KNDS Deutschland is the German arm of a Franco-German land-defense group building tanks, artillery and armored vehicles. Its stack pairs a deep SAP footprint (ERP, EWM, SRM, GTS, HANA) with embedded tooling like C++, Qt, Rhapsody, STM32 and Infineon AURIX, pointing to in-house vehicle electronics development. Accelerating, engineering- and manufacturing-heavy hiring alongside pains in procurement and supply-chain digitalization suggests production scale-up under pressure.
Notable leadership hires: Intralogistik Lead, Program Director, Deputy Fire Head
KNDS Deutschland, headquartered in Munich, is part of KNDS, the alliance formed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Nexter to consolidate European land defense manufacturing. The group's portfolio spans main battle tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, weapons systems, ammunition, military bridges, battle management systems, training and protection solutions. Customers are national armies and European and NATO forces seeking standardized, interoperable equipment. The company sits in the 10,001+ employee range and hires in Germany across engineering, manufacturing, operations, logistics and corporate functions.
KNDS Deutschland runs SAP ERP, SAP EWM, SAP SRM, SAP GTS, SAP HANA and SuccessFactors, plus C++, C#, Qt, Rhapsody, Enterprise Architect, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Docker.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and engineering is the largest focus, followed by manufacturing and operations, with roles based in Germany.
Current initiatives include a KPI system, lean and digitalization programs, test strategies for electronic vehicle systems, automated process control and new logistics service concepts.
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