Submarine and naval sensor systems manufacturer with deep in-house production
TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK designs and manufactures underwater acoustics, sonar, and integrated combat systems for military and civilian maritime customers. The org is engineering-heavy (219 active engineering roles across 387 open positions), scaling rapidly with 284 hires posted in the last 30 days. Tech adoption signals operational modernization: SAP migration (replacing ECC), Nextcloud rollout, and a custom ATLAS platform build alongside legacy C++/RTOS embedded stacks — reflecting the tension between legacy defense contracts and internal systems rationalization.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Sonar Signal Processing, Head of Operation, Head of Guidelines
TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK is a Bremen-based maritime defense and technology manufacturer with over 120 years of operating history. The company supplies submarines, surface combatants, and unmanned underwater vehicles with sensor packages, sonar arrays, mine countermeasures systems, and integrated command-and-control networks to naval forces and civilian customers worldwide. Vertically integrated across metalworking, PCB design and production, embedded software, and systems integration, the company operates approximately 1,000–5,000 employees. Current pain points center on delivery schedule risk, IFRS compliance, cost control, and system-landscape fragmentation — typical of large defense contractors managing multiple legacy platforms and complex supply chains.
Core: C++, RTOS, Embedded Linux, Windows, SAP R/3. Development tools: SysML, UML, IBM DOORS, MagicDraw, Git/GitLab, CMake. Collaboration: Microsoft Office, Confluence, Nextcloud (being rolled out). ML: PyTorch, scikit-learn, MATLAB.
Active projects include autonomous underwater vehicle development, SAP EWM rollout, Nextcloud and Microsoft Teams collaboration implementation, sonar algorithm validation, main system calculation, and internal tool-landscape modernization.
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