Job Description:
- Design and define Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) installations onboard Flight Test Aircraft for the MRTT program, analyzing requirements to specify and provide complete FTI systems (hardware, software, and digital systems).
- Prepare and document technical FTI documentation for Aircraft Installation Design Offices and FTI Laboratory Facilities in compliance with quality, cost, and time standards.
- Coordinate and manage end-to-end FTI activities with key stakeholders, including budget, export control, stock, spare parts, and Verification & Validation (V&V) tasks.
- Support in-service operations by investigating and solving technical anomalies, ensuring smooth operations throughout the development phase.
- Evaluate and implement Make or Buy processes alongside new instrumentation technologies to meet future project demands.
- Education: Degree in Electronics, Aeronautics, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience: Proven experience in testing activities and solid expertise in data acquisition systems for analog, digital, and bus signals.
- Soft skills: High adaptability, proactivity in problem-finding and proposing solutions, strong team spirit, organized profile, and effective negotiation and communication capabilities in a multicultural environment.
- Languages: Advanced level in English (both written & spoken); Spanish capability is desirable.
- Technical knowledge:
- Proficiency in configuration of network devices (routers, switches) and WAN/LAN protocol stacks (TCP/UDP, IP, PTP, SNMP, Ethernet).
- Hands-on experience with Telemetry equipment (transmitters, antennas, amplifiers, calibration) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
- Knowledge of Radio Frequency chains and Network Simulation & Analysis tools (Wireshark, IPerf).
- High capability to analyze and understand the behavior of electronic devices and digital protocols.
- Valuable / Nice to have: Programming skills in LUA, LabVIEW, or Python; familiarity with Airbus documentation and tools (NRD, A400M FTI Block Diagrams, Drawing Information Sheets, Sabre, Sabre Criev, STILo, N-Show, RODAS, EPD, TLB, FTI databases, DOORS).
- Vacation days plus additional days-off along the year.
- Attractive salary.
- Hybrid model of working when possible, promoting the work-life balance.
- Collective transport service in some sites.
- Benefits such as health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan, or study grants.
- 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.
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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Experience Level:
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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
- Degree in Electronics, Aeronautics, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related discipline
- Proven experience in testing activities
- Expertise with data acquisition systems for analog, digital, and bus signals
- Advanced written and spoken English
- Configuration of network devices including routers and switches
- Knowledge of WAN/LAN protocols including TCP/UDP, IP, PTP, SNMP, and Ethernet
- Hands-on experience with telemetry equipment, including transmitters, antennas, amplifiers, and calibration
- Experience with Global Navigation Satellite Systems
- Knowledge of radio frequency chains
- Experience with network simulation and analysis tools such as Wireshark and IPerf
- Ability to analyze electronic devices and digital protocols
- Spanish language capability
- Programming skills in LUA, LabVIEW, or Python
- Familiarity with Airbus documentation and tools
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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.
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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.
