Join Airbus Aerostructures in Bremen, Germany as an Airframe Design Approver on a permanent, full-time basis with a 35-hour week. In this professional role, you will guarantee product quality and airworthiness by approving designs and optimizing metal, composite, and hybrid components while enjoying flexible working hours and mobile working options.
Requirements
Technical university degree or similar professional qualification.
First experience in structural design.
Solid understanding of metal, composite, and hybrid design principles.
Hands-on proficiency with CATIA V5 and a PLM tool.
Business-fluent communication skills in English and German.
Practical knowledge in project management and ideally AI experience are desired.
Skills & Responsibilities
CATIA V5 & PLM: Develop and optimize metal, composite, and hybrid components and assemblies using CATIA V5 and PLM tools.
Design Approval: Guarantee product quality and airworthiness by taking full responsibility for design approval according to established processes.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate in multifunctional teams and manage engineering partner and supplier activities as the key technical contact.
Innovation & Evaluation: Evaluate design changes, ensure regulatory compliance, and actively drive digitalization and automation innovations.
Potential transition routes: People from mechanical engineering or structural analysis roles may bring CAD proficiency and design fundamentals, alongside meeting business-fluent English and German requirements.
Job description
Job Description:
In order to support our structure development team, Airbus Aerostructures is looking for an
Airframe Design Approver (d/f/m)
Your location
Bremen is a charming city full of history in the northwest of Germany. In addition to being one of the country’s greenest cities, it offers wonderful sights, a rich culture, urban flair and culinary delights. It’s also a great place for seaside lovers, being located just an hour’s drive from the North Sea coast.
Our Benefits for You
Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.
Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.
Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group-wide career perspectives.
Feel Good at Work: On-site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.
Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.
Your tasks and responsibilities
Guarantee product quality and airworthiness by taking full responsibility for design approval according to established processes
Develop and optimize metal, composite, and hybrid components and assemblies with regard to weight, cost, performance, manufacturing, and assembly requirements.
Collaborate in multifunctional teams alongside structural analysis, production, program, project, configuration, and systems functions to achieve optimal technical solutions.
Evaluate design changes, estimate implementation efforts, and ensure full compliance with regulations, design principles, and guidelines.
Manage engineering partner and supplier activities, serving as their key technical contact.
Drive digitalization and automation innovations actively, taking all relevant regulations and stakeholders into account.
Desired skills and qualifications
Technical university degree or similar professional qualification.
Attractive remuneration with company pension schemes and extras
Solid understanding of metal, composite, and hybrid design principles, including manufacturing/assembly requirements and tolerance definition.
Practical knowledge in project management and motivation to work with agile methodologies.
Hands-on proficiency with CATIA V5 and a PLM tool.
Collaborative mindset and strong communication skills to align diverse stakeholders, foster continuous improvement, and achieve team goals. Interest in both detailed work and the big picture.
Ideally experience in AI within the work context.
Business-fluent communication skills in English and German.
Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.
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 Aerostructures GmbH
Employment Type: Permanent -------
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Structure Design & Integration
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