Avionics and Flight Control Tester - Internship (all gender)

Ascendance Ft; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative aviation startup in Toulouse is seeking an Avionics and Flight Control Tester. In this role, you will work on new products by conducting integration, functional, and operational tests, ensuring compliance with specifications. Ideal candidates are engineering students in Aeronautical or Aerospace fields with knowledge of Flight Control and Avionics systems. The internship lasts 5 to 6 months, starting March 2026, in a dynamic environment focused on creating groundbreaking technology for aviation.

Qualifications

• Looking for a 5 to 6 months internship starting in March 2026.
• Must have knowledge in Flight Control and/or Avionics systems.
• Must have knowledge in software development.

Responsibilities

• Support Entry into Service of the System Integration Bench.
• Define test planning and procedures.
• Run test procedures and record results.
• Document technical issues and write test report analysis.

Skills

Knowledge in Flight Control systems

Knowledge in Avionics systems

Software development knowledge

Team player

Proactive

Curious

Enthusiastic

Self-driven

Education

Engineering school student or equivalent in Aeronautical or Aerospace

Job description

Your role :

As Avionics and Flight control Tester you will be part of the System Engineering, VV and Tests team.

In the frame of the test campaign, you will have the opportunity to work on our real new products by running tests on them to ensure that the product meets the specifications. During this iterative process you will be part of integration tests, functional tests and operational tests according to the integration strategy.

You will contribute to :

• Support Entry into Service of the System Integration Bench
• Define the test planning
• Define test procedures to be run according to the test request and agree on the acceptance criteria
• Put the Avionics/FCS System Integration bench (SIB) into the right configuration requested by the Design Office for a dedicated tests session
• Run the test procedures
• Record the results
• Document technical issue
• Write down the test report analysis
• Support the connection of the System Integration Bench with our real time Simulator

Where do we stand?

Founded on Ascendance's strong values, the whole team is involved in creating both innovative products to decarbonize aviation and an accurate company structure to support its fast development.

Full scale testbenches are ongoing while full scale aircraft development is running at full speed.

Sky's our limit, we are looking forward to the flight test campaign !

The job has been made for you if you have : 🛠

• You are an engineering school student or equivalent in the fields of Aeronautical or Aerospace,
• You have knowledge in Flight Control and/or Avionics systems
• You have knowledge in software development,
• You are a team player and a proactive person
• You are curious, enthusiastic and self driven.

We are meant to work together if you : 💚

• You are looking for a 5 to 6 months end of study internship starting in march 2026
• You are passionate about new tech or eVTOL
• You want to work in a deep tech startup that will change the way people travel
• You want to face complex but thrilling challenges
• You like to work in a dynamic environment

Recruitment process :

• Application evaluations (CVs….)
• Technical Interview with Solene, V&V and Test Bench Team Lead !

Non-discrimination and diversity are our priorities. AFT is open to hire personalities with their own differences.