Diehl Defence manufactures guided missiles, ammunition, and air-defense systems for military customers globally. The company is mid-way through a major ERP transformation—migrating from SAP ECC and R/3 to S/4HANA while adopting SAP BTP, Fiori, and 3DExperience—a signal of modernizing both finance and product-lifecycle operations. Hiring is accelerating across 359 open roles, heavily weighted toward junior and mid-level engineering (168 positions), suggesting aggressive scaling of development capacity while managing legacy system decommissioning in parallel.
Notable leadership hires: Galvanics Lead, Konfigurationsmanagement Team Lead, Controlling Lead, Team Lead Enterprise Email, Enterprise Email Team Lead
Diehl Defence is a German defense contractor specializing in guided-missile systems, ammunition, and ground-based air-defense platforms. The company also provides reconnaissance, monitoring, training, and protective-equipment solutions for military branches across multiple nations. Based in Überlingen, the organization operates with 1,001–5,000 employees and is structured primarily around engineering, operations, and manufacturing functions. Current efforts focus on digitalizing supply-chain and procurement workflows, managing product-lifecycle migration to modern platforms, and addressing supplier on-time delivery and quality assurance in a regulated, compliance-heavy environment.
Core stack: MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, SAP (ECC/R/3 migrating to S/4HANA), Git, FPGA, CAN/Ethernet protocols, FANUC manufacturing systems, Linux/Windows, Cisco/Checkpoint/Fortinet networking. Currently adopting SAP BTP, Fiori, 3DExperience, and Elm.
Major initiatives: S/4HANA ERP migration, SAP GTS integration, PLM rollouts and migrations, supply-chain digitalization, BPM portal maintenance, security policy implementation, digital obsolescence management, and battle-station development for ground-based air defense.
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