social profile, for the posted role.
What are the steps of the Thales recruitment process?
An online application, a recruiter's review against the role, a formal interview with the recruiter and/or the hiring manager (several stages for some roles), and a formal job offer with onboarding.
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