Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist (f/m)

Airbus; Goyrans; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary

Profit sharing schemes

Employee savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Extra days-off for special occasions

Job summary

Airbus in Toulouse, France seeks a Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist to join the Propulsion Validation & Verification team. You will evaluate design risks and drive testing to ensure reliability for future Airbus fleets.

Ideal candidates have a graduated engineering background with 10+ years in propulsion, including verification and testing, and familiarity with CS-E/CS-25. Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Graduated engineer with extensive propulsion experience.
• Proven aero engine verification and testing background.
• Knowledge of validation methods and certification processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive verification strategies and evaluate Engine Development Plans.
• Provide technical guidance on ground and flight test needs and instrumentation.
• Analyze durability and degradation mechanisms of propulsion components.
• Coordinate Time on Wing analyses and mean time between unit removals.
• Investigate in-service issues to support reliability and safety assessments.
• Upskill propulsion teams on durability, reliability analysis and verification.

Skills

Engine durability

Verification testing

Life cycle analysis

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Airbus is looking for a Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist (f/m) to join our Propulsion Validation & Verification department based in Toulouse, France. You will be part of a team developing current and future Airbus commercial propulsion systems. As part of the Propulsion Validation & Verification team, you will be involved in the evaluation of design risks and the testing and verification of product compliance aiming at ensuring best in class operational reliability for the future Airbus Fleet.

Working environment

Your working environment: Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10,000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.
• Flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges

• Drive verification strategies and critically evaluate Engine Development Plans (EDPs) for product development and technology maturation.
• Provide technical guidance on ground and flight test needs definition, instrumentation, test readiness, and flight clearances, and how they feed into the overall Verification strategy.
• Perform qualitative and numerical analysis of powerplant component durability, reliability, and various degradation mechanisms.
• Coordinate Time on Wing analyses of propulsion components, including the forecasting of the Mean Time Between Unit Removals (MTBUR).
• Investigate in-service and production issues to contribute to integrity, reliability, and safety assessments.
• Contribute to the upskilling of the propulsion engineering teams on the topics related to engine durability, reliability analysis and verification aspects.

Your boarding pass

• Graduated engineer or equivalent with at least 10 years of experience in propulsion engineering at a major aero engine manufacturer.
• Proven experience in aero engine verification and testing (including subsystem rig testing, full scale ground testing, and flight testing).
• Knowledge of validation and verification methods and design assurance/certification processes (CS-E and CS-25 regulations).
• Detailed understanding of engine removal causes, hot section durability drivers, and mechanical part failure mechanisms (CMAS, TMF, LCF/HCF, creep).
• Experience in Time-on-Wing evaluation using detailed lifing models and statistical approaches.

Company

Airbus Operations SAS Employment Type: Permanent ------- Classe Emploi (France): Classe H15 Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Powerplant and Propulsion

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 [e-mail].

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.

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.