End-to-End System Lead Engineer - OneSat Program (m/f)
About the role
Airbus Defence and Space** is looking for an End-to-End System Lead Engineer - OneSat Program (m/f)to join the « OneSat Chief Engineering» department located in Toulouse Palays Site, **France.
For OneSat applications programs, you will be responsible for l eading End-to-End Engineering activities including management of system requirements, system architecture definition and justification andinterfacing with customer for end-to-end and ground system architecture topics.
The present role might require some occasional travels in France/Europe/World to customer premises to fulfil business needs and necessitates security clearance.
Your working environment
Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city of the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!
How we care for you
- Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
- Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
- Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
- Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Your challenges
- Understand and capture Customer telecommunication mission needs & external and internal system interfaces,
- Consolidate End-to-end System Concept of Operations taking into account Customer constraints, OneSat product portfolio definition (specifications, design, …),
- Interface regularly with ground components, satellite and operation Architects to define a suitable system solution for the customer,
- Support system IVV activities for the program,
- M onitor and plan continuously end-to-end activities, ensure technical problem solving on time, on quality and on cost,
- Organize and participate to technical system workshops related to the project scope,
- Prepare and participate to project reviews with customers including data pack elaboration on system topics,
- Support customer project manager in the tracking and negotiation of contractual technical changes related to system aspects as result of project evolutions or customer complementary requirements.
Your profile
- At least 5 years of experience in satellite telecommunications engineering,
- Knowledge of ground segment (operations, user terminals, gateways),
- Knowledge of payload operations and design,
- System engineering knowledge including requirement management,
- Formalize trade-offs and take associated technical decisions,
- Good communication skills (internally & externally) and ability to work/interface/cooperate with different engineering entities,
- Result-oriented, interpersonal skills, diplomacy,
- Team spirit, Autonomy, adaptability,
- Language Skills: English at negotiation level.
This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.
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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company
Airbus Defence and Space SAS
Employment Type
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13
Experience Level
Professional
Job Family
Chief Engineering & Architecture <JF-EN-EA>
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Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Copied from the listing Airbus Defence and Space published, verified 31 Oct 2026.
About Airbus Defence and Space
Satellites, exploration hardware and laser terminals, built inside the Airbus group.
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