Job Description:
A new opportunity for a Senior Flight Test Ground Station .Net & Web Architect has opened within Airbus Defence & Space. You will join our Flight Test Ground Station Department—the team responsible for the essential hardware and software systems that power our flight test activities and the wider Test Centre IT infrastructure.
In this role, you will be a technical cornerstone, developing software applications and frameworks that ensure our flight tests are safe, accurate, and efficient. You will lead the transition toward modern, cloud-based architectures while ensuring our industrial tools remain robust and scalable.
Your Responsibilities
As a Senior Architect, you will lead the technical vision and delivery across several key areas:
Architectural Strategy: Design and evolve future software architectures, focusing on the migration of desktop solutions to on-premise cloud environments.
Framework Development: Build and maintain scalable development frameworks to support evolving equipment and testing requirements.
Full-Stack Development: Create multi-platform software and web-based applications, ensuring high performance across all environments.
Transnational Collaboration: Coordinate technical activities across international borders to generate new frameworks for Test Data Analysis.
Stakeholder Integration: Act as a key technical liaison between the Flight Test Means and Test Centre Integrators, Product Owners, and final customers.
Continuous Improvement: Champion the integration of CI/CD environments to streamline our delivery pipeline.
Your Profile
We are looking for a collaborative technical leader who thrives in a multinational environment. To be successful in this role, you will likely possess:
Architectural Expertise: Substantial professional experience as a Software Architect or in a similar senior-level technical role.
Technical Proficiency: Advanced skills in developing high-performance software using C++, Python, .Net, C#, or Java.
Modern Web Knowledge: Proven experience in web-based development and migrating legacy systems to cloud-based solutions.
Educational Background: A degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent level of professional experience.
Collaborative Mindset: Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and build consensus within a multicultural team.
Proactive Approach: A self-starting attitude with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges (equivalent to an "entrepreneurial" mindset within a corporate structure).
Language: Professional-level fluency in English.
Why Join Us?
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect, and collaborate flexibly. We believe that diverse teams power innovation, and we foster an inclusive environment where everyone's voice is heard. Whether it is through flexible working arrangements or continuous professional development, we provide the tools you need to excel.
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WHICH BENEFITS WILL YOU HAVE AS AIRBUS EMPLOYEE?
At Airbus we are focused on our employees and their welfare. Take a look at some of our social benefits:
Vacation days and additional days-off along the year (+35 days off in total)
Attractive salary and compensation package
Hybrid model of working when possible, promoting the work-life balance (40% remote work)
Collective transport service in some sites
Benefits such as health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan...
On-site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office
Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives
Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment
Special rates in products & benefits
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT US?
Airbus is a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale, pioneering sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world.
With around 130,000 employees and as the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader, Airbus is at the forefront of the aviation industry, connecting people and places via air and space.
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.
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 Defence and Space SAUEmployment Type:
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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
- Substantial professional experience as a Software Architect or similar senior-level technical role.
- Advanced skills developing high-performance software using C++, Python, .Net, C#, or Java.
- Proven experience in web-based development and migrating legacy systems to cloud-based solutions.
- Experience designing and evolving software architectures and building scalable development frameworks.
- Experience integrating and championing CI/CD environments.
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multicultural, international teams.
- Proactive, self-starting (entrepreneurial) mindset within a corporate environment.
- Professional-level fluency in English.
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.
