Landing Gear Systems Engineer (m/f)

Job description

Airbus Operations SAS

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2019 it generated revenues of € 70.5 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. 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.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Job Description

Have you ever faced a flight delay due to technical reasons and thought: “why didn’t the engineers anticipate this failure? It would be so much better if they had!”

Guess what? With today’s aircraft connectivity it is now possible to do so! Some team members of the Airbus Engineering Landing Gear Center of Competences are actually doing that on a daily basis, on all Airbus programmes. They are developing predictive maintenance algorithms to anticipate technical failures so that, you, the ultimate customer, are able to fly to your final destination on time!

Other team members are designing solutions to minimize as much as possible those unexpected moments when an aircraft is stuck on ground due to non-anticipated failures. Working closely with the customer support department the work is around identifying the top/recurring issues and exploring how the design margins and the in-service experience could be looked at to allow more aircraft operability.

If you’d rather work on good old technology you can do that too within the Airbus Engineering Landing Gear Product Operations, Transverse Engineering department! We are indeed performing engineering tasks for the oldest Airbus fleet: the A300, A310, A300-600 & Beluga aircraft… and that “for decades to come”. Welcome back to a pure hydro-mechanical world!

OK, so all of this is business related, but what about you and your personal development?

The Airbus Engineering Landing Gear Product Operations department offers several different growth opportunities. You want to develop deep technical knowledge, even expertise, in the Landing Gears perimeter? That’s obviously possible. You want to develop subcontracting supervision? That’s also possible. You want to develop project management skills? That’s possible too! Moreover, there are bridges with the other teams facing our customers in both Airbus Engineering and Customer Support departments so you can envisage your development on the long term, building on the skills and competences you have, will and would like to acquire.

This first overview of the Airbus Engineering Landing Gear Product Operations department is not enough to convince you to join us? Then please take an extra minute to read what team members are saying about why they joined and, more important, why they are staying :

“Opportunities to develop - mutual support - interesting variation in work (systems/structures)”

“Great team spirit - good variety of work - proximity to wider Airbus functions - open discussions with leadership team promoted - exposure to different stakeholders”

“Wide technical scope - deliver support activities - involvement in Safety & Airworthiness”

“Multicultural team - customer oriented activities - friendly atmosphere - solidarity between team mates - growth opportunity”

“Solving customer issues - good team spirit - challenging & stimulating work - personal improvement”

“Customer-oriented team and deliverables - great range/variability of topics to work on - possibility to grow skills and competences - leading the way on some topics of the future -  friendly work atmosphere/no people conflicts”

So you want to know more about this open position? It will be a pleasure to meet and discuss! See you soon :)

Tasks & accountabilities

The Landing Gear Center of Competences within the Engineering Department of Airbus is seeking to fill the role of Landing Gear Systems Engineer, reporting to the Head of Landing Gear Operations – Transverse Engineering. Your primary responsibilities would be as follows:

·  Undertake engineering activities covering a broad variety of tasks in the Landing Gear Systems perimeter, focused on A300/A310 aircraft products. This can include:
·  Writing technical notes and seeking for validation from appropriate signatory within Landing Gear Engineering Center of Competence.
·  Reviewing supplier technical reports and providing comments in return.
·  Building planning of the tasks you will be accountable for to help the Product Leader drumbeating the global activity.
·  Launching and following-up progress of aircraft modifications,
·  Reviewing and validating subcontracted work.
·  Work hand-in-hand with Airbus Customer Support department to define and develop solutions, on all Airbus aircraft types, aiming at avoiding (or at least reducing) the impact of in-service operational interruptions caused by issues linked to Landing Gear systems.
·  Ensure within available timeframe, budget and priorities that the work delivered is certifiable while always respecting the safety principles and always maintaining the continued airworthiness. Identify risks and opportunities on the go and share them with your Product Leader.
·  Grow your technical skills and knowledge about Landing Gear products in order to become autonomous in your tasks as quickly as possible.

Required skills

To be successful in this role you shall have the following qualifications and skills:

·  A Master’s degree in Aeronautics, Systems or General Engineering. Previous working experience in systems technical development environment (or similar safety-critical engineering field) is also expected.
·  A good level of English for both technical and negotiation domains to sustain detailed technical discussions and to read/write documentation/reports.
·  Good communication skills as well as the ability to provide constructive challenge, generating and accepting logical argument are also required. This means that you are assertive, independent, and thirsty to learn, grow and share.

Willing to work on complex but interesting topics? Join the Airbus Engineering Landing Gear Centre of Competence now!

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