Operational EW Specialist (d/f/m) - Mission Data & Ground Support System

Salary: 70.000 - 100.000 € per year

Requirements:

A degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field

Operational defence EW background: multiple years of active-duty or civilian experience within the National Electronic Warfare Center

Mission Data Expertise: proven, hands-on experience in EW Mission Data programming, emitter customization, or the generation of threat libraries

Ground Support Systems: deep understanding of the operational lifecycle of EW systems, including mission data preparation, mission data verification/validation, and post-flight analysis

Strong team player, independent working method and high quality awareness

Strong communication skills

Language skills: business fluent in German and English is an advantage

Responsibilities:

Provide expert guidance to systems engineers on how airforce units utilize EW mission data in real-world scenarios

Support the system development team with our operational knowledge throughout the life cycle of the mission support systems projects, which includes system concept definition, system design, requirements validation, system test & qualification in an agile approach

Translate complex defence EW operational needs into clear technical requirements for engineering teams

Define, document, and validate end-to-end operational use cases for EW ground support software

Design the concepts, interfaces, and workflows required to seamlessly integrate our ground support systems into the EW Center operational infrastructure

Support and participate in customer meetings, technical reviews and workshops to iterate and improve the customer satisfaction with our products

Generate representative EW mission data libraries to support aircraft development phases, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, and flight test

Foster collaboration within our project team and with involved stakeholders - internal and external

Actively support the continuous improvements of our products, projects and processes

Technologies:

Hardware

Support

Mobile

More:

We are Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, and we are looking for an Operational EW Specialist - Mission Data & Ground Support System (d/f/m) to join our international interdisciplinary Ground Support Systems team within the Mission Systems center of competence at our Manching site in Germany. We develop and maintain modern ground support systems for the A400M, Eurofighter and Tornado platforms, enabling the preparation, test and evaluation of mission data libraries for electronic warfare, defensive aids and electronic combat. Our location in Manching is about an hours drive north of Munich and offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities, countryside living, and easy access to nearby cities. We offer fair compensation and extras, 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement, a 35-hour week, flexible working options, mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, sabbatical opportunities, excellent development opportunities, health programs, canteen and cafeteria access, local childcare at selected locations, and a diverse working environment with more than 140 nationalities.

last updated 34 week of 2026