Job Description:
TRAVEL REQUIRED: Frequent travel within the UK and internationally
LOCATION: Filton
UK TYPE: Full time
SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)
Do you have a keen interest in aerodynamics? Are you ready to organise complex technical activities, influence high-profile projects across their full lifecycle, and drive how experimental data fuses with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and flight testing? If so, the Wind Tunnel Technology team wants to hear from you.
The Wind Tunnel Technology team has the privilege of leading all wind tunnel testing activities for Airbus Commercial, running projects at internal facilities in Filton and Bremen, and at other tunnel facilities worldwide, as well as working with external partners. We have a pioneering spirit, and are immensely proud of the products we help to design.
As a Wind Tunnel Test Engineer, you will combine project leadership skills, technical acumen and a mindset for quality to lead and drive wind tunnel tests to successful completion. You will be based at the Filton Low-Speed Wind Tunnel, which has the unique legacy of having tested every aircraft developed on our site, from Concorde to the latest A350 XWB.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM
- Initiate and lead wind tunnel test campaigns at the Filton facility and at external facilities worldwide
- Synthesise technical requirements to create test plans, project costings, and formal documentation (Specifications, Programmes, and Memoranda)
- Coordinate technical specialists and liaise directly with external wind tunnel facility operators to ensure safe and successful test execution
- Validate aerodynamic results throughout the testing process and collaborate seamlessly within our digital environment and wider Aerodynamics team
You must also be willing to travel within and outside the UK, supporting periods of intensive testing at external wind tunnel facilities.
ABOUT YOU
- A degree in Aerospace Engineering or equivalent professional background in applied aerodynamics
- Demonstrable technical knowledge of wind tunnel testing methodologies, experimental hardware, and associated data correction techniques
- Experience in technical project management, with an ability to lead teams and manage stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills and digital proficiency
Please use your covering letter to explain why this job is for you and what experience you would bring to our team.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
- Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, various optional salary sacrifice benefits, shopping discounts and much more
- Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday
- Personal Development: Personalised development plan and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
- Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
- Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site
- Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
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As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
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 LimitedEmployment Type:
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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
- Degree in Aerospace Engineering or equivalent professional background in applied aerodynamics
- Technical knowledge of wind tunnel testing methodologies
- Experience with experimental hardware and associated data correction techniques
- Experience in technical project management, team leadership, and stakeholder management
- Strong analytical skills and digital proficiency
- Willingness to travel frequently within the UK and internationally
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