Software Developer Mission Support Systems (d/f/m)

Airbus Group

Job Description
Airbus ist Pionier einer nachhaltigen Luft- und Raumfahrt für eine sichere und vereinte Welt. Das Unternehmen arbeitet ständig an Innovationen für effiziente und technologisch fortschrittliche Lösungen in den Bereichen Luft- und Raumfahrt, Verteidigung sowie vernetzte Dienstleistungen. Airbus bietet moderne und treibstoffeffiziente Verkehrsflugzeuge sowie dazugehörige Dienstleistungen an. Airbus ist auch führend in Europa im Bereich Verteidigung und Sicherheit und eines der größten Raumfahrtunternehmen der Welt. Im Bereich Hubschrauber stellt Airbus die weltweit effizientesten Lösungen und Dienstleistungen für zivile und militärische Hubschrauber bereit.

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Software Developer Mission Support Systems (d/f/m)

We are developing and supporting Mission Support Systems for our Tornado, Eurofighter and future aircraft at the Airbus site in Manching/Germany.

Our Mission Support Systems (MSS) comprise the preparation of aircraft missions including route and mission planning and support for the analysis of the accomplished mission.

The key challenges include the implementation of all operational requirements of our customers, considering the technical capabilities and constraints of our aircrafts. Our Customers expect high performance IT systems and state-of-the-art software applications that leverage the capabilities of our aircraft and allow a safe operation.

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.

Your benefits

  • Attractive salary and special payments

  • 30 days paid vacation and extra days-off for special occasions

  • Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects

  • Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies

  • On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site

  • Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)

  • Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities:

  • You take over software engineering tasks throughout the life cycle of our development projects, including software design according to the provided requirements, software implementation, unit and integration testing

  • You take over responsibility for software and interface design tasks considering aspects like feasibility, reusability, maintainability, safety, technical performance and IT-security

  • You ensure compliance with rules and regulations resulting from software and aircraft development standards applicable to our project

  • You live our agile transformation by following our processes, continuously identifying and realising improvement potential and contributing to an increase of automation

  • You foster collaboration within our project team and with involved stakeholders

Desired skills and qualifications:

  • You have an university degree in computer science or equivalent qualification

  • You have several years of hands-on experience as developer in object-oriented programming languages (preferably in aeronautics or defence sector)

  • You have a good overview of current technologies in the Java eco-system and experience in their application

  • You ideally have experience with the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) and threat / sensor analysis

  • You master source code management systems as well as UML, OO design and design patterns

  • You are highly motivated to continuously engage with new software technologies and improve software development processes

  • You are a strong team player, able to work self-organised with an ambition for high quality

  • You speak English at negotiation level, German is a plus

We offer

  • Challenging tasks in an supportive and engaged team shaping our future products

  • Work with an up-to-date technology stack in a continuous integration environment (incl. JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket/Bamboo, Eclipse, git, SonarQube, JUnit and QF-Test, Kubernetes)

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Airbus ist Pionier einer nachhaltigen Luft- und Raumfahrt für eine sichere und vereinte Welt. Das Unternehmen arbeitet ständig an Innovationen für effiziente und technologisch fortschrittliche Lösungen in den Bereichen Luft- und Raumfahrt, Verteidigung sowie vernetzte Dienstleistungen. Airbus bietet moderne und treibstoffeffiziente Verkehrsflugzeuge sowie dazugehörige Dienstleistungen an. Airbus ist auch führend in Europa im Bereich Verteidigung und Sicherheit und eines der größten Raumfahrtunternehmen der Welt. Im Bereich Hubschrauber stellt Airbus die weltweit effizientesten Lösungen und Dienstleistungen für zivile und militärische Hubschrauber bereit.

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Software Developer Mission Support Systems (d/f/m)

We are developing and supporting Mission Support Systems for our Tornado, Eurofighter and future aircraft at the Airbus site in Manching/Germany.

Our Mission Support Systems (MSS) comprise the preparation of aircraft missions including route and mission planning and support for the analysis of the accomplished mission.

The key challenges include the implementation of all operational requirements of our customers, considering the technical capabilities and constraints of our aircrafts. Our Customers expect high performance IT systems and state-of-the-art software applications that leverage the capabilities of our aircraft and allow a safe operation.

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.

Your benefits

  • Attractive salary and special payments

  • 30 days paid vacation and extra days-off for special occasions

  • Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects

  • Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies

  • On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site

  • Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)

  • Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities:

  • You take over software engineering tasks throughout the life cycle of our development projects, including software design according to the provided requirements, software implementation, unit and integration testing

  • You take over responsibility for software and interface design tasks considering aspects like feasibility, reusability, maintainability, safety, technical performance and IT-security

  • You ensure compliance with rules and regulations resulting from software and aircraft development standards applicable to our project

  • You live our agile transformation by following our processes, continuously identifying and realising improvement potential and contributing to an increase of automation

  • You foster collaboration within our project team and with involved stakeholders

Desired skills and qualifications: