Job Description:
Airbus UpNext is looking for a Human Resources Advisor, a high-speed blend of HR Operations, Recruitment Strategy, and Data Analytics, offering a 360-degree view of the employee lifecycle in a fast-paced "startup" incubator.
At Airbus UpNext, we don’t just follow the roadmap, we build it! Our objective is to explore new technologies and to support the strategic ambitions of Airbus. As part of the HR team, you’ll help to shape the ecosystem that enables our teams to grow, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing environment.
You’ll be working in a multicultural company, with employees based in France, Spain, and Germany, while being fully embedded in the Toulouse-based HR and Transversal teams. Your day-to-day will mix operational support and learning opportunities, and you’ll be part of a small and agile HR team involved in a wide range of topics.
This is a 1-year limited contract (CDD), the position is based in Toulouse (Saint-Martin du Touch), starting ASAP.
Your Flight Plan (Key Responsibilities)
1. HR Operations & Digital Excellence
Master the Stack: Launching the appropriate workflows in the HR tools (Workday, SAP, myPULSE), and ensuring data integrity.
Employee Lifecycle: Manage the administrative activities—from onboarding new joiners to managing contract milestones, transitions and offboarding. Support the HR team with ad hoc operational tasks (finance requests, administration checks, reporting, etc.)
Process Optimization: Identify bottlenecks in our HR processes and propose "Simpler/Faster" solutions in line with our #BeSimple value.
2. Talent Acquisition & Employment Marketing
Recruitment & Offboarding Support: Own the candidate experience by preparing documentation, managing interview logistics, and supporting the recruitment expert in identifying top-tier talent.
Event organisation: Coordinate the organisation of HR events supporting the HR priorities.
3. Transversal Projects
Strategic Support: Contribute to key projects (digital, offboarding…) in line with 2026 priorities.
Your Boarding Pass (Requirements)
Master 1 or 2 in Human Resources or Business Administration
Digital Native: You are "digitally fluent" with G-Suite/Google Workspace and have a genuine curiosity for HR data analytics
Professional fluency in English is non-negotiable (it is our daily working language). Proficiency in French is a plus.
The "UpNext" Mindset:
Audacious & Humble: You are impatient to achieve results but empathetic in your approach.
Autonomous: You take ownership of your tasks and can be trusted to run with a project.
Detail-Obsessed: You understand that great strategy is built on clean, accurate data.
What’s in it for You?
A Global Launchpad: Work in a truly international environment with daily collaboration across Europe.
A Real Learning Curve: We don’t just assign tasks; we provide the strategic context behind them.You will be mentored by experienced HR professionals and involved in high-level business discussions.
Hybrid & Modern: A flexible work policy with a focus on results rather than "clock-in" times, based in a modern, collaborative office space.
Innovation at Scale: Get a front-row seat to radical technological breakthroughs in aerospace.
About us
Founded in 2017, Airbus UpNext focuses on flying future technologies at speeds well beyond what seems feasible today. In doing so, it is actively shaping the future of the aerospace industry.
Designed as a talent incubator, Airbus UpNext is a place where you can act and think like a startup while building on the strong expertise of Airbus, a place where you are empowered to test & challenge new processes and ways of working.
Airbus UpNext’s demonstrators evaluate, mature and validate potential new products and services that encompass radical technological breakthroughs. It has three flagships locations in France, Germany and Spain, to rapidly develop and test future technologies in scaled applications.
Our mission is:
To identify the trends that could disrupt the future of the aerospace industry and evaluate them to demonstrate their potential as a viable product.
To accelerate traditional research cycles and prototype development to achieve proof of concept in a real environment and at a convincing scale and speed.
To develop real-world applications for emerging aerospace technologies, thereby driving their maturity and increasing their value.
Our Values: #Be Simple #Be Audacious #Be Open #Speed of Execution #Care For Each Other
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.
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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 [email protected].
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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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive in several locations, including medical, dental, and vision options available from day one in the U.S. Access to life insurance, disability coverage, and employee assistance/wellbeing support adds breadth to the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as a meaningful part of the package through plans such as a 401(k) with company matching in the U.S. These programs strengthen long-term financial security beyond base wages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions are described as generous in some settings, including vacation availability from day one and extended holiday coverage. Flexible working arrangements and hybrid options further increase the perceived value of time-related benefits.
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Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2020, it generated revenues of €49.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry and a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We believe that it’s not just what we make, but how we make it that counts; promoting responsible, sustainable and inclusive business practices and acting with integrity. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place, on the ground, in the sky and in space.
