Senior Data Engineer - Airline Operations Intelligence

Airbus; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multicultural environment

Learning opportunities through Airbus

Hybrid work model

Office at Parque das Nações

Job summary

Airbus Portugal SA is seeking a data engineer to join the Airline Operations Intelligence team, focusing on building and optimizing data pipelines, BI dashboards, and AI agents on Skywise/Palantir Foundry.

You will work within a distributed data environment, contributing to a Agile Scrum team and supporting data-driven decisions across Airbus departments. A master’s degree and several years of experience are essential, along with fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Master degree in engineering or computer science.
• 3+ years of working experience as a data engineer with large data volumes.
• Excellent level in Python, PySpark and distributed computation.
• Excellent understanding of AI solutions.
• Good understanding of time series processing.
• English must be fluent.

Responsibilities

• Create/maintain/optimise data pipelines, respecting state of the art practice.
• Create/maintain/optimise BI dashboards
• Create/maintain/optimise AI agents.

Skills

Python

PySpark

Distributed computation

Time series

AI solutions

Education

Master's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

Skywise

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Responsibilities - your mission

This position is in the Airline Operations Intelligence team whose main mission is to gather airline operational data from multiple sources, transform and augment it. It is then delivered to the Airbus internal departments such as aircraft program, engineering, marketing and strategy either as data products, or as reports or as dashboards. The quantity of data is in the big data perimeter with billions of data lines being analyzed. Your contribution will need to be perfectly in line with the project guidelines and ways of working.

• You will create/maintain/optimise data pipelines, respecting state of the art practice.
• You will create/maintain/optimise BI dashboards
• You will create/maintain/optimize AI agents.

Most of your developments will be done on the Skywise/Palantir Foundry platform. This role requires a very good understanding of distributed computations, data architecture and state of the art data engineering. You will be joining a team of developers organised in Agile Scrum. Your initiatives, reliability and ability to drive the project with your colleagues will determine your responsibilities and scopes over the years as we are flexible with these.

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

• A master degree in engineering or computer science.
• Several years (3+) of working experience as a data engineer with proven records of enormous data volume manipulation.
• Excellent level in Python, pySpark and distributed computation.
• Excellent understanding of AI solutions.
• Good understanding of time series processing.
• Qualifications/experience/knowledge of the airline industry is a major advantage.
• Qualifications/experience/knowledge of data science is a major advantage.
• English must be fluent.

Benefits - what's in it for you

• The chance to work in a multicultural environment.
• The opportunity to grow your skills and capabilities thanks to our Airbus learning offer (digital solutions, classroom sessions, certified training....) and career opportunities across the globe.
• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
• A modern office at Parque das Nacoes, well connected to public transportation.
• A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.
• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.
• Work in a balanced environment: Beyond the many benefits offered to its employees, joining Airbus is also the guarantee of a respectable work-life balance.
• 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 Portugal SA Employment Type: Permanent ------- Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Digital

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. 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.

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.