Navigation System Engineer (d/m/w)

Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a:

Navigation System Engineer (d/f/m)

Job Description:

A robust and safe navigation system is key to ensure the required high level of safety of manned and unmanned aircrafts. It is our task to provide a high-frequency navigation solution with high availability, continuity, integrity and accuracy even for the different flight phases in adverse conditions such as in GNSS-denied condition.

Therefore, a modern aircraft navigation system compromises standard equipment such as inertial navigation system, satellite and radio navigation but also novel navigation sensors and methods.

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

• Derive requirements from the concept of operations of the targeted aircraft
• Convert requirements into a suitable technical solution
• Coordinate the integration of navigation sensors and SW with relevant stakeholders (e.g. mechanical, electrical and SW integration)
• Define technical specifications for visual-based navigation systems (e.g., optical/IR sensors, feature tracking, or SLAM-based approaches)
• Supplier Management incl. work specification, project execution & monitoring
• Simulation and Analysis of GNSS-denied Navigation System using MATLAB
• Performing and participating in validation reviews according to the aviation specific development process
• Support of the certification activities (e.g. with aviation authority EASA)

Desired skills and qualifications

• A completed diploma/ master's degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, informatics, mathematics, physics, or a comparable discipline
• 3+ years of professional experience as a system engineer, preferable in the aviation industry
• Analytical thinking skills, independent working style and excellent communication skill
• The ability to work in an international and multidisciplinary team
• Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English, German language skills are an advantage

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Company:
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Vehicle Mission & Control

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