Software & Functional Avionics IPT Fellow

Overview

This position offers FULLY REMOTE opportunities for candidates across the United States. Preferred work locations:
Arlington VA, Denver CO, Houston, TX or Merritt Island, FL.

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed wing solutions to help our national security, defense and space focused customers meet their missions.

Airbus U.S. looks to employ a commitment driven team, dedicated to enabling our customer7s mission success. We are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and a welcoming and engaging staff. With competitive compensation and superior employee benefits, as well as a commitment to fostering individual career growth, Airbus U.S. is the place where top talent wants to work.

Airbus U.S. is looking for a proven leader of satellite systems engineering development with excellent experience in embedded flight software and its avionics integration. This role is a senior leadership role on the ARROW
450 platform, being responsible for the software and functional avionics Integrated Program Team (IPT). Candidates will bring exceptional engineering skills as well as strong and transverse leadership experience in both the development and flight operation of avionics in aerospace programs.

• Lead avionics and embedded flight software development and integration of satellite programs. Daily briefings to customers and executive leadership.
• Drive program execution through the full project lifecycle: requirement development, architecture development and trades, specification development, requirements verification, compliance assessment, and operations.
• Lead design reviews, engineering review boards, technical planning, system integration, and risk and opportunity management.
• Provide technical growth for Airbus U.S. by mentoring junior staff, developing processes and procedures, and building engineering rigor into the culture.
• Foster cutting-edge space technology mindset, eager to learn, grow, and take on new challenges.
• Act as IPT Fellow with industry-wide expertise in aerospace product development, delivery, and/or operations; provide strong technical leadership and project/team management support under the VP of Space Program Management.

• Execute engineering responsibilities for Airbus U.S. satellite programs:
• • Functional Avionics – requirements and use case definitions; hardware/software integration
  • Requirements development – initial definition, decomposition and flowdown, management
  • System design and trade studies – high-level concept trades to support subsequent detail design
  • Program design review planning, management, and presentation to customers (internal and external)
  • Verification planning and testing – verification matrices, buy-off/sell-off, test planning, etc.
• Lead Functional Avionics architecture definition and trades; support program execution through integration and testing of multiple hardware and software subsystems to achieve high-level objectives.

• Support the Airbus spacecraft development product roadmap: technology insertion, schedule, and cost targets aligned for future business captures.
• Support the definition of spacecraft customization process for customer mission needs.

• Perform all necessary systems engineering activities to build, maintain and evolve the Airbus spacecraft products.
• Promote and optimize cost savings by reuse of heritage platform designs and manufacturing infrastructures in pursuit of various constellation prospects.

• Required:
  
  Bachelors degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas
• Strongly Preferred:
  Masters in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.

• A minimum of 25 years with a Bachelors degree, or 20 years with a Masters degree
• Proven track-record of…