Senior Manager - Power & Propulsion

This position can be located at multiple sites across the United States. Work locations: Arlington VA, Denver CO, or Merritt Island, FL.

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed wing solutions to help our national security, defense and space focused customers meet their missions.

Airbus U.S. looks to employ a commitment driven team, dedicated to enabling our customer's mission success. We are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and a welcoming and engaging staff. With competitive compensation and superior employee benefits, as well as a commitment to fostering individual career growth, Airbus U.S. is the place where top talent wants to work.

Position Summary:

Airbus U.S. is looking for an enthusiastic and creative Power and Propulsion Senior Manager to develop solutions and execute activities related to spacecraft and aircraft power and propulsion systems. We're looking for candidates who can bring exceptional technical and leadership skills, as well as strong experience in aerospace programs to the team.

Position Responsibilities:

The Senior Manager's primary responsibilities will be leading the development of Airbus U.S.'s satellite power and propulsion systems solutions. This includes all phases of the spacecraft and aircraft development life cycles, from requirements definition, conceptual & preliminary design, prototyping, critical/detail design, qualification, production, test, integration, and in-service operations. Being at the cutting edge of air and space technology, we need someone who is eager to learn, grow, and take on new and potentially unfamiliar challenges. There is no shortage of fascinating problems to solve.

The Senior Manager will lead and perform all Power and Propulsion related activities, including planning, execution, and management. The Senior Manager will have project and subject matter responsibility and authority. The Senior Manager will have functional team leadership responsibility for the Power and Propulsion team, including personnel management and cost/schedule responsibility.

Launch Integration and Analysis 75%

• Lead design and development of aircraft and spacecraft power and propulsion architectures, subsystems, equipment, and components
  • Propulsion systems and equipment (thrusters, tanks, piping, flow control, electronics)
  • Power generation (PVA, solar array technologies including modules, panels, and wings)
  • Power storage equipment (batteries)
  • Power conversion and distribution (PCDU / PLIU etc)
  • Harnesses and other power system support equipment
• Ensure compatibility of power and propulsion systems with various expected mission environments (SWaP, thermal, radiation, lifetime, AO, etc.)
• Lead the development of subsystem level requirements and requirement flow-down to the various components and parts as necessary - in all phases of the development lifecycle with particular emphasis on Design for Cost/Design for Manufacturability/Design for Test approaches
• Ability to drive multiple design activities (programs or mission) - could lead to spacecraft, payload, satellite bus, and/or launch integration activities;
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution situations involving the full spectrum of engineering and integration activities

Roadmap Development 15%

• Support Airbus spacecraft development product roadmap: includes design adjustments, schedule, and cost targets aligned for future business captures.
• Support the definition of spacecraft customization process for customer mission needs.

Additional Responsibilities 10%

• Perform all the necessary launch system engineering activities to build, to maintain and to evolve the Airbus aircraft and spacecraft products.
• Promote and optimize cost savings by reuse of the heritage platform designs and manufacturing infrastructures in the pursuit of various constellation prospects.

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