Job Description:
Take off with Airbus Helicopters!
Airbus Helicopters is looking for an Innovation product manager (m/f) to join the Research & Innovation department 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 within the Research & Innovation department, you will participate in the development of key technologies for Airbus Helicopters flying demonstrators. As a product design engineer, your role will span from carrying out studies of subsystems to manufacturing follow-up, up to test campaigns. A large part of the activity will involve realizing POCs in sprint mode.
Your main missions will be:
- Manage and execute complex airframe studies covering the entire scope of helicopter subsystems (primary, onboarding, and secondary structures).
- Manage and design tooling and processes for the industrialization of complex subsystems.
- Act as a Technical Referent for mechanical and structural design studies, ensuring feasibility and providing expertise support to novice designers.
- Mature new industrial technologies, including piloting and designing prototype industrial means (e.g., specialized/automated machinery) in partnership with suppliers to demonstrate industrial viability.
- Ensure the technical follow-up of manufacturing for technological demonstrators, from purchase orders to parts delivery.
- Coordinate operational functions (Production, Quality, Logistics) to facilitate the successful delivery of new subsystems, managing development stages from low-level TRL demonstrators up to TRL6.
Your profile:
- Experience level: Minimum 15 years of experience as a designer of complex products in aeronautics, and minimum 15 years in the development of R&T demonstrators (specifically at low TRL levels). Demonstrated experience as a group leader supervising design office technicians.
- Technical Expertise / Education: Master’s Degree in Engineering (Bachelor+5) or highly experienced Technician (Bachelor+3) in Mechanical / Structure design studies. Expertise in Catia V5 (Standard modules, Sheet metal, Surface, GPS Stress Analysis, Drawings) and VPM-type PLM tools. Mastering mechanical design guidelines, aeronautical/automotive rules, and advanced awareness of safety, compliance, and airworthiness constraints.
- Language: Professional level of technical English.
- Soft skills: Strong agility, great versatility, leadership/mentoring ability, and effective cross-functional coordination.
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 SASEmployment Type:
Permanent-------
Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13Experience 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 15 years of experience designing complex products in aeronautics
- Minimum 15 years of experience developing low-TRL research and technology demonstrators
- Experience supervising design office technicians or serving as a group leader
- Master’s degree in engineering or highly experienced technician qualification in mechanical or structural design
- Expertise in CATIA V5, including standard modules, sheet metal, surface, GPS stress analysis, and drawings
- Experience with VPM-type PLM tools
- Mastery of mechanical design guidelines and aeronautical or automotive design rules
- Awareness of safety, compliance, and airworthiness constraints
- Professional technical English proficiency
- Leadership, mentoring, agility, versatility, and cross-functional coordination skills
Airbus Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
Airbus Insights
What We Do
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.
