Product Owner for Sensor Management Capabilities (m/f/d) AIRBUS (Ingenieur/in - Elektrotechnik)
About this role
Our Offer:
- Exciting jobs at interesting companies such as Airbus Operations, Airbus Defence & Space, and the aerospace supply industry - Attractive and fair salary conditions - Comprehensive employee benefits program "Orizon PlusPunkte" - Training measures suiting your tasks and activities - Up to 30 days of annual leave - Personal support and qualified advice at the Unit Aviation offices, e.g.in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Stade, Augsburg, Munich, or Bremen
Your Prospective Job: For our renowned customer Airbus Defence and Space you are acting as Product Owner (m/f/d) for Sensor Management Capabilities within the mission systems organization.This position is located in Ingolstadt with sporadic interactions in Manching.
Your Responsibilities:
- Own the product vision & roadmap for the sensor-control subsystem within the overall Ground Mission and Armament System - Translate mission requirements, stakeholder needs and regulatory constraints into a clear product backlog - Define and communicate user stories, acceptance criteria and "Definition of Done" that reflect both functional performance and systems-engineering attributes - Work hand-in-hand with the 10-person development team - Collaborate with Architects and Engineers to align sensor-control capabilities with system architecture and mission timelines - Conduct backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives, - Acting as the primary liaison between the team and external stakeholders - Manage risk and compliance - maintain traceability matrices - Ensure that safety/mission-critical standards (e.g., DO-278C) are reflected in backlog items and verified during testing - Monitor and report key performance indicators (feature completion, defect density, sensor-performance metrics, schedule variance) to senior leadership - Drive continuous improvement - introduce agile best practices, lean processes, and data-driven decision making within the team - When required, evaluate software architecture options and support integration of software
Your Profile:
- Completed studies in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or comparable - Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) is desirable - Many years of professional experience in sensor-control, avionics, autonomous systems, or other mission-critical platforms - Experience as Product Owner, in Backlog Management, Stakeholder Management and Risk & Compliance Management - Experience with DO-278, IEC 61508, MIL-STD-882, ARP4754 or similar safety /mission standards - Experience with sensor suites (RADAR, EOS, etc.), real-time data acquisition and control loops - Knowledge in delivering complex, high-stakes hardware-or-software products - Solid understanding of system life-cycle processes, requirements engineering, architecture, integration & verification (ISO/IEC 1528, INCOSE) - Skills in Agile practices and Scrum - Skills in developing or integrating software (Java, Linux, Git, etc.) and CI/CD concepts is a strong plus - User skills in Jira / Confluence, Doors, Cameo, Matlab / Simulink and Git - Fluent English skills spoken and written - German skills are recommended - English CV is needed