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Airbus • Toulouse, France

Test Technologist

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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Test Technologist (f/m) to join our Airframe Test Centre based in Toulouse, France.

You will be part of a team specialized in the testing of complex parts such as propulsion parts (i.e. pylon, engine mounts, nacelles...). In this job you will be in charge of the test preparation, the test performance and test monitoring until the delivery of test results.

You will have the opportunity to work for all R&T and aircraft programs with a large panel of customers (Stress, Design, R&T, Systems, FALs, Flight Tests, Plants,...).

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:

  • Specify, operate and monitor test means dedicated to structure tests, instrumentation (Hardware and software) and data acquisition systems.
  • Set-up and operating:
    • Data acquisition devices in the lab or outside (FAL, plants...).
    • Complex/innovating measurement systems (like DIC, other optical devices etc.).
    • Standard test machine for fatigue and static tests.
    • Multi-axial test bench (daily works like stop / unplugging for periodic inspections).
  • Manage the risks and issues before test preparation and test performance.

Contribute to Test Management Reviews (PDR, CDR, ...) ensuring that test processes and internal standards are correctly followed.

  • Perform calibrations (instrumented parts, servovalves, actuators, load cells).
  • Perform and support impact test campaigns.
  • Ensure the maintenance of the test means.
  • Share best practices, standardize and improve processes within divisional test centers.
  • Bring support to answer to customer requirements (Stress, R&T, Programs, Plants, Flight

Tests, FALs...).

Your boarding pass:

  • Educated to Master degree level (or equivalent) in mechanical, physical measure engineering a related discipline.
  • +3 years of experience in: Aeronautical structures.
  • Structures test experience would be a plus (Test Rigs and Test Machines).
  • Software skills MOOG FCS, MTS Flextest, ZWICK TestExpert, HBK Catman enterprise, GOM, PHOTRON, INTELLIFAST would be a plus


This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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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:
Testing

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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

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

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Company employees:

150,000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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