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Airbus

Manufacturing Engineering: Industrial Architect (d/f/m)

Location:  Manching, Germany
Location flexibility:  1 office day / week, 2 office days / week, 3 office days / week, 4 office days / week
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Job Description

Job Description:

In order to support the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Team , Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Industrial Architect (d/f/m)

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.

Context:

As new programmes such as an neu fighter Aircraft and Ravenstorm arise, there is a need to develop not just the actual aircraft, but also the industrial systems to build them, at first as prototypes and later in series. This industrial development effort is conducted in parallel to aircraft development and requires close cooperation between Engineering organizations tasked with the development of the product on the one hand, and industrial disciplines that develop a manufacturing capability on the other.

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Working at Airbus

Hybrid

Fully flexible hours

Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking
Coaching
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced sick pay
Family health insurance
Health insurance
In house training
Language lessons
Mentoring
On-site gym
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Referral bonus
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Mental health support
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders
On-site catering
Modern office
L&D budget
Lunch and learns
Hackathons
Share options
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
401K
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Faith rooms

Awards & Accreditations

1st - Best Work-Life Balance

1st - Best Work-Life Balance

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2nd – Most loved - Large companies

2nd – Most loved - Large companies

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Most Mission Driven Company

Top 5 - Most Mission Driven Company

Flexa awards 2026
1st - Best Work-Life Balance

1st - Best Work-Life Balance

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3rd - Best Career Progression

3rd - Best Career Progression

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Most Inclusive Company

Top 5 - Most Inclusive Company

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Top 10 - Most Flexible Company

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What does the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Team do?


We are the team that transforms aircraft design into a flying reality. Through close collaborative-development with aircraft design and other engineering disciplines, Manufacturing Engineering “ME” ensures the manufacturing feasibility OTOCOQ of the new products. We are the link to our internal production departments and external suppliers, enabling the manufacturing of parts, assembly, integration, and testing (“MAIT” system) of new aircraft.

Mission of the Industrial Architect:

  • Analyse aircraft designs as they are being developed as well as the underlying development logic. Plan and steer the technical development of the industrial system alongside product development.
  • Drive the execution of an industrial development logic that uses Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL). Progress through the development of manufacturing technologies, production of samples, construction of mock-ups and prototypes up to series production.
  • Coordinate industrial disciplines - Detail Part Manufacturing, Assembly, Installations, Test and Jigs & Tools to determine a reliable way of physically implementing a digital aircraft design. The target is to build up a real production capability that meets defined performance targets (e.g. production rate) and adheres to given constraints (e.g. schedule and cost).
  • Bring your insights to the aircraft: support design decisions by showing their impact on production, in order to strike the best trade-off between performance and cost.
  • Report technical progress to Industrial Management.

Required Skills:

1. Educational Background:

  • University degree in Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related field

2. Technical Expertise:

  • understanding of aerospace design and manufacturing ecosystem from suppliers over customers to authorities
  • good cross-sectional understanding of aircraft design disciplines from airframe to systems, and their ways of working
  • good cross-sectional understanding of manufacturing disciplines (MAIT) from manufacturing of composite parts to testing aircraft functions as the last step of production
  • proven track-record in setting up, executing and pacing large-scale technical development projects that follow development standards and utilize project management techniques
  • good cross-sectional understanding of development tools, e.g. Config Systems, Doors, Catia, Delmia

3. Communication:

  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, to interact with various stakeholders
  • Fluent in German would be advantageous

4. Innovation and Problem-Solving:

  • Creative approach to solving complex industrial challenges
  • Ability to work in a changing and not entirely pre-planned environment. Able to make assumptions and start working even on incomplete sets of requirements.
  • Ability to propose and implement innovative solutions in manufacturing processes

5. Adaptability and Continuous Learning:

  • Openness to emerging technologies and manufacturing methodologies
  • Commitment to continuous professional development in a rapidly evolving field
  • Probably you are not a perfect match to the long list of skills above... but you bring the enthusiasm to learn them.

Join the Manufacturing Team... we are waiting for you to build it!

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:
Manufacturing Engineering

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.

Company employees:

165000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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