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Airbus • Toulouse, France

Airframe Structural Design Engineer

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Airframe Structural Design Engineer (f/m) to join our [Department name] based in Toulouse, France.

Your working environment:

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city of the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you:

  • Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
  • Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
  • Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
  • Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

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.

Your Challenges:

As a member of our team, you will develop and perform the following challenging tasks and activities:

  • Concept, Definition and Development design for structural components, assemblies and installations for aircrafts with modern design tools. Catia but no limited are the basic tools you will use in context with others stakeholders.
  • Establishment of the Design principles, Key Characteristics Design, Interface definition. Active participation on the Collaborative process with Industrial part and Customer through Services.
  • Supporting the complete lifecycle of an aircraft in a E2E Design Process you will use additional modern Tools and Software applications.
  • Strong working ties to other Engineering departments (e.g., stress, system installation, material & processes, aerodynamic, configuration, DMU,...) and interfacing Design will broaden continuously your knowledge.
  • Support various stakeholders with technical knowledge (e.g. purchasing, manufacturing engineering, production, M&P, stress analysis, CE, Architecture/Integration,...).
  • You will participate applying the state of the art of the design methods in the most of advanced defense projects.
  • You will have the opportunity to see the result of your work in the final product and to be part of continuous improvement and innnovative technology projects.
  • Participation in the development of the technological areas of structural discipline.

Your Profil:

  • 10 years of experience in Metallic and Composites technologies applied to the airframe structural design, desirable experience in Empennage, Fuselage and Wing Structures, Military Systems instalation, Mechanism (e.g. Movables, Doors,...), etc.
  • Ability to design structures of 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 identify the technical activities of the development E2E (end-to-end) life cycle that are necessary to develop a system/product and provide the level of confidence which is consistent with regulations and Airbus Defense derivatives programmes requirements.
  • Ability to manage and coordinate internal people than external companies.
  • Able to work in definition, concept and development phases interfacing with other stakeholders functions
  • Good level of design, configuration management and modelisation knownledge (e.g. Catia, Full 3D, EPD, Optegra, 3dx, Sprint, SNT, ..)
  • Good level of English or French or Spanish
  • Good communication skills and team player working spirit
  • Ability to travel, if position required

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

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 SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13

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.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

Working at Airbus

Company employees:

150,000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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