Product Owner for Sensor Management Capabilities (m/f/d) · AIRBUS

Our Offer:

• Exciting jobs at interesting companies such as Airbus Operations, Airbus Defence & Space, and the aerospace supply industry
• Attractive and fair salary conditions
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• Training measures suiting your tasks and activities
• Up to 30 days of annual leave
• Personal support and qualified advice at the Unit Aviation offices, e.g.in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Stade, Augsburg, Munich, or Bremen

Your Prospective Job:

For our renowned customer Airbus Defence and Space you are acting as Product Owner (m/f/d) for Sensor Management Capabilities within the mission systems organization. This position is located in Ingolstadt with sporadic interactions in Manching.

Your Responsibilities:

• Own the product vision & roadmap for the sensor-control subsystem within the overall Ground Mission and Armament System
• Translate mission requirements, stakeholder needs and regulatory constraints into a clear product backlog
• Define and communicate user stories, acceptance criteria and "Definition of Done" that reflect both functional performance and systems-engineering attributes
• Work hand-in-hand with the 10-person development team
• Collaborate with Architects and Engineers to align sensor-control capabilities with system architecture and mission timelines
• Conduct backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives,
• Acting as the primary liaison between the team and external stakeholders
• Manage risk and compliance - maintain traceability matrices
• Ensure that safety/mission-critical standards (e.g., DO-278C) are reflected in backlog items and verified during testing
• Monitor and report key performance indicators (feature completion, defect density, sensor-performance metrics, schedule variance) to senior leadership
• Drive continuous improvement - introduce agile best practices, lean processes, and data-driven decision making within the team
• When required, evaluate software architecture options and support integration of software

Your Profile:

• Completed studies in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or comparable
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) is desirable
• Many years of professional experience in sensor-control, avionics, autonomous systems, or other mission-critical platforms
• Experience as Product Owner, in Backlog Management, Stakeholder Management and Risk & Compliance Management
• Experience with DO-278, IEC 61508, MIL-STD-882, ARP4754 or similar safety /mission standards
• Experience with sensor suites (RADAR, EOS, etc.), real-time data acquisition and control loops
• Knowledge in delivering complex, high-stakes hardware-or-software products
• Solid understanding of system life-cycle processes, requirements engineering, architecture, integration & verification (ISO/IEC 1528, INCOSE)
• Skills in Agile practices and Scrum
• Skills in developing or integrating software (Java, Linux, Git, etc.) and CI/CD concepts is a strong plus
• User skills in Jira / Confluence, Doors, Cameo, Matlab / Simulink and Git
• Fluent English skills spoken and written
• German skills are recommended
• English CV is needed