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Avionics Design Manager

Aalto 🇬🇧 Farnborough, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Full-time

Lead the avionics design team and oversee the design, development, qualification, integration, testing, and certification of Zephyr aircraft avionics subsystems. Manage development programmes and team growth, serve as the avionics technical authority, and coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, systems, and software teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the avionics design team and oversee the design, development, qualification, integration, testing, and certification of Zephyr aircraft avionics subsystems. Manage development programmes and team growth, serve as the avionics technical authority, and coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, systems, and software teams.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in systems, aerospace, electronics, or a related engineering discipline, along with proven electronics design experience, ideally in aerospace, defence, or space. Candidates should also have management and team leadership experience, requirements and verification expertise, extensive electronics testing experience, and strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

  • Short-Term Incentive Plan
  • 25 Days Of Holiday
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental And Optical Cash Back
  • Personal Pension Plan
  • Income Protection
  • Life Assurance
  • Discounted Salary Sacrifice Vehicle Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Discounts

Key Skills

Avionics design Systems engineering Electronics design Qualification testing Integration Certification Project management Team leadership Requirements verification Verification testing Stakeholder management Cross‑functional collaboration Communication Problem solving Mechanical integration Software coordination

About Aalto

AALTO pioneers Stratospace for a more resilient and sustainable world. Based in Farnborough, UK, the Company is an Airbus subsidiary that manufactures, operates, and delivers services with its solar-powered, stratospheric platform: Zephyr. Zephyr’s persistence enables continuous flight for months at a time, with a current flight-time record of over 67 days in the stratosphere. As part of a multi-domain ecosystem, AALTO can deliver several applications to commercial and government customers, including connectivity and high-resolution Earth observation.

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