Product Owner Digital Engineering for FCAS in Manching bei Airbus Defence & Space

Airbus Defence & Space

About us
Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.
Job description

Product Owner Digital Engineering FCAS System / Software

We are looking for a product owner to lead the roll-out of process methods and tools for engineering.

The mission of the Digital Engineering Team is to boost effective real time collaboration across organisations, sites, partners and suppliers through lean processes and joint development platforms to meet the program targets.
We orchestrate the digital transformation within the perimeter of Engineering with a 1st priority on the various DDMS initiatives.

The successful applicant will serve as the customer proxy for digital engineering teams and will ensure the timely delivery of the process, methods and tools for the scope of system, software, integrity/certification and technical management processes. The responsibility includes the coordination and reporting on behalf of various engineering implementation teams, monitoring of IT infrastructure and tool deployment as well as the deployment of necessary training, support and change management activities.

Why should you apply?

You want to understand the big picture of how to design, manufacture and service a military air system

You are passionate about digital technologies and have ideas how to use them to our benefits

You love to work in a true agile, cooperative, international and highly innovative environment

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 holidays 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

Accountability

Delivery of process, methods and tools for the FCAS program as well as the corresponding workflow and data models, documentation, training material, support.

Your tasks and responsibilities

Support in requirements capture and translation of business needs from Chief Engineering office into a business requirement dossier

Prepare and maintain a work breakdown structure, implementation roadmap and deliverables backlog throughout the lifecycle

Perform workload, budget and resource planning for the entire team

Support technical project manager in the identification and management of risks

Execute, monitor and report on the implementation roadmap

Define KPIs and dashboards to report on time, cost & quality

Manage product changes through product increments

Continuously improve the way of working through retrospective

Desired skills and qualifications

Master´s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business or comparable

(Agile) Project management including earned value management

Working experience in an agile / scrum teams and frameworks (SAFe is plus)

Experience of working in an international team environment

Team leadership

Experience in continuous improvement and change management (e.g. Lean / Six Sigma, Airbus LBIP, DRIVER)

In depth knowledge of system and software development process and tools (ARP 4754)

Good knowledge of MBSE and ISO15288

Good knowledge of cloud technologies and DevOps concepts

Good knowledge of military working environment and impact on digitalisation (e.g. security, export control, partner / supplier relationships, national customer needs)

Knowledge of digital transformation