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Join Airbus as a Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist in Toulouse, France. In this permanent, full-time role within the Propulsion Validation & Verification department, you will drive verification strategies, evaluate engine development plans, and ensure the operational reliability of future commercial propulsion systems.

Requirements

  • Graduated engineer or equivalent degree.
  • At least 10 years of experience in propulsion engineering at a major aero engine manufacturer.
  • Proven experience in aero engine verification and testing, including subsystem rig testing, full scale ground testing, and flight testing.
  • Knowledge of validation and verification methods and design assurance/certification processes (CS-E and CS-25 regulations).
  • Detailed understanding of engine removal causes, hot section durability drivers, and mechanical part failure mechanisms.
  • Experience in Time-on-Wing evaluation using detailed lifing models and statistical approaches.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Verification and Testing: Drive verification strategies and provide technical guidance on ground and flight test needs, instrumentation, and test readiness.
  • Durability and Reliability Analysis: Perform qualitative and numerical analysis of powerplant component durability, reliability, and degradation mechanisms.
  • Time-on-Wing Coordination: Coordinate Time on Wing analyses and forecast Mean Time Between Unit Removals using detailed lifing models and statistical approaches.
  • Issue Investigation: Investigate in-service and production issues to contribute to integrity, reliability, and safety assessments.
  • Team Upskilling: Contribute to the upskilling of propulsion engineering teams on engine durability, reliability analysis, and verification.
  • Potential transition routes: People from aerospace engineering or mechanical design roles may bring strong component testing and reliability backgrounds, alongside meeting the extensive propulsion engineering experience requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Airbus is looking for a Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist (f/m) to join our Propulsion Validation & Verification department based in Toulouse, France.

You will be part of a team developing current and future Airbus commercial propulsion systems. As part of the Propulsion Validation & Verification team, you will be involved in the evaluation of design risks and the testing and verification of product compliance aiming at ensuring best in class operational reliability for the future Airbus Fleet.

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 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:

  • Drive verification strategies and critically evaluate Engine Development Plans (EDPs) for product development and technology maturation.
  • Provide technical guidance on ground and flight test needs definition, instrumentation, test readiness, and flight clearances, and how they feed into the overall Verification strategy.
  • Perform qualitative and numerical analysis of powerplant component durability, reliability, and various degradation mechanisms.
  • Coordinate Time on Wing analyses of propulsion components, including the forecasting of the Mean Time Between Unit Removals (MTBUR).
  • Investigate in-service and production issues to contribute to integrity, reliability, and safety assessments.
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Airbus

Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist (f/m)

Toulouse
  • Contribute to the upskilling of the propulsion engineering teams on the topics related to engine durability, reliability analysis and verification aspects.
  • Your boarding pass:

    • Graduated engineer or equivalent with at least 10 years of experience in propulsion engineering at a major aero engine manufacturer.
    • Proven experience in aero engine verification and testing (including subsystem rig testing, full scale ground testing, and flight testing).
    • Knowledge of validation and verification methods and design assurance/certification processes (CS-E and CS-25 regulations).
    • Detailed understanding of engine removal causes, hot section durability drivers, and mechanical part failure mechanisms (CMAS, TMF, LCF/HCF, creep).
    • Experience in Time-on-Wing evaluation using detailed lifing models and statistical approaches.

    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 H15

    Experience Level:
    Professional

    Job Family:
    Powerplant and Propulsion

    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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