FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (FCS) / FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS) Hardware Architect & Equipment Design Responsible(m/w/x)

Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years professional experience
• Knowledge and practical expertise with airborne equipment
• Very good Qualification, Certification, Safety, Airworthiness, Reliability, Maintainability
• Very good Hardware DAL A development (DO-254, ARP4754A, AMC 20-152A)
• Very good robust, certifiable hardware design (DO-160, MIL-STD-810)
• Good Software DAL A development (DO-178C)
• Experience in hardware design (ASICs, FPGAs, PLDs) and verification (schematics, PCB layout)
• Detailed knowledge of airborne equipment, electronic hardware development (DO-254 DAL A, ARP4754A, AMC 20-152A)
• Knowledge of hardware design language(s) (VHDL or equivalent) for FPGA, ASIC, PCB design/verification
• Experience in analogue hardware design (e.g., actuation control)
• Detailed experience in environmental, robust, certifiable hardware design (DO-160, MIL-STD-810)
• Detailed experience in equipment and hardware certification
• Experience in requirements engineering and tools (DOORs or similar)
• Experience in technical supplier management
• Knowledge of digital computing, analytical, signal processing skills
• Knowledge of Eurofighter, FCAS, Eurodrone, other Weapon Systems (welcome)
• Ability to work independently, collaboratively in international team, coordinate, influence
• Willingness to travel on business
• Business-fluent English and German

Tasks

• Design FCS and FMS equipment for weapon systems (e.g., Eurofighter, FCAS, Eurodrone).
• Manage and allocate statutory, functional, performance, system, and technical requirements.
• Ensure FCS/FMS hardware design (analog and digital) complies with DO-254.
• Generate and maintain equipment specifications (PTS).
• Generate and maintain data requirement lists.
• Generate and maintain equipment engineering designs.
• Generate and maintain requirement documents (FRD).
• Generate and maintain equipment interface control documents.
• Coordinate and ensure compliance for Equipment D3Q.
• Ensure equipment development complies with DO-254 and other hardware standards.
• Manage equipment obsolescence and re-design.
• Manage supplier selection processes.
• Manage supplier D3Q activities.
• Manage supplier milestones.
• Conduct Stage of Involvement Reviews (SOIs) with certification agencies.
• Validate and accept supplier deliverables.
• Manage supplier DDPs, limitations, and deviations.
• Control supplier and program plans.
• Ensure compliance with technical contract documents.
• Manage equipment changes.
• Manage build standards.
• Support stakeholders with equipment queries, defects, and problem investigations.
• Support equipment integration testing.
• Liaise and coordinate with other disciplines and internal Airbus departments (EMC, RM&T, ILS, QA).
• Liaise and coordinate with customers and certification authorities.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

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