Avionics Design Manager

Join AALTO in Farnborough as Avionics Manager, leading the team that designs and integrates Zephyr's avionics and helps unlock the future of Stratospace. AALTO, a global leader in Stratospace. Based in Farnborough, AALTO 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. Its current flight-time record of over 67 days in the stratosphere. From above 60,000+ft, or 20km above ground, AALTO can deliver several applications including direct-to-device connectivity and high-resolution Earth observation.

AALTO operates in a new operational layer between most of air traffic and low-Earth orbit, Stratospace. This is where high-altitude platforms led by Zephyr deliver services to commercial and government partners. We can help monitor environments, observe borders, track natural disasters and connect unconnected communities.

Join us as we create a new domain of aerospace: Stratospace. You'll be part of a highly-skilled, innovative and passionate group of people – Team AALTO. Together, we can Unlock Stratospace. Team Leadership: Take responsibility for leading the avionics design team, ensuring agreed goals are delivered as defined by the Chief Engineer.

Technical Leadership: Be accountable for the design, development, qualification and integration of the avionics sub-systems for the Zephyr aircraft. Skills Development: Develop the team's personal and professional skills, acting as a mentor and coach to junior team members.

Team growth: Be part of the recruiting team seeking new talent as the team grows. Programme Ownership: Manage the various development programmes within the avionics team, ensuring on-time delivery and in accordance with the company's quality standards.

Design Authority: Act as the technical authority for avionics, ensuring compliance with safety, performance, and regulatory requirements. Cross-functional Coordination: Provide the wider engineering team with clear demand to ensure that they can plan for appropriate resource provision.

Collaborate with the manufacturing, line maintenance, systems and software teams to ensure seamless integration of avionics solutions. Bachelor's or master's degree in Systems, Aerospace, Electronics, or related engineering discipline.

Proven experience in electronics design, ideally in a space, defence or aerospace industry, from component to system level. Proven management and team leadership experience. Experience with requirements definition, management and verification.

Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Excellent collaboration and stakeholder‐management skills. Strong analytical and problem‐solving abilities. Extensive experience in all areas of testing electronics co...

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