Galileo Satellite Navigation and Safety Engineer (m/f), Ottobrunn

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks & accountabilities

You will contribute to the ongoing deployment and exploitation phase of the European satellite navigation system Galileo as well as the definition of the future second generation of Galileo with a high responsibility for system analysis, performance, assessment and integrity aspects. You will join the Airbus Navigation Department.

With more than 60 engineers and 20 years of experience it is one of the leading expert groups in Europe for the development and implementation of the European satellite navigation systems EGNOS and Galileo.

Your exciting tasks:

• Contribution to the definition, implementation and characterization of Galileo, the European satellite navigation system
• Engineering of new Galileo services for Safety-of-Life support, Advanced RAIM and high accuracy applications
• Consolidation of system definition, fault trees and feared event contributions as well as engineering of underlying system and sub-system requirements and functionalities
• Contribution to system Reliability, Availability, and Safety modeling (RAMS and IFMEA)
• Detailed assessment, modeling and simulation of system algorithms to derive the expected end-user performance
• Trade-off analyses for different solutions and implementation options
• Assessment, justification and balancing of performance and reliability budgets
• Support to definition of transition concepts from the active Galileo architecture towards the next generation architecture

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

• You are educated to Master's degree in Engineering such as such as Applied Mathematics, Navigation, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication, Physics, Geoinformatics, Geodesy or equivalent
• You have a deep understanding of Safety-of-Life applications and corresponding end user constraints as well as Advanced RAIM concepts
• You have a deep understanding of GNSS user receiver data processing to retrieve a positioning solution and receiver integrity algorithms
• You have an understanding of GNSS ground monitoring data processing
• You have shown experience in describing and modeling of statistical processes in particular for error propagation analyses
• You have knowledge of one or more of the following standards: RTCA DO-229D, ICAO SARPS Anx 10, ISO-26262
• You do understand systems engineering processes with requirements management and review gates
• You have shown experience in writing engineering software in C, Python or Matlab
• You have demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical problems and define innovative solutions
• You have shown good analytical skills and a systematic approach to solve complex tasks
• Your Teamplayer-mentality is one of your assets, furthermore you have shown experience in working with international teams and collaborative working style
• You like European mobility
• Your English language skills are on negotiation level, German Language skills would be considered as a plus

What do we offer

• Challenging tasks with unique services and products
• Pleasant working atmosphere in a professional and international work environment
• Exciting development opportunities and perspectives
• Extensive company training offers (eLearning and Classroom Trainings)
• Flexible working hours
• Compatibility of work and family life
• Attractive remuneration
• Company Pension Scheme
• Good connections to public transport and local parking facilities
• Catering facilities on site