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Airbus • Manching, Germany

Configuration and Data Manager for Eurofighter Simulation Programs (d/f/m)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

In order to support the Eurofighter Simulation Programs, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Configuration and Data Manager for Eurofighter Simulation Programs (d/f/m)

Eurofighter Typhoon is the world’s most advanced swing-role combat aircraft providing simultaneously deployable Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface capabilities. Airbus is acting as the main contractor within the industrial Pilot Synthetic Training System consortium. Combat Training Systems department develops state-of-the-art EF simulator systems. Long term, multinational, large scale system of systems programs are the best place to learn and perform engineering activities.

Your location

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Our Benefits for You

  • Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.
  • Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.
  • Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group-wide career perspectives.
  • Feel Good at Work: On-site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.
  • Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.

Your tasks and responsibilities

  • Coordinating Configuration Control, Data Management and Change Management data with internal and external stakeholders - such as Airbus Centers of Competence, Partner Companies (PC), Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and suppliers.
  • Maintaining and controlling configuration baselines for documentation, hardware and software components.
  • Leading Change Management processes by managing Change Control Boards (CCB).
  • Creating and maintaining Configuration Management Plans (CMPs) and Data Management Plans (DMPs) to ensure that documentation and data are managed correctly - focusing on storage, release, distribution and archiving within process tools - while ensuring compliance with industry standards, established processes and customer requirements.
  • Supporting the uploading of complete product structures into Product Data Management (PDM).
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment on configuration, data requirements and change control.
  • Assisting in the creation and maintenance of Product Breakdown Structures (PBS).
  • Verifying and facilitating data exchange between industry and customer database systems with different configurations by performing configuration verifications and audits.

Desired skills and qualifications

  • Completed degree or comparable qualification.
  • Proven experience in configuration management, preferably in the training and flight simulation industry.
  • Solid knowledge of configuration and data management principles and processes (five years of experience).
  • Familiarity with Eurofighter programs and simulators is highly desirable.
  • Advanced knowledge of Atlassian tools (JIRA and Confluence), Subversion and the Office Suite.
  • Structured and detail-oriented approach with strong organizational, cooperative and collaborative abilities.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Configuration Management

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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