Airbus

A320 Family MAP Cabin & Cargo Engineering Team Manager

Airbus • $110K — $130K *
Mobile, AL 36695In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering.
  • 10+ years of aerospace engineering experience in design or structural integration.
  • Experience in transnational and multicultural organizations is preferred, especially in leadership roles.
  • Strong existing network within Airbus engineering domains is advantageous.
  • Experience with Design Office and Chief Engineering delegations or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a specialized engineering team focusing on Cabin & Cargo systems.
  • Ensure compliance with Aircraft Safety and Airworthiness standards throughout engineering activities.
  • Coordinate timely engineering support for aircraft manufacturing processes.
  • Authorize and create technical solutions for issues related to engineering designs.
  • Monitor corrective actions and improvements for design non-conformities.
  • Interface with various stakeholders across the Airbus framework to ensure operational optimization.
  • Present technical findings and proposals during customer negotiations.

Benefits

  • Support for professional development and training opportunities.
  • Collaborative work environment across diverse teams and functions.
  • Access to Airbus’s cutting-edge industry technology and engineering practices.
  • Opportunity for impactful decision-making role regarding aircraft safety and airworthiness.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Position Summary

The role of A320 Family MAP Cabin & Cargo Engineering Team Manager is a critical leadership position demanding a blend of specialized cabin/cargo system authority and operational influence. To succeed, the candidate must act as a primary technical bridge between the Global Design Office (DOA) and the physical production environment of the Final Assembly Line (FAL).

The core of this role is the ability to lead a specialized team of engineering professionals within a complex, global matrix organization. The manager is responsible for leading the Cabin & Cargo MAP Engineering domain within the Mobile MAP organization, ensuring the highest standards of liaison between Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing
  • Operational Optimization & Milestone Gates: Align cabin system configurations and cargo installation solutions with the immediate needs of Manufacturing Engineering and Production. Translate complex outfit and monument non-conformities into actionable, "Right First Time" design plans that keep the FAL moving without compromising safety
  • Transnational Alignment & Product Evolution: Manage the domain's relationships both locally in Mobile and within the broader transnational Airbus framework. Balance local operational urgency with the strict Processes set by the Global Design Office (DOA) and Chief Engineering.
  • Aircraft Flight Line Readiness & Delivery Integration: Serve as the technical face of the Cabin & Cargo domain to internal and external customers. Ensure that every cabin layout choice, repair, or design improvement meets the rigorous Aircraft Safety and Airworthiness standards required for final delivery.
  • Engineering System Governance & Regulatory Compliance: Drive continuous operational business excellence and enable successful implementation of company strategy. Maintain absolute accountability for the team's skill progression while ensuring all deliverables comply with Design Organization Approval (DOA) mandates.


Primary Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: 40%
    • Foremost Technical Authority: Serve as the foremost technical authority for the team and team task deliverables within the Aircraft Cabin and Cargo engineering domains.
    • Airworthiness Compliance: Accountable by Airbus engineering delegation to ensure all MAP engineering activities comply with Aircraft Safety and Airworthiness standards.
    • Engineering Deliverables: Coordinate on-time engineering support to the FAL and Delivery Center throughout the aircraft manufacturing process up to the ferry flight.
    • Solution Authorization: Create, validate, approve, and authorize technical solutions-including justification reports-for repairs, rework, or troubleshooting instructions.
    • Corrective Actions: Monitor design corrective actions, improvements, and temporary aircraft definitions (special instructions) to resolve product and industrial non-conformities.
  • People Management & Development: 35%
    • Team Direction: Manage, mentor, and guide the engineering domain group to converge with the high-pressure requirements of the manufacturing units.
    • Qualification & Delegation: Define and maintain team member qualifications and delegation targets at the required level of domain expertise.
    • Performance Management: Conduct regular performance assessments, provide periodic feedback, and proactively correct performance or behavior issues.
    • Recruitment: Lead the recruitment and hiring of team members to build a high-functioning organization based on trust and respect.


  • Program & Functional Integration: 20%
    • Transnational Interface: Act as the interface between the A320 Family Chief Engineer, Design Office, and local Manufacturing/Quality assurance.
    • Metrics & KPIs: Assist the Head of MAP Engineering USA by providing performance metrics and contributing to transnational engineering strategies.
    • Stakeholder Presentation: Present technical explanations and corrective actions to the flight test department and customers during delivery phase negotiations.


Additional Responsibilities

  • Other duties as assigned: 5%
    • Cross-Functional Support: Utilize extensive hybrid and transverse experience to support local and international operational deliverables on an ad-hoc basis.
    • Milestone Execution: Exercise Chief Engineers delegation signatory approval to support and unblock production milestone targets locally and internationally.
    • On-Site Representation: Represent the A320 Family Chief Engineering (CE) office on-site and directly support all local CE deliverables.
    • Leadership Development: Provide dedicated coaching and mentoring to fellow MAP Engineering Managers.
    • Delegation Advancement: Maintain the technical proficiency required to achieve and execute specialized Chief Engineering Delegations for MAP activities.
    • Backup to other engineering domains or to the HO A320 Family MAP Engineering - Airframe in case of urgency.


Qualified Experience and Training

Required Education

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).


Preferred Education

  • Master's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical or civil engineering or business administration.


Required Experience

  • Minimum 10+ years of progressive aerospace engineering experience associated with design, architecture, or structural integration


Preferred Experience

  • Minimum 5+ experience in transnational and multicultural organizations.
  • Previous leadership and management experience in the engineering field.
  • Strong existing network tied into Airbus national and transnational engineering domains.


Preferred Licensure/Certifications

  • Design office and Chief Engineering delegations in the corresponding engineering domain or equivalent experience with capability to achieve required delegations.


Travel Required

  • 5-10% Domestic and International.


Citizenship

Authorized to Work in the US

Qualified Skills

Required Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities
  • Cross-Functional Integration: Ability to collaborate seamlessly across engineering boundaries, including Design, Static Stress, Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&DT), Project Management, and Loads communities.
  • Matrix Leadership: Demonstrated success leading technical teams within a project-based, global matrix environment where positional authority may not be explicitly defined; requires high leadership agility.
  • Airworthiness & Regulations: Deep understanding of global Aviation Regulations, Airbus Production Organization Approval (POA), Design Organization Approval (DOA), aircraft conformity, and attestation rules.
  • Configuration & Change Management: Detailed knowledge of the Airbus Change Process and strict aircraft configuration management rules.
  • Non-Conformity Resolution: Proficiency with Airbus non-conformity processes and associated engineering tools, including NC tracking, Design Query Notes, Concessions, and Quality Survey Reports.
  • Airbus Frameworks & Procedures: Comprehensive understanding of internal Airbus technical procedures, design standards, and industrial processes.
  • Delegation Progression: Clear capability to achieve, maintain, and expand formal Design Office and Chief Engineering delegations for the A320 Aircraft Family.
  • Cabin & Cargo Architecture: Strong knowledge of Aircraft Cabin & Cargo design, monument outfitting, structural integration rules, and installation principles.
  • Structural & Materials Expertise: Familiarity with installation-based stress principles, material standards, electrical bonding, and corrosion protection methodologies.
  • Technical Documentation: Hands-on experience navigating and applying standard Airbus manuals, including the Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM), Wiring List, and Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC).
  • Multidisciplinary Design Principles: Knowledge of specialized Airbus Design Principles across electrical, mechanical, and cabin/cargo installations.
  • Problem Solving & Decision Making: Proven effectiveness in making decisive, autonomous engineering judgments and solving complex technical problems under pressure.
  • Transnational Experience: Solid background operating within international, geographically dispersed, and multicultural engineering teams.
  • FAL Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt rapidly to short-term changes in Final Assembly Line (FAL) production planning, schedules, and operational requirements.


Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities

Required Communication Skills (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages)

  • Linguistic & Multidirectional Clarity: Complete fluency in written and spoken English; ability to clearly articulate complex technical, programmatic, cost, and personnel topics to diverse stakeholders at all levels of the company both internal and external within a challenging environment.
  • Situational Awareness & Audience Adaptation: High emotional intelligence with a proven capability to navigate a complex network of stakeholders, gauge audience dynamics, interpret non-verbal cues, and adapt communication styles in real-time to mitigate operational conflict and build alignment
  • Collaborative Diplomacy & Negotiation: Exceptional interpersonal soft skills rooted in active listening, empathy, and relationship building to foster an open, trusting environment and successfully manage intense, negotiation-type communications on a regular basis


Preferred Communication Skills (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages)

  • French, German or Spanish.


Required Technical Systems Proficiency

  • Standard office productivity tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace.
  • SAP, QLB, ALB and MySI
  • ACPnG, Tandem, Skywise, and all other Airbus software and tools related to MAP Engineering, design office, and in-service activities.
  • Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and utilize operational performance dashboards to track department KPIs.
  • Deep knowledge of Aerospace Airframe Product Development, Continuous Product development, Architecture and Systems Integration processes and procedures.
  • Ability to understand and talk knowledgeably of unseen scientific/engineering ideas or concepts.


Complexity of the Role

Level of Decision Making: (Level/Impact of decision making: strategic, tactical, operational)

  • Proven decision making and fast track problem solving capability during conflict and negotiation situations.
  • Decision making under time and topic complexity pressure.
  • Able to make decisions with X-FAL, X-Site inputs and coordination.
  • Staff development in-line with Airbus processes and procedures.
  • Technical solutions in-line with Airbus processes and procedures.


Organizational information

Is this a people manager?: Yes

# of Exempt Reports: Up to 10

# of Non-Exempt Reports:

Job Dimensions

  • Direct decision making and influence to Aircraft Safety/Airworthiness adherence and consequently to on time and on engineering and product quality deliveries.
  • Safety of aircraft manufacture, testing and operations
  • First time right (troubleshooting)
  • Design Office reporting (for future development on product)
  • Chief Engineering for information flow and strategy determination
  • Customer presentations (only in difficult technical points)
  • Ability to manage sub contracted work packages
  • Influence throughout the Mobile Manufacturing site and X-Site
  • Product development and unique solution creation


Nature of Contacts

Involved, negotiation type communication on a regular basis with internal and external parties

Physical Requirements

  • Onsite or remote: 100 % onsite.
  • Vision: Daily, able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
  • Hearing: Daily, able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via computer meetings and teleconference or phone
  • Speaking: Daily, able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
  • Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and relat

About Airbus

Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells civil and military aeronautical products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space. The Airbus segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells commercial jet aircraft of approximately 100 seats; and regional turboprop aircraft and aircraft components, as well as provides aircraft conversion and related services. The Airbus Helicopters segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells civil and military helicopters; and offers helicopter related services. The Airbus Defence and Space segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells military aircraft, such as combat, mission, transport, and tanker aircraft; and missile systems, military satellites, and defence electronics, as well as provides defence related services. The company was formerly known as Airbus Group SE and changed its name to Airbus SE in April 2017. Airbus SE was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Blagnac, France.
Learn more about Airbus
Size
135,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
2000
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