Airbus

Lead System Engineer – d/f/m

Airbus

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Immenstaad am Bodensee • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Manage and guide multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple sites
  • Oversee the decomposition of complex systems into subsystems and components
  • Create and maintain project schedules and execute plans
  • Make critical technical and strategic decisions to resolve issues and drive project progress
  • Quality and Progress Monitoring, Reporting, apply agile methodologies to manage workflows
  • Motivate team members, encouraging innovation, accountability, and high performance
  • Ensure compliance with defense industry standards and regulations
  • Travel as needed to coordinate with teams, stakeholders, and clients

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in systems engineering, with a focus on the defense or automotive industry
  • Proven expertise in system breakdown, requirements engineering, and testing
  • Experience leading technical teams and managing projects across multiple sites
  • Knowledge of agile methodologies, specifically Scrum and SAFe would be beneficial
  • Excellent decision-making and problem-solving abilities
  • Strong organizational skills and self-motivated work ethic
  • Ability to motivate and inspire team members
  • Flexible and adaptable to changing project demands
  • Strong communication skills for reporting and stakeholder engagement
  • Ability to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment
  • Familiarity with defense industry standards and practices
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: Kindergarten close to the site, medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, lakeview canteen and cafeteria
  • Company sports and leisure activities such as sailing, tennis and winter sports
  • 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
systems engineeringrequirements engineeringtestingagile methodologiesScrumSAFeproject managementsystem breakdownquality monitoringprogress monitoring
Soft skills
decision-makingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsself-motivated work ethicmotivationinspirationflexibilityadaptabilitycommunication skillsteam leadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree