Eurodrone Overall RPAS Design Chief Engineer (d/f/m)

Job Description:

In order to support our Overall Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Design Team, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Eurodrone Overall RPAS Design Chief Engineer (d/f/m) Are you passionate about shaping the future of Airbus Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) products? Join our Overall Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Design Team for Eurodrone and contribute your skills and enthusiasm to our dynamic Chief Engineering Organization. As such, execute overall design and steering activities to ensure a consistent RPAS design and integration across all functions and through the entire lifecycle, compliant with top level system requirements. Steer the flight chain (Ground Safety Critical Control Station, Flight Management System, Safe Flight and Landing System) as an integral part of the overall RPAS design and ensure the compliance with all overall RPAS design activities.

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

• Optimize design for the overall RPAS and ensure integration of all level 1 sub-products.
• Perform trades & candidate aircraft configurations associated to RPA and flight chain architectures & requirements.
• Coordinate the flight chain design (GSCCS, FMCS, FMAIS, SFLS), ensuring consistent safety-critical design.
• Ensure RPA compliance with airworthiness and safety, environmental conditions, design maturity, security and RPAS airport operations at the aircraft level.
• Control the RPA and flight chain technical baseline and design changes, Assessing the consequences of technical Change Requests on overall RPAS architecture and aircraft configuration, ensuring configuration maturity aligns with programme milestones and safety objectives.
• Lead the definition of the certification and qualification roadmap for in close alignment with customer and regulatory bodies.
• Integrate and coordinate Flight Physics activities (performance, HQ, loads) and drive flight chain consistent solutions into the overall configuration.
• Achieving the handling quality requirements for the RPAS failure free and for failure cases.
• Secure the project schedule to achieve the program milestones, align technical directives to all design teams, ensuring end to end readiness.
• Ensure integration and verification plans and activities to achieve final certification and qualification; from analysis and simulation through systems testing and completed at Flight Test Level.

Desired skills and qualifications

• Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering or equivalent.
• Significant Engineering experience > 8 years in related area.
• You have excellent leadership skills and profound experience in leading teams.
• Deep knowledge of Flight Dynamics, Flight Mechanics and Flight Control Laws.
• Extensive experience in the development of Flight Control Systems.
• Experience in the development of DAL-A software.
• Knowledge in Overall Aircraft Design, Overall System Design and Overall Physical Design.
• Operational knowledge on UAS or aircraft Operation, in particular Automatic Take Off and Landing.
• Proven track record in project management and technical management.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills.
• Goal-oriented mind set and good analytical skills.
• Very strong team player.
• Exceptional English language skills (Negotiation Level).

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.

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.

Company: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH Employment Type: Permanent ------- Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Chief Engineering & Architecture

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.

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services.

In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.