Optical Payload Calibration Manager

Job Description

Job Description:

Security Clearance: You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)

Travel Required: Occasional travel within UK / and international

Location: Portsmouth (60% of your working week must be office based)

Type: Full time

First of all, what's in it for you...

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more

• Work / Life Balance: 37 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL, option to buy/sell holiday

• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

• Health & Wellbeing: Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime pilates

• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving

• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight (#ZEROe) to cleaning up space, sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change?

About the role...

Airbus Defence & Space are looking for a Optical Payload Calibration Manager who will lead the development and management of the calibration and performance verification for the TRUTHS program. This involves creating and overseeing the methods and tools to ensure the instrument performs as intended both on the ground and in space. You’ll work with teams across engineering, testing, and science to meet customer requirements.

How you will contribute to the team...

• Lead Calibration and Verification: Develop and manage plans to verify and calibrate the instrument, both on-ground and in orbit, ensuring all performance requirements are met.

• Technical Oversight: Specify test setups, identify facilities, and guide the performance verification process, including data analysis.

• Team Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, satellite system teams, and stakeholders to align the calibration strategy with instrument and platform designs.

• Support Testing Campaigns: Oversee the performance verification, calibration, and testing campaigns, including ground and in-orbit operations.

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks related to instrument performance during development, testing, and calibration.

About you...

• Strong understanding of optics, opto-mechanics, and data processing. Experience with optical metrology and tools like Matlab or Python.

• Hands-on experience with optical/photonics systems, including setup, operation, and precision measurements.

• Strong ability to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders, with excellent written and verbal English.

• Willingness to travel internationally for work-related requirements.

How we can support you...

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you.

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Company:

AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Chief Engineering & Architecture <JF-EN-EA>

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