Airbus Defence and Space
Test Manager
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Job Description:
Security Clearance:
Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance
Travel Required:
Couple of times a year for several weeks at a time, dependent on project and customer needs requirements
Location:
Portsmouth
Type:
Full time / STEM returner
What's In It For You
Financial Reward:
- Competitive salary
- Annual profit share
- Contributory pension
- Share options
- Car leasing scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Tax-free technology scheme
- Discounted shopping and much more
Work / Life Balance:
- 37 hour week
- Flexible working around core hours
- Hybrid working
- Up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL
There are no core hours on Friday afternoons. Employees may use this flexibility at their discretion, provided they fulfil their contractual working hours and meet business needs (such as urgent deadlines or client requirements)
Personal Development:
- Personalised development plan
- Unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses
- Internal mobility including international opportunities
Health & Wellbeing:
- Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- On-site canteen and coffee shop
- Lunchtime pilates
Family and Caregiving:
- Life assurance
- Enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay)
- Adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave
Inclusive Environment:
- Wellbeing room
- Multi-faith room
- Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
This is a Systems Test Manager role, if ONE of the following isn’t familiar then it probably won’t be a suitable role for you:
- Installation, Verification, and Validation (IV&V)
- Test Stubs - Lower-level (called) modules / Top-Down Integration Testing
- Test Drivers - Higher-level (calling) modules / Bottom-Up Integration Testing
- Experience testing hardware, firmware and software and how they interact
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We are seeking a Test Manager to work on end-to-end SATCOM projects (Ground Segments, Ground stations, Modems and user terminals Terminals) for Government, MOD and Milsat customers. This includes defining business policies, procedures, processes and practices
How You Will Contribute To The Team
- Join different sized project teams from the R&D to acceptance phase, being comfortable with fast and dynamic paced bids projects. Some acceptance testing on customers sites
- Champion the customer requirements and testing teams throughout projects, ensuring delivery on Time, Cost and Quality (TCQ)
- Continuously improve engineering by keeping up to date with technological / engineering developments
- Manage production of test and verification, and Validation and Verification (V&V) strategies/plans
- Train other Engineers (testers and non-testers) on the importance of vigorous testing that meet project requirements
About You
- Domain experience of testing ONE of the following:
- SATCOM
- Ground Segments
- Ground stations
- Modems
- User terminals Terminals
- Passionate about making a positive difference in the test process from start to finish, covering bug finding and fixing, detecting defects early and improving quality and reducing risks resulting in secure reliable software and customer satisfaction
- Enjoy using lessons learnt and feedback to improve the testing process, focusing on changes for the better
Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.
How We Can Support You
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process - you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
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 Limited
Employment Type:
Permanent
Experience Level:
Professional
Job Family:
Computing & Comm and Info & Data Processing
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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
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.
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