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Working at Airbus

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Join Airbus Helicopters in Marignane, France as a Surface treatment Engineer (Permanent, Full-time). In this role, you will oversee certification, airworthiness, quality assurance, and end-to-end support of metallic materials across all helicopter programs, driving surface treatment qualification and process transformations.

Requirements

  • Master's degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
  • +4 years of experience in surface treatment processes and cross-functional project management.
  • Negotiation level proficiency in French and English.
  • Previous experience in LMP is a plus.
  • Strong skills in project management, risk management, and communication.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Project management: Drive diverse qualification projects and industrialize surface treatment processes for all Airbus Helicopters facilities.
  • Process engineering: Support production, repair, and maintenance series while resolving recurring issues such as corrosion.
  • Research and compliance: Define and manage research programs on new surface treatments compliant with REACH regulations.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Engineering, Production, Procurement, and Customer Support to align on safety, cost, and performance objectives.
  • Potential transition routes: People from materials engineering or quality assurance roles may bring process knowledge and project management skills, alongside meeting mandatory French and English language requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Take off with Airbus Helicopters!

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Surface treatment Engineer (m/f) to join the Laboratory Material Process (LMP) Metallic Materials based in Marignane, France.

Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters. The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment. You will live a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters. To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your future missions:

By joining our team, you will participate in different missions, all focused on certification, airworthiness, quality assurance, and end-to-end support of metallic materials across all helicopter programs. Together, we will contribute to the activity of the Laboratory Material Process (LMP) Metallic Materials domain. The LMP domain oversees materials from initial R&T through qualification, certification, production and supply chain support, quality assurance, and customer support. In this role, you will be accountable for diverse qualification projects as well as operational support for surface treatment on metallic materials for rotor, transmission, and airframe parts across all Airbus Helicopters platforms.

Your main missions will be:

  • Support production on surface treatment processes used in series production, repair, and maintenance (work in squad).
  • Support the industrialization of surface treatment processes for all Airbus Helicopters facilities.
  • Manage and qualify new surface treatments to define design values for associated design office and production standards.
  • Drive the transformation and resolution of recurring issues (e.g., corrosion issues).
  • Participate, as part of new developments, in choosing the best surface treatments in line with the design office, production, quality, procurement, and support services to meet the group's objectives (safety, customer satisfaction, cost, performance).
  • Define and manage research programs (internal and/or external to Airbus Helicopters) on new surface treatments compliant with REACH regulations.

Interfaces & cross-functional scope: You will work closely with Engineering, Production, Procurement, and Customer Support to ensure alignment and lead improvement projects. Occasional business travel in Europe is required (1 to 2 times a year).

Your profile:

  • Experience level: +4 years of experience in the field of surface treatment processes and cross-functional project management (Design Office, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement...). Master's degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering. Previous experience in LMP would be a plus.
  • Technical expertise & skills:Project management, risk, and issue management.Proficiency in Google Suite & MS Office.
  • Language: Negotiation level required in French and English.
  • Soft skills:Strong commitment to teamwork.Pioneering spirit and openness to new ideas.Strong communication and negotiation skills.Enthusiasm and drive to support team objectives.

3 Reasons to join us:

Our Values : Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family. Inclusion and diversity : We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving. Compensation and benefits : At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority. Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively. We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility). And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference:

  • A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
  • Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.

Our recruitment process:

  • Apply online.
  • Analysis of your application by the recruitment department.
  • Our positions require a security clearance, complete the questionnaire that will be sent to you.
  • Conduct recruitment interviews: HR interview and technical interview with your future manager.
  • Receive the job offer!

Ready to take off? Give a new dimension to your career by applying 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 Helicopters SAS

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

Experience Level:
Entry Level

Job Family:
Materials & Processes

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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