Lead Systems Engineer for ORION ESM (m/f), Bremen

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks & accountabilities

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Acting as project technical authority during life cycle of the project
• Technical responsibility for producing the system logical and physical architecture
• Ensuring its consistency through design, integration and validation
• Anticipating and managing transversal technical and business issues, arbitrate between solutions considering all aspects: reusability, optimisation, opportunity, schedule, quality, cost, risks, safety and performance
• 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.

Required skills

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Founded experience in space infrastructure phase C/D projects at prime level
• Deep knowledge in Project Management or PM-related experience such as procurement or PMO functions
• Having worked in challenging environment as major recovery projects.
• Experience with ESA and NASA (esp. Human Spaceflight), or other space agencies governmental agencies are highly appreciated
• Experience in team leadership
• Agility with regard to new project situations
• Consider technology (quality) + schedule + budget in his daily actions
• English fluent
• This role will involve frequent travel for business (worldwide) and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.