Aerospace Program Manager (DO-178C)

📅 Start: nach Absprache | ⏳ Dauer: nach Absprache | 🕐 Auslastung: nach Absprache | 📍 Einsatzort: South Bavaria, Germany

Tasks

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of aerospace and avionics programmes, from initial planning through to execution and customer acceptance.

• Manage software development programmes operating within DO-178C certification environments.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across software, systems engineering, hardware, electronics, certification, quality and manufacturing.

• Develop and maintain programme schedules, budgets, resource plans and delivery roadmaps.

• Act as the primary customer-facing representative for programme updates, milestones and escalations.

• Manage contractual commitments, commercial performance and programme profitability.

• Maintain programme risk registers and implement effective mitigation plans.

• Monitor delivery KPIs, programme performance metrics and certification milestones.

• Support audits, programme reviews and certification activities with relevant authorities and customers.

• Drive stakeholder communication across executive leadership, engineering teams and external partners.

• Ensure compliance with aerospace development processes, safety requirements and quality standards.

Requirements

• Essential

• Proven experience as a Program Manager, Project Manager or Delivery Manager within the aerospace industry.

• Strong understanding of DO-178C software development and certification processes.

• Experience managing safety-critical embedded software or avionics development programmes.

• Background leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across software, systems and electronics.

• Demonstrable experience managing programme schedules, budgets, risks and customer relationships.

• Understanding of aerospace systems lifecycle management and certification activities.

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or a similar technical discipline.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Fluent English language skills.

• Ability to work onsite in South Bavaria 3–4 days per week.

• Desirable