Sr. Director Flight Test Operations

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Job Description:

Job Description

Under the Airbus Americas Engineering (AA1) Organization, the Head of Production Flight Test team is responsible for the financial, operational, functional, resources and people management and leadership of his/her multifunctional Flight Test team at the Mobile Manufacturing Site. The Director of Flight Test will liaise with A320/A220 Program Engineering, relevant Airbus Centers of Competence and the Customer Line to obtain Certificate of Airworthiness (CoA) and customer acceptance of production aircraft.

Primary Responsibilities

• Operational and Functional Responsibility:

  • Manage all ground tests and flight tests required to obtain Certificate of Airworthiness (CoA) and customer acceptance of production aircraft.

  • Coordination with the Customer Line organization, including planning, to manage resources in order to achieve daily objectives.

  • Manage day-to-day operations to achieve daily/weekly/monthly industrial targets.

  • Work as an integrated organization by participating in inter-company activities such as, but not limited to, improvement, AOS, digital transformation, etc…

  • Establish, maintain updates and enforce the compliance of Flight Test Operations with FTC manuals for both the A220 and A320 Programs:

    • Flight Operations Manual (FOM).

    • Ground Operations Method (GOM).

    • Safety Management System manual (SMS).

  • Establishes Flight Test engineering operational strategies by evaluating engineering trends, establishing critical measurements, determining productivity, quality, and anticipating customer (internal and external) strategies and needs..

  • Translates company strategy by defining short, mid and long term action plans to meet developed business direction and initiatives.

  • Collaborates and cooperates in transnational and cross program Flight Test and Engineering routines and workshops to objectives, strategies and improvement activities related to process, ways of working and product improvement.

  • Develops engineering organizational strategies by contributing engineering information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction, and establishing engineering objectives in line with organizational objectives.

  • Shapes and translates the Flight Test Engineering organization to impact the top company objectives.

  • Defines with key national and transnational organizational stakeholders on Flight Test Engineering required performance and operational strategies to protect MMS industrial activities and serial ramp up targets

  • Manage team objectives and communicate metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for the Flight Test activities and deliverables as well as defining, deciding and implementing corrective and improvement measures and strategies to foster efficiency.

• Resources and People Responsibility:

  • Creates and implements business and engineering compliant resource and capability development strategies, including determining roles, accountabilities and responsibilities, communicating and accomplishing the implementation of values, policies, and procedures.

  • Defines staff recruitment, selection, training, coaching, disciplinary, and communication programs, while planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing performance contributions, and planning and reviewing compensation strategies.

  • Provides leadership and direction to create and sustain an environment for an efficient, effective, inclusive and diverse engineering team while promoting and accomplish the implementation of the Airbus values and ethical behavior as a key behavioral standard

  • Accountable for building and promoting a work