Hensoldt Sensor

HENSOLDT is a global pioneer of technology and innovation in the area of defence and security electronics. The company is a market leader in civilian and military sensor solutions, developing new products to counter evolving threats based on disruptive concepts in such fields as big data, robotics, and cyber security. With a workforce of some 4,300 employees, HENSOLDT generates revenues of more than 1 billion euros per year.

The company’s name HENSOLDT traces back to Moritz Carl Hensoldt, a German pioneer of optics and precision mechanics in the 19th century. Building on the achievements of renowned predecessors such as Telefunken, Dornier, Kelvin Hughes, Siemens Sicherungstechnik and Carl Zeiss Optronics, the company represents a more than 200-year-old European tradition in technology.

HENSOLDT is a leading company in the European defence industry with global reach. Based in Taufkirchen near Munich, the company develops complete sensor solutions for defence and security applications. As a technology leader, HENSOLDT drives the development of defence electronics and optronics and is continuously expanding its portfolio based on innovative approaches to data management, robotics and cyber security.

With more than 6,300 employees, HENSOLDT achieved a turnover of 1.5 billion euros in 2021. HENSOLDT is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

HENSOLDT has 10 manufacturing sites - located in Germany, South Africa, the UK and France. Our company benefits from our international footprint with offices on all continents.

Our Headquarter is located in Taufkirchen near Munich. Our main sites have all their own product lines and are located in innovative areas: Ulm, Taufkirchen, Friedrichshafen, Oberkochen, Wetzlar and Kiel in Germany, Pretoria and Irene in South Africa, Enfiled close to London, and Plaisir close to Paris.

Why join us?

We pioneer with passion to create competitive premium electronics. Our core competence is to detect and protect: we make an essential contribution to protecting people and nations. We offer various and challenging positions with development perspectives in a friendly and cooperative atmosphere in teams, where collaboration is a key value shared by everyone. Within HENSOLDT you can be a pioneer, take part in new challenges, co-create our company and grow: “Be the Pioneer of our Future!”