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Join Airbus Helicopters España S.A. as an Airframe Design Engineer in Albacete, Spain. This fixed-term full-time professional role involves designing and optimizing helicopter structures across all product phases, requiring 5 years of experience and advanced English proficiency.

Requirements

  • 5 years of experience in Composite and Metallic Helicopter Structure Design
  • Proficiency in CATIA V5, Microsoft Office, Configuration management (VPM), and Change management (ECR/ECP management)
  • Knowledge of Airbus Helicopters (AH) Manufacturing processes
  • Advanced level of English
  • Desirable requirements include CATIA V4, composite repair design, French language skills, and technical team lead experience
  • No specific degree requirement stated in the posting

Skills & Responsibilities

  • CATIA V5: Design optimized helicopter structure components and assemblies in terms of weight, cost, and performance.
  • Configuration Management: Verify the compliance of detailed design solutions toward baseline validated requirements.
  • Change Management: Develop modifications and retrofits within timescales as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary team.
  • Problem-Solving: Adapt design solutions to real helicopter configurations quickly and manage changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Potential transition routes: People from aerospace engineering or mechanical design roles may bring strong CAD and structural analysis skills, alongside meeting mandatory composite and metallic design requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters, a division of Airbus, is a global leader in the civil and military rotorcraft market.

Its mission is to provide civil and military helicopter solutions to its customers who serve and protect citizens, save lives and safely carry passengers in highly demanding environments.

Airbus Helicopters masters the complete helicopter value chain, from design and development, to industrialisation, production and support and services. It aims to ensure safety, quality, competitiveness and mission availability.

Airbus Helicopters España S.A. (AHE) integrates the Rotorcraft activities in Spain being a tractor company of other Spanish entities that participate in the Rotatory wing Aircraft Industry.

EBSTIF perform Design and Stress activities participating in all the phases of the product, from specification to customer in-service support: conceptual and detail design, support to production (non-conformity assessment, generation of documentation needed for manufacturing, etc.), support to testing activities, generation of evidences for certification/qualification purposes and costumer support.

In this context, EBSTIF is looking for candidates with:

- Ability to design Helicopter structure components and assemblies that are optimized in terms of weight, cost, performance,production/assembly requirements while highest safety of the Product is assured using appropriate design tools.

- Ability to verify the compliance of a detailed design solution toward baseline of validated requirements for a single sub-system / equipment / component / module.

- Ability to develop modifications and retrofits within timescales as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary team.

- Ability to adapt design solutions to real Helicopter configuration in a brief period of time

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and requirements.

- An innovative mindset and a natural curiosity about new technology.

Technical skills

- Mandatory: 5 years of experience in Composite and Metallic Helicopter Structure Design, CATIA V5, Microsoft Office user, Configuration management (VPM), Change management (ECR/ECP management), Knowledge of AH Manufacturing processes

- Desirable: CATIA V4, Composite repair design

- Ability to communicate technical subjects effectively and accurately to non-specialists.

- Technical team lead experience would be a plus

Soft skills

- Team spirit

- English: advanced level. French: valuable

- Proactive person with continuous improvement spirit

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

- Open and curious mindset as well as a practical and agile approach

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 Helicopters España, SA

Employment Type:
Fixed term
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Structure Design & Integration

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
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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Airbus

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER

Albacete

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