Engineering Equipment Industrialisation Leader (m/f), Bremen

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.

Tasks & accountabilities

• As an Engineering Equipments Industrialization Leader, you will bridge Design and Industrial aspects of equipment development for better and more reliable products from our suppliers.
• You will bring technology and manufacturing expertise, as well as suppliers and products knowledge, to ensure the manufacturability and quality of equipment & systems from industrial integration and operational point of views.
• You will be responsible for the Equipments Industrialization of products lines and technologies within the Engineering Systems Community.
• Internally, you will closely work with Systems Designers, Experts, Supply Chain, Quality and Industrial.
• Externally, you will be interfaced with Suppliers’ Engineering and Manufacturing.
• You will work from the preparation of supplier selection to in-service support, with a strong momentum on prevention by bringing the right experience and knowledge during developments and industrial changes.
• You will be a team member of the newly created “Equipments Industrialization” group, part of a transnational department within Engineering Systems.

You main tasks and accountabilities will include:

• Being responsible of assessment of manufacturability of the design during developments & changes: technical risks & opportunities analysis, participation to combined Design & Industrial reviews, challenge of design options and influence of suppliers’ design and manufacturing engineering
• Being responsible of manufacturing aspects before and during supplier selection: requirements for Call For Tender, supplier’s proposals reviews, risks & opportunities plan
• Supporting products’ industrialization surveillance with regards to manufacturing engineering: participation to assessments and industrial reviews, and eradication of quality flaws
• Supporting resolution of issues and contributing to recovery & industrial performance improvement initiatives
• Being responsible of developing knowledge inside manufacturing Engineering teams through cross-fertilization between products and programs.
• This role will involve travels to supplier’s facilities and Airbus sites; as such you must be able to travel accordingly (approx. twice a month).
• 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.

Required skills

• Degree in Engineering or similar
• Experience in production technologies and manufacturing processes
• Experience in industrialization
• Knowledge of systems design, including interfaces and integration principles
• Products knowledge
• Experience in audits/assessments
• Leadership skills, ability to interface with external suppliers and represent Airbus
• Negotiation level of English.