Airbus UpNext - Flight Control Actuator Specialist (m/f) (H/F)

AIRBUS UPNEXT SAS; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus UpNext SAS, based in Toulouse (Saint Martin) with regular travel to Cazaux, is launching a new demonstrator. This limited-CDI-C role focuses on flight control actuators within the Overall Systems Design team for the flight control system.

As Flight Control Actuator Specialist, you will manage functional and electrical integration, V&V, production follow-up with suppliers, and testing on benches and aircraft, delivering essential documentation for the permit to fly.

Responsibilities

• Manage functional integration of the actuators
• Manage electrical integration of the actuators
• Define and deliver actuator V&V
• Follow production and testing of actuators at suppliers
• Follow up the qualification testing of the actuators
• Define and test the actuators on the test bench
• Test actuators on ground and flight tests
• Deliver V&V documentation for permit to fly
• Support maintenance and troubleshooting of actuators
• Collaborate with Loads, Airframe and other actuators teams
• Adapt to evolving tasks throughout the project

Job description

Job Description:

With the development of future Airbus programs accelerating, Airbus UpNext is launching a new demonstrator. This high-stakes R&T flight platform has a dual mission: deliver flight-proven breakthroughs directly to future Airbus programs, and inject game-changing ideas to reshape how Airbus Commercial builds aircraft for the next 30 years.

Based in Toulouse (Saint Martin) with regular travel to Cazaux, this position comes with limited contract (CDI-C) linked to the deliverable of the demo ( estimated end date - end of July 2029), starting ASAP.

You will work within a flat, fast-paced project organization, collaborating closely with the program management team and technical work package leaders.

The Mission

As the Flight Control Actuator Specialist , you will be working within the Overall Systems Design team for the flight control system actuators perimeter, and your mission will be:

• Manage functional integration of the actuators
  
• Manage electrical integration of the actuators
  
• Define and deliver the actuators V&V
  
• Follow up the production and testing of the actuators at Suppliers
  
• Follow up the qualification testing of the actuators
  
• Define and test the actuators on the test bench
  
• Define and test the actuators on the A/C, through ground or flight tests
  
• Deliver the necessary V&V documentation for the permit to fly
  
• Support the maintenance and troubleshooting of the actuators
  

The candidate will be required to work very closely with various other teams, like Loads, Airframe teams as well as the other actuators and flight controls design teams.

The tasks may evolve during the course of the project, so being flexible is important.

What You’ll Own

• Flight Control actuators delivery: ensure the delivery of the flight control actuators
  
• Flight Control actuators integration and testing: plan, define and perform the integration and testing of the actuators on the test bench and on the A/C
  
• Flight Control actuators in flight in service support: Ensure that the actuators are are serviceable during the flight test campaign