Embedded Software Architect (m/f)

Job description

Airbus Operations SAS

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2019 it generated revenues of € 70.5 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Job Description

A permanent job opportunity has arisen for an Embedded Software Architect (m/f) within AIRBUS to be based on Toulouse site in France.

You will join the ' Avionics Software ' department, within 'Avionics and Simulation products' engineering domain. This organization is an in-house avionics equipment and simulators supplier. Engineers in this domain are responsible for the design, the development, the production and the support of critical embedded products (e.g. Flight Controls, Flight Warning, Communication, Maintenance equipment) for all Airbus aircrafts. This organization is also Chamber of Reference on Software and Electronics thanks to accomplished and experienced teams. The scope of activities also extends to other Airbus divisions and partners in some cases.

You will establish and support avionics real-time software architectures able to fulfill the required needs and the airworthiness rules, and by ensuring the trade-offs on technical, business and industrial goals. You will partner with all our team, leaders and experts, to establish the product lines strategy, and the associated technology, methods and tools road-maps.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks, as the foundation for our success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Tasks, main roles and responsibilities

You will be in charge of leading the followings activities:

·  Ensure a technical interface role between major customers (manufacturer, aircraft system, product design, support…) and various competences centers (hardware, software, methods & quality) to design a certifiable software product compliant with the required needs and the airworthiness rules.
·  Contribute to the product line strategy (common solution for various aircraft programs and systems), and the associated technologies, methods & tools road-maps.
·  Understand and value the customer needs, take into account the product line solutions, turn them into requirements for the implementation of software architectures.
·  Propose software architectures with the right trade-off on technical, business and industrial criteria.
·  Define the development, verification and certification strategies for the proposed architecture with associated methods and tools (which could integrate automatic code generation).
·  Develop, maintain and support embedded software products or components, to understand the activity constraints and environment, to improve the ways of working and to bring innovative technologies.
·  Provide support around software architecture topics to the pre-study project’s teams, for feasibility analysis, financial estimations, risk & opportunities assessment.
·  Participate to the continuous improvement of the Department performance.

You will also participate to some software Chamber of Reference activities, such as assessments of Airbus equipment suppliers.

You will report to a manager accountable for set of avionics software products inside an agile organization with dynamic role assignments.

Required skills

You can demonstrate your 10+ years of experience in software development. And more specifically, you developed the following competences:

·  Architecture technics (analysis, decomposition, definition and validation) of complex avionics software systems
·  Embedded Critical Real-Time Software development and certification (DO178-C, up to DAL A)
·  Software engineering and Software standards
·  Low layers software and Operating systems
·  Product Line Engineering and Component-based approach would be a plus
·  Safety, Data security
·  High performance computing and multi-core architecture
·  Agile development process is a plus
·  Open mindset and good team working
·  Advanced level of English and French.

This position is offered under local conditions.

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.

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.

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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.