Auto Flight System Design Engineer (m/f) (H/F)

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial rewards

Work-life balance

Health coverage

Upskilling opportunities

Job summary

Airbus Operations SAS in Toulouse, France, seeks an Auto-flight System Designer to join the Flight Control department. You will bridge pilots’ needs with aircraft system design and contribute to the Auto-flight System for safety and flight automation.

The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to achieve certification. Requirements include Real-Time Embedded Systems expertise and hands-on use of design specification tools like SCADE; English fluency is

Qualifications

• Experience in Real-Time Embedded Systems engineering.
• Ability to interface with multi-functional, cross-domain teams and international stakeholders.
• Negotiation and clear communication skills in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to functional and operational specification evolutions of the Auto Flight System from design toward certification.
• Deliver detailed specifications using SAO/SCADE or equivalent tools.
• Define interfaces with Flight Management, Navigation, Radionavigation, Surveillance, Display, and Warnings systems.
• Present and justify design choices, performance, and limitations to test engineers and pilots.
• Manage internal/external coding suppliers and oversee validation, verification, and airworthiness activities.

Skills

English proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Tools

SCADE

Job description

Job Description

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for an Auto-flight System Designer (f/m) to join our Flight Control department based in Toulouse, France.

You will be part of a team building bridges between pilots' needs and aircraft system design.

As part of the Flight Control team, you will be involved in the Auto-flight System aiming to enhance aircraft safety and flight automation.

Your working environment

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

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.

Your challenges

• Contribute to the functional and operational specification evolutions of the Auto Flight System from preliminary design to certification.
• Deliver detailed specifications using formal specification tools (SAO/SCADE) on time, cost, and quality.
• Define interfaces with related systems (Flight Management, Navigation, Radionavigation, Surveillance, Display, Warnings).
• Present and justify design choices, performance, and limitations to flight test engineers and test pilots.
• Manage internal/external coding suppliers and conduct validation, verification, and airworthiness certification activities.

Your boarding pass

• Professional experience in Real-Time Embedded Systems Engineering with Requirement-Based or Model-Based System Engineering practices.
• Hands-on experience using Design Specification tools and languages such as SCADE.
• Practical knowledge of flight operations and associated avionics/flight control systems.
• Demonstrated ability to interface and negotiate effectively with multi-functional, cross-domain, and international stakeholders.
• Negotiation level in English; conversational proficiency in French is an asset.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Company

Airbus Operations SAS

Employment Type

Permanent

Classe Emploi (France): Classe F11

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

Vehicle Mission & Control

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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.