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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Chief Engineer for Future SATCOM Projects

Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGermany

About the Job

Requirements

  • A diploma or master's degree in engineering, or a comparable qualification, and several years of professional experience.
  • Experience with systems engineering practices throughout the project lifecycle and related methods and tools, including standards, traceability, architecture frameworks, modeling, and simulation.
  • Practical application of both the V-model and Agile frameworks; certification is a plus.
  • A technical background in satellite communications and information systems.
  • Interest in new information and communication technologies and the architecture of engineering services.
  • Practical application of project management fundamentals while meeting quality, schedule, and cost principles.
  • Practical knowledge of public procurement contracts.
  • Strong listening skills and the ability to analyze operational needs and requirements.
  • Ability to balance trade-offs while expressing clear and sometimes controversial positions.
  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary, multicultural, and geographically distributed teams.
  • Editorial skills and diplomatic negotiation skills.
  • Discretion, leadership, teamwork, conscientiousness, organizational ability, diplomacy, and effective communication.
  • Fluent German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure end-to-end technical coherence, overall compliance, and solution performance throughout the lifecycle, from contract signature through operations.
  • Identify the appropriate competence centers and enablers to provide technical solutions, knowledge, or services contributing to the overall solution.
  • Capture and understand customer requirements, program requirements, and applicable obligations.
  • In collaboration with the competence centers, derive the concept of operations and product breakdown structure.
  • Ensure the necessary links between the product breakdown structure, functional breakdown structure, work breakdown structure, and cost breakdown structure are addressed.
  • Allocate contractual requirements and cascade the necessary detailed technical requirements, key decisions, and milestones for technical solutions delivered by the competence centers.
  • Define, evaluate, and decide trade-offs involving technical considerations, cost, value, manufacturing, service, and risk, in coordination with the program and competence centers.
  • Ensure that overall product safety, security, and reliability requirements are addressed.
  • Conduct technical reviews throughout the product lifecycle and within individual technical solutions provided by the competence centers.
  • Manage and achieve product accreditation or certification where required and appropriate, with support from enablers.
  • Tailor processes, methods, and tools at the appropriate level in collaboration with quality project management.
  • Ensure workload planning and associated competency needs align with the capabilities of the competence centers.
  • Reduce costs of non-quality arising from major deviations and quality defects.
  • Manage changes, including impact analyses, appropriate decisions, and cascading changes to the competence centers.
  • Minimize risks, exploit opportunities, and manage risk impacts and their assignment to the competence centers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Certification in Agile frameworks.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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