Job Description:
Take off with Airbus Helicopters!
Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Technical Leader Windchill CorePDM to join our Physical Product Department based in Marignane, France.
Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.
The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.
You will live a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.
To learn more about our site and our activities : Airbus Helicopters – MarignaneYou will enjoy a unique professional experience at the very heart of our helicopter manufacturing operations.
To find out more about our site and activities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flu57j6g-0g
Your future missions :
You will be part of a team in the End To End Develop domain, which delivers digital solutions for the entire end-to-end development process of our helicopters.
As part of the team, you will be involved in the Technical Lead of Windchill CorePDM application aiming at the Product Lifecycle Management of helicopters.
Your main missions will be :
1. Architecture, Resilience & Performance :
- Guarantee the robustness, scalability, and high availability of the application.
- Design fault-tolerant architectures and drive the observability strategy (monitoring, tracing, alerting).
- Track down bottlenecks and optimize performance to seamlessly handle massive traffic spikes.
2. Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence :
- Define and enforce high standards for code quality, security, and automation.
- Own the code review process and validate the team's architectural and technological choices.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to technical teams. Define and share best practices and guidelines for developing and deploying solutions.
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
3. Strategic Alignment & System Integration :
- Collaborate closely with the Product Owner and the Product Manager to translate business requirements into secure, realistic technical roadmaps.
- Review and approve technical solutions proposed by the Development Team
- Ensure seamless integration of the application within the company's global IT landscape.
- Effectively balance delivering new business features with paying down technical debt.
4. Major Incident Management :
- Act as the ultimate technical reference and facilitator during critical production incidents to guide the team toward rapid resolution.
Your profile :
- Min 10 years of technical and functional expertise in Windchill CorePDM application with proven technical leadership experience.
- Knowledge of technologies DevOps, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) technologies.
- Excellent communicator, who can easily demystify complex technical topics for stakeholders and top management.
- Fluent English, advanced level of German or French.
- Experience with the Agile way of working.
3 Reasons to join us :
Our Values : Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family.
Inclusion and diversity : We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving.
Compensation and benefits :
At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority.
Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.
We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility).
And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference:
- A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
- Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.
Our recruitment process :
- 1. Apply online.
- 2. Analysis of your application by the recruitment department.
- 3. Our positions require a security clearance, complete the questionnaire that will be sent to you.
- 4. Conduct recruitment interviews : HR interview and technical interview with your future manager
- 5. Receive the job offer!
Ready to take off ? Give a new dimension to your career by applying online now!
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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.
Company:
Airbus Helicopters SASEmployment Type:
Permanent-------
Classe Emploi (France): Classe G14Experience Level:
ProfessionalJob Family:
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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [email protected].
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years technical and functional expertise in Windchill CorePDM with proven technical leadership
- Knowledge and experience with DevOps practices and tooling
- Knowledge and experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) technologies
- Experience designing fault-tolerant, scalable, high-availability architectures and performance optimization
- Experience with observability: monitoring, tracing, alerting and incident management
- Strong communication skills able to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Fluent English and advanced level of German or French
- Experience working in Agile ways of working
- Ability to obtain required security clearance (complete questionnaire during recruitment)
Airbus Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Airbus and has not been reviewed or approved by Airbus.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive in several locations, including medical, dental, and vision options available from day one in the U.S. Access to life insurance, disability coverage, and employee assistance/wellbeing support adds breadth to the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as a meaningful part of the package through plans such as a 401(k) with company matching in the U.S. These programs strengthen long-term financial security beyond base wages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions are described as generous in some settings, including vacation availability from day one and extended holiday coverage. Flexible working arrangements and hybrid options further increase the perceived value of time-related benefits.
Airbus Insights
What We Do
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2020, it generated revenues of €49.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry and a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We believe that it’s not just what we make, but how we make it that counts; promoting responsible, sustainable and inclusive business practices and acting with integrity. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place, on the ground, in the sky and in space.







