Industrial Team: Manufacturing Engineering - Extended Enterprise (d/f/m)

Airbus; Deutschland; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Bike leasing

Corporate discounts

30 days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering - Extended Enterprise (d/f/m) to strengthen the ME team in Manching. You will oversee external suppliers and partners, assess capabilities, and support cost and make-buy decisions while ensuring compliance with Airbus standards.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Procurement/Legal, risk management, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced industrial environment with cutting-edge aerospace manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Educational background in aerospace/industrial engineering or related field.
• Project management qualifications are advantageous.
• Experience coordinating complex cross-discipline projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage industrial footprint outside Airbus walls across suppliers and partners.
• Conduct supplier readiness/industrial capability assessments.
• Evaluate supplier capacity to meet technical requirements and contractual commitments.
• Support make-buy strategy, cost assessments and trade-off studies.
• Capture knowledge and lessons learned for future co-design decisions.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks with mitigation plans.
• Translate design and industrial requirements into supplier specifications.
• Lead coordination with partners, including capacity, quality and delivery commitments.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Lean Manufacturing

Agile project management

Negotiation

Education

University degree in Aerospace/Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

CATIA

3DX

Job description

Job Description

Job Description: In order to support the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Team, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering - Extended Enterprise (d/f/m)

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.

Our Benefits for You

• Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.
• Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.
• Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group-wide career perspectives.
• Feel Good at Work: On-site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.
• Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.

What does the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Team do?

We are the team that transforms aircraft design into a flying reality. Through close collaborative-development with aircraft design and other engineering disciplines, Manufacturing Engineering \"ME\" ensures the manufacturing feasibility OTOCOQ of the new products. We are the link to our internal production departments and external suppliers, enabling the manufacturing of parts, assembly, integration, and testing (\"MAIT\" system) of new aircraft. We are currently scaling the entire Industrial Team. This position is one of several key roles we are opening; we encourage you to explore our other vacancies to find the best match for your expertise. The primary challenge lies in the accelerated development timeline leading to the maiden flight. This requires a team of agile engineers who thrive in a dynamic environment and can expertly manage design evolutions alongside active manufacturing processes.

Mission of Extended Enterprise

• Management of industrial footprint outside Airbus own walls - parts/subparts assembly suppliers, risk-sharing partners and components subcontractors (composites, metallics, harnessing, etc) that are part of the program manufacturing European supplier network
• Conduct supplier readiness / industrial capability assessments.
• Evaluation whether the supplier has the technical knowledge, process, industrial means and capacity to meet product technical requirements, rate and quality according to contractual commitment
• Support make-buy strategy, contribute to cost assessments and support trade-off studies (weight vs. cost vs. production rate) to keep cost aligned with program targets
• Capture knowledge and lessons learned about supplier/partner manufacturing technologies, material and processes, feeding them back into future co-design trade-offs and make-buy decisions
• Identify and manage industrial supply chain risk: critical suppliers, long-lead time items, single source dependencies and capacity bottlenecks, defining mitigation plans
• Translate design and industrial requirements into specifications suppliers can execute.
• Aligned with the industrial architecture baseline, Manufacturing Engineering specialists and validating supplier processes.
• Lead technical and contractual coordination with partners, including capacity, quality and delivery commitments.
• Close collaboration with Procurement/Legal departments on supplier selection, qualification and performance management
• Support onboarding of new suppliers/partners as the program scales from prototype to rate production, including capacity ramp-up planning
• Ensure all supplier/partner manufacturing processes, tooling and work instructions comply with applicable Airbus Standards, airworthiness requirements and Health and Safety regulations
• Participate in technology and innovation projects (R&T/ R&D) to close program technology gaps or improve time and cost.
• Advancing in the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of relevant processes and materials where supplier-developed. These includes collaboration with non-traditional suppliers and technology centres

Required Skills

• Educational Background: University degree in Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related field
• Additional qualifications in Project Management (would be advantageous)
• Technical Expertise: Understanding of (aerospace) design and manufacturing ecosystem
• Understanding of supplier industrial capability assessment, make-buy analysis and supply chain risk management
• In depth knowledge of multiple (at least one) specific manufacturing techniques or processes like Additive Layer Manufacturing, Composites, Low Observability Materials, Generation of Build Processes or Configuration Control Experience coordinating technical requirements, offers and contracts with external partners
• Experience in technology maturation/innovation process and in TRL/MRL methodology
• Several years of professional Experience in an industrial environment
• Knowledge in MBSE and PLM tools (e.g., CATIA, 3DX) would be advantageous
• LEAN Manufacturing would be advantageous
• Project Management: Experience managing complex projects and coordinating cross discipline stakeholders
• Experience with agile project management methodologies
• Negotiation skills would be advantageous
• Communication: Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, to interact with various stakeholders
• Knowledge in German would be advantageous
• Innovation and Problem-Solving: Creative approach to solving complex industrial challenges
• Design for Manufacturing & Assembly Mindset
• Ability to work in a changing and not entirely pre-planned environment.
• Able to make assumptions and start working even on incomplete sets of requirements.
• Ability to propose and implement innovative solutions in manufacturing processes
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning: Openness to emerging technologies and manufacturing methodologies
• Commitment to continuous professional development in a rapidly evolving field

Company

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH Employment Type: Permanent ------- Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Manufacturing Engineering

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