Airbus UpNext - Active Control Functions & Artificial IntelIigence (m/f)
Core
Lead the end-to-end deployment of advanced active control technologies and AI capabilities on a subsonic demonstrator platform to pioneer breakthrough flight physics and reduce fuel consumption.
Role type
Senior IC leader for Active Control Functions & AI (Flight Physics & System Engineering)
Builds
Flight-proven active load alleviation and performance optimization technologies for future Airbus commercial aircraft
Domain
Aerospace engineering, Flight Physics, Active Control Systems, Applied AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Aerospace engineering (OAD, Flight Dynamics, Aeroelasticity, Flight Control), Applied AI for physical systems (surrogate modeling, CFD/loads neural networks, real-time data fusion), Systems architecture & requirements definition, Flight test operations & telemetry exploitation, Hardware-in-the-loop validation
Preferred skills
Strategic vision, Cross-functional leadership, Executive communication
Technologies
Machine learning, Neural networks, CFD, Telemetry systems, Hardware-in-the-loop
Responsibilities
Define and arbitrate functional requirements across disciplines for active control applications, Lead the strategic deployment of disruptive AI capabilities on the demonstrator, Drive multi-disciplinary technical convergence between OAD, Flight Control Systems, and Data Science, Report progress and demonstrate flight test results to executive stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership