Functional Avionics Team Manager

Airbus has always been a worldwide leader for spacecraft design and manufacturing but developing satellites for large constellations demands revolutionary approaches.

With, Airbus Constellations Satellites, a 100% Airbus Defence SAS subsidiary, Airbus innovates across design, production, and assembly to dramatically optimise costs for high-performance space applications.

Indeed, its subsidiary Airbus Constellations Satellites is pioneering new value propositions in space through the design of low-cost, ultra-high performing satellites at high volumes. With the more than 600 OneWeb satellites launched, Airbus Constellations Satellites is the first and one of the only satellite manufacturers in the world to complete a telecommunications satellite constellation.

Starting from a strong heritage of traditional geostationary satellite assembly methods, we implemented a unique assembly line in Toulouse (France) and in Merritt Island (USA) and a groundbreaking procurement supply chain.

Based on this heritage, Airbus Constellations Satellites developed the ARROW platform to adapt it in a variety of Low Earth Orbit missions including communications, Earth observation, M2M/IoT, maritime, and aero applications Our ability to iterate on satellite design and launch new satellites in quantity faster than ever before secures our competitive advantage in spacecraft production. We have  leveraged resources and expertise across the entire company to rise to the constellations challenge and will provide satellites to government and commercial customers in several countries and are strongly involved in defining and developing future constellation projects.

We offer meaningful work in a healthy working environment which is focused on mobility, networking and work-life balance and are committed to cultivating and preserving our culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We ensure a competitive compensation package that reflects our high regard for our people.

Level: Grade 15

Reporting  : CTO

YOUR MISSION

You will manage, develop and motivate a direct team of experienced spacecraft engineers having the end to end system responsibility from early definition to  in-orbit operations.

You will supervise a team supporting programs development composed of:

o   Spacecraft Architects for the following domains: Software, AOCS, Operations, FDIR, Functional Verification, Database.

o   Analysis and test support engineers for the following domains: AOCS, Operations, FDIR, Functional Verification and Database whether internally managed or outsourced from external work packages

You will be part of the Engineering organization and direct report to the CTO.

JOB ACTIVITIES

·        Team Management :

o   Manages the day to day activities of a specific engineering domain, prioitizing decisions, workload and activities.

o   Determine the resource and skill requirements for current and future projects and manage the team size and capability to achieve these.

o   Manage the team: recruitment, appraisals, career development and annual salary review

o   Develop the team competences with the support of the Electrical avionics engineering referent

o   Liaise with project managers to develop and allocate the most appropriate teams

o   Monitor and control total cost and schedule of the electrical & avionics product for our projects

o   Participate in design reviews.

o   Supports proposal with engineering inputs and labor hours needs

o   Develop/adapt process for multi-projects environment to reduce HW and labor costs and development schedule

o   Build a trustful and inclusive environment, promoting collaboration facts driven decisions and an out of silos mindset.

·        Technical Management :

o   Engineering authority for specific area of discipline

o   Ensure proper technical consistency of product evolution inside Functional avionics perimeter to support system roadmaps

o   Arbitrate technical decision taking into account Cost/Schedule/Industrial production risks

o   Provide technical support for proposals

o   Follow overall schedule for all on-going development (Programs architecture and HW units development

YOUR PROFILE :

·        Masters’ degree in software engineering or equivalent experience

·        10 years of experience across the full life cycle of spacecraft development among which 5 minimum in Spacecraft Functional avionics engineering and products (HW & SW)

·        Experience of Low Earth Orbits satellites mission would be appreciated

·        Advanced level in English

SOFT SKILLS : 

·        Team Leadership

·        Creative and think out of the box

·        Decision making

·        Management of customer expectations and needs

·        Complex issues management

·        Ability to mediate and resolve conflicts

·        Strong sensitivity to cost and planning aspects

·        Understanding of system design and verification processes and methodologies

·        Good Knowledge of supplier base, experience in proposal process,

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

·        Small team in an international environment

·        Willingness and ability to travel 20% of time

·        Willingness to work flexible hours.

Life at Airbus Constellations Satellites

You’ll be working with bright and driven colleagues from different industries, countries and backgrounds who are all united in one common goal, challenging and supporting each other to make Constellations Satellites successful.

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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.