Internship-/graduation assignment - HBO/WO - Next phase of (Naval) Robocode

Job description

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About Thales

With 80.000 talents working in 68 countries, we are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security. In the Netherlands, where 2500 employees are based, we are located in seven cities: Huizen, Amersfoort, Rotterdam, Delft, Breda, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions, research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

The software department of the Application Engineering cluster has over 400 colleagues and is responsible for the software development in Combat Management and Radar- and Optical sensors for worldwide navies- and defense systems. The work is performed in multi-disciplinary agile teams with specialists in software/system/test engineering and functional design.

About the assignment

Robocode is a platform where players can code their own robots and use these to battle the robots made by other players. Within Thales we made a customized version for Naval called Naval Robocode.

Our version uses ships as core for the robots on which players can add a selection of radars and weapons to battle other ships. Naval Robocode does everything in the browser for the players; building the ship, programing the logic, and playing the matches. Only the gamehost has a separate application to control the matches.

For this assignment we want to update Robocode to a new version and/or upgrade Naval Robocode with new features. Optionally it is possible to look at creating a new client interface with for example using Unity or Godot. If all upgrades and updates go as planned the goal is to host a tournament at the end of the internship as well. If you have any additional ideas, features, or upgrades they are greatly appreciated as well!

Affinity

• Java
• Javascript
• Git
• Maven
• Optionally Game Development

What's in it for you

• An interesting internship or graduation assignment within our high-tech, innovative work environment;
• A comfortable, flexible work space in a modern environment;
• An excellent internship allowance;
• Its own student association where you can participate in educational and fun activities.

Interested?

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Please keep in mind that we can only accept students who are enrolled at a school during the whole internship or graduation period.