Manager, Project Management and System

Airbus•Bingen, WA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

As the Manager of Project Management & Systems Engineering for Airbus – Flexrotor, you will serve as the central nervous system of our engineering efforts. This is a leadership opportunity to oversee the entire technical lifecycle—from initial architecture and MBSE modeling to flight test validation—for one of the most sophisticated VTOL unmanned aerial systems in the industry. In this role, you are the guardian of the Flexrotor’s architectural integrity, leading a high-performing team of seven professionals, including Project Managers, Systems Engineers, and Autonomy Specialists. You will ensure every design decision aligns with cost, schedule, and airworthiness objectives, and your leadership will directly determine the maturity and success of the Flexrotor portfolio, from governing product development gates (P0-P3) to defining verification strategies for autonomous flight.

Requirements

Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
Have eight (8) + years of aerospace project management and/or systems engineering experience.
Have five (5) + years experience leading development programs involving UAS, VTOL, or complex aerospace systems.
Have five (5) + years experience with MBSE tools (SysML/UML).
Engineering collaboration and issue tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence or equivalent).
High attention to detail; delivers accurate, complete work with consistently minimal errors and omissions.
Must be a US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license).

Responsibilities

Lead engineering project schedule development and execution oversight across multiple development efforts.
Manage and mentor team of Project Managers, ensuring performance, development, milestone alignment and risk visibility.
Oversee cost, schedule, and performance metrics to ensure delivery within defined program objectives.
Govern product development gates including Kick-off, CoDR, P0, P1, P2 and P3 reviews.
Drive technical risk identification, mitigation planning, and risk burn-down tracking.
Ensure cross-functional alignment between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality and certification teams.
Escalate high-impact program risks and architectural decisions appropriately.
Lead and mentor Systems Engineers and System Architect.
Maintain ownership of the system architecture baseline and configuration control.
Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability from mission needs through subsystem verification.
Enforce MBSE methodologies using SysML/UML for system modeling and interface management.
Oversee Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and cross-domain integration.
Provide architectural guidance for hardware, software, autonomy, and data systems integration.
Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace standards and regulatory frameworks.
Lead Verification & Flight Test Engineer and Lead Autonomy & Data Validation Engineer.
Approve system-level verification and validation strategy (ground and flight).
Ensure test readiness criteria are met prior to test campaigns.
Oversee autonomy validation strategy including dataset governance and performance acceptance criteria.
Ensure flight test data analysis drives configuration-controlled improvements.
Ensure Safety-of-Flight considerations are incorporated into system design and testing.
Drive continuous product maturity improvements aligned with operational performance.

Benefits

Competitive base salary
incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
retirement savings plan
the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
Paid time off including personal time
holidays
a generous paid parental leave program
Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans)
prescription
dental
vision
life
disability
Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages