Senior Systems Engineer (d/f/m) – Eurofighter Mission Support Systems

Airbus Group

Jobbeschreibung
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

Senior Systems Engineer for Eurofighter Mission Support System (d/f/m)

In Platform Operational Support, we develop IT-based Mission Support Systems for all flying platforms in our portfolio, such as Eurofighter, A400M, Eurodrone, Tornado and FCAS.

To strengthen the development team for the Eurofighter Mission Support System we are looking for a Systems Engineer. For the development of this modern IT system developed with agile methods, you will be in direct contact with pilots of the German Air Force.

You, as part of a self-orgaized, international and multifunctional team, with software developers, testers as well as operational consultants, will further develop the system, taking into account current trends in military aviation.

Would you like to take off with us and directly support the pilots in their exciting and challenging missions?

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

  • Modeling of system designs in an agile approach for functional areas of the system

  • Further development of functions such as route calculation, POIs, Graphical Information System, database, IT security, taking into account higher-level architectural goals and optimization in the case of necessary trade-offs

  • Creation of software requirements and close coordination with the software developers, during their development, implementation and verification

  • Creation of automated system and software tests

  • Participation in and preparation of meetings with customer representatives as well as internal stakeholders

  • Supporting the further development of the agile way of working as a team task

Desired skills and qualifications

  • Completed degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or similar.

  • Several years experience in IT systems design and requirements management involving other disciplines such as software engineering

  • Interest in the processes involved in the planning and execution of military air operations

  • Ability to think creatively in a problem-solving manner

  • Experience in agile development projects utilizing Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban will be a plus

  • Understanding of tools for project control (Jira, Confluence), requirements management (IBM DOORS, Jama) and version control (Git) will be a plus

  • Business fluent English

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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

Senior Systems Engineer for Eurofighter Mission Support System (d/f/m)

In Platform Operational Support, we develop IT-based Mission Support Systems for all flying platforms in our portfolio, such as Eurofighter, A400M, Eurodrone, Tornado and FCAS.

To strengthen the development team for the Eurofighter Mission Support System we are looking for a Systems Engineer. For the development of this modern IT system developed with agile methods, you will be in direct contact with pilots of the German Air Force.

You, as part of a self-orgaized, international and multifunctional team, with software developers, testers as well as operational consultants, will further develop the system, taking into account current trends in military aviation.

Would you like to take off with us and directly support the pilots in their exciting and challenging missions?

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

  • Modeling of system designs in an agile approach for functional areas of the system

  • Further development of functions such as route calculation, POIs, Graphical Information System, database, IT security, taking into account higher-level architectural goals and optimization in the case of necessary trade-offs

  • Creation of software requirements and close coordination with the software developers, during their development, implementation and verification

  • Creation of automated system and software tests

  • Participation in and preparation of meetings with customer representatives as well as internal stakeholders

  • Supporting the further development of the agile way of working as a team task

Desired skills and qualifications

  • Completed degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or similar.

  • Several years experience in IT systems design and requirements management involving other disciplines such as software engineering

  • Interest in the processes involved in the planning and execution of military air operations

  • Ability to think creatively in a problem-solving mMehr