Senior Propulsion Durability and Verification Specialist (f/m)

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

Job summary

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

Applicants should have a graduated engineering degree with 10+ years in propulsion engineering at a major aero engine manufacturer, with strong experience in engine verification, testing, and durability analysis, including

Qualifications

• Graduated engineer or equivalent with extensive propulsion experience.
• Proven aero engine verification and testing background.
• Familiarity with CS-E and CS-25 certification processes is advantageous.
• Experience in Time-on-Wing evaluation using lifing models and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Drive verification strategies for propulsion development and validation.
• Provide guidance on test needs, instrumentation, and flight clearances for verification.
• Analyze powerplant durability, reliability, and degradation mechanisms.
• Coordinate Time-on-Wing analyses and mean time between unit removals (MTBUR).
• Investigate in-service issues to support reliability and safety.
• Upskill propulsion engineering teams in durability and verification concepts.

Skills

Propulsion durability

Verification strategies

Engine testing experience

Time-on-Wing analysis

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Subsystem rig testing

Ground testing

Flight testing

Job description

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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 SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

Classe Emploi (France):

Classe H15

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Powerplant and Propulsion

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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.