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Working at Airbus

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Join Airbus in Toulouse, France as an Electromagnetic Hazards Lightning Direct Effects Engineer on a permanent, full-time basis. You will help shape the next generation of electrified and green aircraft by providing technical expertise in lightning direct effects, electrostatic discharge, and electrical bonding across all aircraft programmes.

Requirements

  • Background in aeronautical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent domain.
  • Experience in lightning direct effects or a closely related field.
  • Experience in laboratory testing and qualification.
  • Negotiation level in English and French.
  • A Covering Letter detailing motivations and suitability must be included with the application.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Electromagnetic expertise: Influence aircraft architectures and structures to achieve optimized protection against lightning hazards and electrostatic discharge.
  • Testing and compliance: Create and analyze requests for laboratory, ground, and flight tests to validate design compliance against airworthiness requirements.
  • System analysis: Analyze system architectures regarding EMH protection and follow up certification activities.
  • Project leadership: Drive R&T projects and develop the electromagnetic hazard protection strategy for future aircraft designs.
  • Potential transition routes: People from aerospace engineering or electrical systems roles may bring strong analytical and testing skills, alongside meeting the mandatory engineering and language requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for an Electromagnetic Hazards Lightning Direct Effects Engineer (f/m) to join our team based in Toulouse, France.

You will join the highly specialized, multicultural EMH Lightning Direct Effects team working across 4 European nations on all aircraft programmes and development phases (from R&T to in-service support).

You will contribute to the next generation of electrified and green aircraft designs by providing technical expertise in lightning direct effects, electrostatic discharge, and electrical bonding.

Your working environment:

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in 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 sala
  • ry, 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:

  • Influence aircraft architectures and structures to achieve optimized protection against lightning hazards.
  • Analyze system architectures regarding EMH protection and follow up certification activities.
  • Validate design compliance against airworthiness requirements and regulations.
  • Create and analyze requests for laboratory, ground, and flight tests.
  • Drive R&T projects and develop the electromagnetic hazard protection strategy.

Your boarding pass:

  • Background in aeronautical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent domain.
  • Experience in lightning direct effects or a closely related field.
  • Experience in laboratory testing and qualification.
  • Ability to work autonomously, as part of a team, with strong communication skills.
  • Negotiation level in English and French.

Please ensure that a Covering Letter, detailing your motivations and suitability for a role as an EMH LDE Systems Engineer, is included as part of your application

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!

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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 Operations SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe F12

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Elec.Electron.&Electromag,Optics&Optron.

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.

Apply now
Airbus

Electromagnetic Hazards Lightning Direct Effects Engineer (f/m)

Toulouse

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