Landing Gear Avionics Test and Flight Test and Analysis Engineering Placement (12.5 months)

Airbus; West of England; Vor Ort; GBP 22.000 - 27.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working options

Flexible hours

25 days holiday

Half day Fridays

Zusammenfassung

Airbus Operations Limited offers an undergraduate placement year in industry at Filton, Bristol. You will design and conduct tests on fuel and landing gear avionics test benches and support flight test analysis activities.

The team works across Europe in a product-focused environment, delivering development testing and feedback for future aircraft, with agile methods and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifikationen

• Undergraduates only; must be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.
• Strong data analysis, report writing and presentation skills.
• Programming languages listed: C, Python, TCL, MATLAB and Google Apps Script.
• Excited by technical challenges and solving problems.
• Commitment to deliver on time and work well in a team.

Aufgaben

• Support lab testing, flight test analysis and data analytics.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to mature aircraft systems.
• Help resolve in-service system issues and contribute to safety beyond certification.
• Assist in instrument definition, data collection and results documentation.

Kenntnisse

Data analysis

Report writing

Presentation skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Ausbildung

Engineering or Science degree

Tools

C

Python

TCL

MATLAB

Google Apps Script

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Start date: 16 August 2027

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

Applications close on 27 September 2026!

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Benefits

• Salary: £24,246


• 35 hours per week


• Flexible working hours


• Hybrid working options available depending on the role


• Half day Fridays!


• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About us

Are you someone who enjoys detailed problem solving, interrogating data and rigorously assessing system performance? Are you someone who needs to see tangible results, excited by technical challenges, fault finding and collaborating to resolve technical problems with creative solutions and a digital mindset? Then this could be the job for you!

We are looking for someone who is currently studying at university and is interested in undergoing a placement year in industry. You will design and conduct tests on fuel and landing gear avionics test benches and support our flight test analysis activities.

The Landing Gear Avionics and Flight Test Analysis team forms part of the transnational \"Propulsion, Hydrogen & Hydro-Mech Systems\" Sub-Domain. We are all part of the Flight and Integration Test Centre, where we test the integration of the complete aircraft. This is reflected in our ways of working, so you will be able to interact and build relationships with colleagues across Europe and across all aircraft systems.

We are a product-focused community with a history of delivering innovation to our company. As a team we conduct development testing of new aircraft systems through agile test methods, help to resolve in-service problems and provide design feedback for future aircraft.

What you will be doing:

• Support aircraft certification through integrated rig and flight testing and analysis


• Establish and improve the maturity of aircraft systems through the collaboration with other engineering teams


• React to and help resolve in-service system issues


• Aim for product safety beyond certification requirements


• Implement synergies and alignment between rig and flight test

Every day will present a new challenge, you will test and improve your skills on a variety of activities including Lab testing, Flight test analysis and data analytics. You could have the opportunity to get involved in:

Lab Testing

• Agreement on Lab Test Requirements, definition and validation of test benches


• System level testing of landing gear functionality


• In-service investigation by reproducing events on avionics benches


• Preparing Lab Test Results Analysis

Flight Test Analysis

• Agreement on Flight Test Requirements


• Definition and validation of Flight Test Instrumentation


• Support development and flight testing by following flights live through telemetry facilities


• Preparing Flight Test Results Analysis and certification documentation

Data Analytics

• Use of big data techniques to achieve cross-correlation between design, test rig and flight behaviour


• Algorithm development using flight test data for monitoring, design feedback and support to in-service investigations, possibly in collaboration with other areas of engineering


• Development of tools to support data analysis activities

Requirements

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

Required skills

• Studying towards a degree in Engineering or Science


• Data analysis, report writing and presentation skills


• Knowledge or experience of Programming and Programming languages (e.g. C, Python, TCL, Matlab, Google Apps Script)


• Excited by technical challenges and solving problems


• Committed to deliver on time


• Good interpersonal skills and capable of working as a team

Desirable Skills

• Awareness of aircraft systems


• Knowledge or experience of software design and development


• Interest in electronics


• Knowledge of statistics and data science


• Project management knowledge or interest


• A good knowledge and practical experience of Google Workspace


• Some French language skills

Security Clearance

You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role.

Contact

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Company: Airbus Operations Limited

Employment Type: Internship

Experience Level: Student

Job Family: Testing

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