Lead Engineer pour Maritime Surveillance

Job Description

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Technical Manager for Maritime Surveillance (f/m) to join our team in Elancourt, France.

You will be part of a team developing STYRIS®, an Airbus product line for collection, processing, consolidation, enrichment, distribution, and display of data derived from a wide range of maritime sensors such as radars, automatic identification systems, radar direction finders, cameras, weather stations, and sonars.

Your Working Environment

Elancourt is a dynamic city near Paris, a stone’s throw from the Palace of Versailles, offering various cultural and outdoor activities and good public transport links to the Airbus site.

Benefits

• Financial rewards: attractive salary, success agreements, profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan, and voluntary employee stock purchase plan.
• Work / Life Balance: extra days‑off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, staff council with social, cultural and sporting activities.
• Wellbeing / Health: complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death), health services centre, concierge services, gym, carpooling application where available.
• Individual development: upskilling opportunities with unlimited access to over 10,000 e‑learning courses, certifications, expert career paths, accelerated development programmes, and national and international mobility.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the maritime system based on Styris OTOCOQ
  • Define the scope clearly and manage changes with proper proposals and impact analysis.
  • Structure and plan the engineering work.
  • Define and monitor engineering risks and opportunities.
  • Monitor and control engineering progress (time, cost, quality).
  • Ensure that commitments made during the bids are planned.
• Conduct engineering reviews
  • Carry out system studies and designs, organise design reviews before launching development (CDR).
  • Structure IVV work (Integration, Verification, Validation) in Elancourt and organise the appropriate test review (FAT).
  • Support the IVV work on site.
• Lead the engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Computer science or a comparable field of study, 15+ years of professional experience.
• 5+ years as a technical lead, team management, and customer relationship.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Fast learner, curious, structured, team spirit.
• Knowledge in systems, networks, Linux, electronics (radars, VoIP, camera, VHF), information‑system security, and general computer knowledge.
• Proficient in English.
• Desirable: Agile experience.
• Requires a security clearance or eligibility for clearance by recognised authorities.

Legal and Declarations

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus does not request any monetary exchange during the recruitment process. Any impersonation should be reported to This job requires an awareness of potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, which is the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.