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Airbus

Project Manager Electronic Warfare Ground Systems (m/f/d)

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:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Project Manager Electronic Warfare Ground Systems (d/f/m)

Develop, integrate and deliver high end Electronic Warfare software for multiple platforms such as Eurofighter, Tornado, A400M and others. Accompany the entire mission cycle from mission planning, through execution and post analysis. Drive human machine interface solutions and deliver our products and highest quality and security standards in accordance with the development processes of Airbus.

This role is also available with reduced weekly hours and an adapted scope of tasks.

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.
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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

Flexa awards 2026
2nd – Most loved - Large companies

2nd – Most loved - Large companies

Flexa awards 2026
Most Mission Driven Company

Top 5 - Most Mission Driven Company

Flexa awards 2026
1st - Best Work-Life Balance

1st - Best Work-Life Balance

Flexa awards 2025
3rd - Best Career Progression

3rd - Best Career Progression

Flexa awards 2025
Most Inclusive Company

Top 5 - Most Inclusive Company

Flexa awards 2025
Most Flexible Company

Top 10 - Most Flexible Company

Flexa awards 2025
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  • 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

    • Risk Assessment & Mitigation: identify technical risks that impact project cost or schedule and define appropriate mitigation actions
    • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the primary liaison between the engineering quality and engineering team as well as different engineering teams and coordinate their inputs
    • Responsible for the project(s) execution according to the committed contract(s)
    • Leading assigned engineers in a matrix organization by applying the SCRUM
    • process: define content of sprints and agree with the team on the optimum system architecture
    • Monitor the technical work of the team and evaluate the product by testing, whether it fits the requirements and is ready for the next milestone
    • support RFQ answering and commercial proposal preparation

    Desired skills and qualifications

    • Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or information technology or comparable science,
    • Experience: 5+ years of experience in system engineering or product ownership, ideally within the Aerospace, Defense, or IT services industries.
    • Strong familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
    • PM Certification desired, minimum: IPMA Level D or equivalent - knowledge of all disciplines that are relevant for a PM, preferably experience in applying PM techniques
    • Deep understanding of system engineering of software products
    • Proven track record of managing projects with multiple stakeholders.
    • Experience in applying standard project management tools (e.g.: Kick-Off meetings, milestone trend analysis, resource planning, chairing quality gate reviews)
    • Analytical & Solution-Oriented: Ability to analyze complex technical architectures and
    • provide pragmatic solutions.
    • Communication: Exceptional communication and negotiation skills to influence
    • stakeholders across Engineering and PMO/customer
    • Team Management: knowledge about team dynamics and management. Experience is desirable
    • Other spoken languages (Spanish, German) would be a plus

    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!

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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.

    Company:
    Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

    Employment Type:
    Permanent
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    Experience Level:
    Professional

    Job Family:
    Programme & Project 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.

    Company employees:

    165000

    Gender diversity (m:f):

    70:30

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