Head of Avionics, Electrics & EWIS

Head of Avionics, Electrics & EWIS

Deutsche Aircraft

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

This is what drives you:

You have a clear idea of what you want: To contribute to the vision of safe and energy-efficient flying, in a team of like-minded aviation enthusiasts who are determined to shape the future of aviation.

This is what you can do:

Develop and lead the department

• Responsible to disciplinary lead the department Avionics, Electrics & EWIS with 20+ engineers;
• Responsible to develop and implement department strategy derived from both company level and directorate level targets;
• Responsible to derive internal/external competence needs and to select strategic engineering service provider and subcontractors;
• Responsible to define department sub-structures, incl. roles & responsibilities;
• Responsible to perform regular workforce/workload planning in-line with program/project needs and to adjust workforce in accordance with agreed head count targets;
• Responsible to plan all program/project deliverables and to (re-)assign workforce as required to ensure On Time/On Cost/On Quality (OTOCOQ) delivery;
• Responsible to regularly monitor work progress based on a set of KPI and to perform risk management including planning of adequate risk mitigations and actions.

Drive and monitor people development

• Responsible to identify and develop high potentials for future line management, program/project management, and expert positions in close alignment with HR;
• Responsible to ensure adequate training of all engineers to ensure timely delivery of all program/project milestones;
• Responsible for nomination of a sufficient number of DREs and CVEs or all ATA chapters within perimeter of own department in close alignment with Airworthiness;
• Responsible to act as coach for high-potentials and to assign mentors to new engineers;
• Responsible to define a training curriculum for new engineers in own department.

Define and maintain development processes and procedures

• Responsible to define development processes and procedures for Avionics, Electrics & EWIS as required by authorities and air legislation needs (e.g. CS-25);
• Responsible to maintain and update development processes and procedures as required by certification standards evolution in close alignment with Airworthiness;
• Responsible to define and drive opportunities for digitalization and automatization of development processes, methods & tools in close alignment with directorate Digitalization.

You’ll bring this with you:

• Engineering degree (e.g. BEng, MEng) in Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or related area;
• At least 15 years of professional experience in relevant fields of aircraft development;
• Wide proficiency of latest certification requirements, aircraft system design approaches, incl. interfaces with all other disciplines;
• Proven background in new aircraft development or aircraft maintenance for at least 2 different aircraft programs;
• Excellent knowledge of air legislation, quality management, configuration management and all safety aspects for new aircraft development;
• Proven disciplinary leadership experience of at least 10 years in a similar area;
• Experience in strategy and organization development;
• Strong team building, motivation and excellent communication skills;
• Pro-active and solution-oriented working style.