Job Description:
A position of Autopilot Testing Engineer (m/f) has just opened within Airbus Commercial Aircraft in Toulouse. You will join a team within the Flight and Integration Tests center, in charge of Autopilot integration testing, flight tests analyses on all Airbus Programmes (including R&T).
The majority of our testing activities is performed on laboratory test benches and aircraft integration simulators.
The jobholder will also contribute in shaping the future of testing through more innovative ways of working, more digitalisation with the objective of increasing the maturity of our products, focusing on high added value activities while keeping safety first.
Collaboration with our main stakeholders in the Design Office, Programmes and Flight Tests fosters a rich and dynamic environment in which to develop.
Your main tasks & responsibilities:
Test Strategy, Planning & Design
Analyzing and challenging test requests to design detailed methodologies, procedures, and measurement plans. This includes defining configurations for virtual, bench, and ground tests, collaborating on flight programs, and preparing instrumentation.Test Execution, Real-Time Monitoring & Validation
Running and overseeing test campaigns (including external deliveries), utilizing the telemetry room for real-time analysis during flights, validating measurements, and performing key verifications to secure experimental flight approvals.Reporting, Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Documenting and reporting anomalies, sharing test results with the Design Office to support integration maturity, and driving the strategy for test means through digital innovation (such as automation and big data analytics).
Required skills:
If you are strongly motivated, curious about the technology, rigorous, eager to test, analyze, investigate and contribute to the future of testing, you are welcome to apply!
We are looking for a proactive engineer, ideally with a degree in Aeronautics, having a minimum of experience (at least 3 years) and result-oriented.
The candidate shall be open-minded, with good communication and synthesis skills, with a strong team spirit.
In terms of technical skills, the following is required:
Knowledge of flight mechanics
Knowledge and/or Experience of testing systems
Knowledge and/or Experience of Analyzing data
Any relevant experience is taken into account, including embedded system design, computer science
Knowledge in Python coding is a plus
Knowledge in Data science is a plus
An advanced level of English and an intermediate level of French are mandatory
The environment you will be working in:
Financial:Success/profit sharing, an employee savings plan with Airbus contribution, and a voluntary stock purchase plan.
Work/Life Balance: Provides extra days off, a holiday transfer option, and a Staff council offering social, cultural, and sports activities.
Wellbeing/Health: Features complementary health insurance and site-specific services like health centers, concierge services, a gym, and carpooling applications
Individual Development: Offers extensive upskilling and development prospects, including unlimited access to over 10,000 e-learning courses, certifications, expert career paths, accelerated development programs, and national/international mobility.
Located in Toulouse, the global capital of aeronautics and European space research. Toulouse is a dynamic southwest French city with an international airport, providing easy access to the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Pyrenees mountains.
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 SASEmployment Type:
Permanent-------
Classe Emploi (France): Classe F12Experience Level:
ProfessionalJob Family:
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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.
Skills Required
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of flight mechanics
- Experience of testing systems and test campaign execution
- Experience in analyzing test and flight data
- Experience with embedded system design or computer science background
- Advanced level of English
- Intermediate level of French
- Proactive attitude, strong communication, synthesis skills and team spirit
- Degree in Aeronautics or related
- Python coding
- Knowledge in Data Science
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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.
