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Airbus • Toulouse, France

Patent Attorney Electronics/Computer Science (D/F/H)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Commercial is looking for a Patent Attorney (d/f/m) to join our Intellectual Property (IP) department based either in Toulouse, France or Ottobrun, Germany.

You will join the team providing strategic legal and technical advice to protect Airbus innovations and to mitigate risk. You will manage a diverse patent portfolio with a particular focus on avionics and our expanding digital and artificial intelligence domains, aligning Airbus intellectual property assets with our global commercial and technical strategies.

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:

  • Lead the drafting, filing, and prosecution of patent applications. Conduct inventor cross-examinations and provide expert advice on patentability.
  • Under the guidance of a Senior Patent Attorney, manage a broad portfolio, ensuring geographical protection and invention prioritization match the competitive landscape.
  • Prepare post-grant revocation actions and support moderate-risk IP litigation and pre-dispute work.
  • Under the guidance of a Senior Patent Attorney, Support the negotiation and drafting of IP-centric agreements.
  • Protect the company from infringement risks by managing IP predispute matters and claims and collaborating with legal teams on specialized contractual clauses.
  • Act as a focal point for internal functions (Engineering, Procurement, Programs), providing proactive, cost-effective advice and IP education.

Your boarding pass:

  • Fully qualified European Patent Attorney (EPA).
  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in an IP department (industry or law firm). Experience in an industrial environment or the Aerospace industry is highly desirable.
  • Negotiation-level fluency in English.
  • Ability to practice autonomously under EQE regulations. You are a self-starter who anticipates problems and proposes creative solutions to complex issues.
  • Capable of working efficiently under pressure and meeting strict internal and external deadlines.
  • Experience in managing outside counsel and leading IP training. Proven ability to handle IP matters/projects and build strong relationships with internal teams.
  • Handles daily portfolio decisions with sound technical judgment and escalates critical risks effectively.

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 G14

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Legal

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

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking
Coaching
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced sick pay
Family health insurance
Health insurance
In house training
Language lessons
Mentoring
On-site gym
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Referral bonus
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Mental health support
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders

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165000

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