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Airbus • Manching, Germany

Mission Systems Equipment Design Responsible (d/f/m)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Mission Systems Equipment Design Responsible (d/f/m)

Your Mission

As Equipment Design Responsible, you will be the technical authority for airborne equipment throughout its entire lifecycle, for various weapon systems. You will transform operational and system-level needs into robust, certifiable equipment solutions, working closely with international suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams. You will ensure that equipment designs meet demanding performance, qualification, and certification requirements while supporting integration, testing and in-service operations. This role offers a unique combination of design responsibility, technical depth and direct influence on the successful delivery of advanced airborne capabilities.

Your location (Manching)

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.

Your benefits

  • Attractive salary and special payments
  • 30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions
  • Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects
  • Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies
  • On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeterias, kindergarten close to the site
  • Compatibility of family & work (part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)
  • Networking and connection: Employee events, groups and initiatives
  • Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Own the technical responsibility of airborne mission systems equipment throughout the full development lifecycle, including in-service support activities.
  • Preparation and validation of Equipment technical specification and other contractual documents. Managing equipment requirements from higher-level system architecture and customer specifications down to equipment-level allocation.
  • Technical management of suppliers of airborne equipment: technical evaluation, design and qualification follow up, milestones management, stages of involvement, validation and acceptance of deliverables, management of limitations and deviations, support to defect investigations and repairs, harmonization and control of supplier and program plans.
  • Review technical solutions, challenge design decisions when necessary, and support issue resolution during development and integration phases.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable aeronautical and contractual standards and certification requirements (e.g. DO-254) during the design and qualification, repair, obsolescence and re-design activities.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities with internal specialists (safety, EMC, environmental qualification, RM&T, Quality, ILS, Airworthiness,...).
  • Interface with customers, partner companies and certification authorities for technical matters related to equipment functionalities, design, qualification and problem resolution.
  • Monitoring and support of the subsequent Equipment Integration including Sub-system, system verification and flight tests.
  • Support requests concerning Equipment queries, in service occurrence reports and defect investigations.

Your Profile:

  • (Master) Degree in electronics/electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent
  • At least 3-5 years of professional experience
  • Strong technical background in electronic equipment development: embedded electronics (Microcontrollers, FPGAs, ASICs,... ), mission computers, high-speed digital interfaces, video or data processing systems, real-time embedded architecture,...
  • Knowledge and practical expertise with airborne equipment:
    • Qualification and certification
    • Hardware development/design and verification (e.g. DO-254, ARP4754A, AMC 20-152A, DO-160, MIL-STD-810)
    • Software development (DO-178) is considered a plus
  • Ability to technically assess supplier solutions and support problem-solving activities during development
  • Experience in technical supplier management is a plus
  • Experience in requirements engineering and requirements management tools (DOORs) is a plus
  • Comfortable taking ownership and making technical decisions
  • Strong communication skills and ability to interact with suppliers, customers and authorities in an international environment
  • Teamplayer and comfortable in international and multidisciplinary engineering environment: demonstrated skills to work independently and in a collaboratively manner within an international team, including the ability to coordinate and influence people
  • Business-fluent English, German is a plus

#MYCYM

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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.

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:
Sub-system development

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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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

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