Avionics Team Lead

Avionics Team Lead

Exotrail

Massy, France

We are looking for a Avionics Team Lead at our Massy site, to support the rapid growth.

Attached to the Spaceware Engineering Team, you will be responsible for the technical leadership, operational management, and people development of the Avionics Engineering Department, covering both Hardware/Electronics Engineering and Embedded Software Engineering. The role ensures the design, development, integration, validation, and continuous improvement of embedded electronic and software systems that support the company's products, while meeting performance, quality, cost, and schedule objectives.

This role will be interacting with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Main responsibilities

Team Management

• Lead, coach, and develop the team. You may also participate in recruiting future team members;
• Set objectives, conduct performance reviews, and support career development;
• Foster technical excellence, collaboration between the teams, continuous improvement, innovation, and the sharing of knowledge.

Oversee team activities

• Define team priorities based on project needs and development milestones;
• Ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of simulation activities within resource constraints;
• Allocate resources and manage competing priorities across projects.

Technical Leadership

• Act as the technical authority for Hardware Engineering and lead technical design reviews;
• Review and validate major technical decisions and system architectures;
• Ensure designs meet requirements (performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost efficiency);
• Support teams in solving complex technical challenges.

Hardware Strategy

• Drive improvements in simulation methods, automation and standardisation;
• Develop multi-physics simulation capabilities across Structures, Thermal and CFD;
• Evaluate and deploy new simulation tools and best practices.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Engineering, Systems, Design, Test, Industrialisation, Quality and Project Management teams, and represent the simulation organisation with customers and external partners when required.

Preferred Experience

• Master's degree or PhD in Electronics, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field;
• 8–12+ years experience in electronic hardware design or embedded systems. Ideally both;
• Proven experience managing technical engineering teams;
• Experience in a complex industrial environment;
• Solid understanding of embedded software architectures. Hands-on embedded software development experience is considered a strong advantage;
• In-depth expertise in embedded software development is a significant advantage, but is not essential provided the candidate is able to effectively lead subject-matter experts and foster close collaboration between the hardware and software teams.

Technical Skills Required

• Deep understanding Hardware: Electronic architecture, Analog & digital electronics, PCB design, Microcontrollers, FPGA (desirable), Communication buses (SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB), EMC/EMI, Electronic reliability, Hardware verification & qualification; And/Or Embedded Sofware: Embedded C/C++, RTOS, Software architecture, device drivers, communication protocols, software integration, configuration management;
• Experience with one of several of the following tools: Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, KiCad or equivalent, Laboratory equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.), Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI or equivalent, Jira, Azure DevOps or similar;
• Knowledge of functional safety or aerospace standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C, DO-254, IEC 62304, or equivalent is ideal.

Soft Skills Required

• Team leadership & development & decision making;
• Clear communication both verbal and written;
• Highly organised;
• Analytical, & result-oriented;
• High degree of autonomy.