Wing Structural Design Intern | Hybrid + Flexible Hours

Airbus; Broughton; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: £24,246

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working options

Half day Fridays

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Airbus invites talented undergraduates for year-long internship in the Wing Structural Design team at Broughton, North Wales. You will work with PET and A400M teams on wing structures, alongside production and design engineers, gaining exposure to major aircraft programmes.

You will be mentored by senior engineers, contribute to design studies, and develop skills in composites, metallic structures, CAD, and PDM tools while supporting production.

Qualifications

• Studying toward a degree in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Knowledge of CAD and PDM systems would be beneficial.
• Willingness to learn basic metallic and composite structures; learn design toolsets.

Responsibilities

• Design of composite and metallic wing structures across various Airbus programmes.
• Create design schemes, frontier and interfaces drawings and data for manufacture (component drawings).
• Assess design solutions within time, cost and quality parameters and ensure airworthiness and product requirements.
• Define, deliver and enable technical studies, trades and investigations for technical solutions.
• Provide direct engineering support to the production line to minimise disruption to the wing build.
• Utilise strong stakeholder management across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Propose and develop innovative projects to improve production environment.
• Communicate engineering tasks to mentors and senior engineers.
• Define Personal Development Goals and work towards them daily.

Skills

Aerospace Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

CAD

PDM systems

Problem solving

Communication

Autonomous work

Education

Undergraduate student in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

PDM systems

Job description

Airbus invites talented undergraduates for year-long internship in the Wing Structural Design team at Broughton, North Wales. You will work with PET and A400M teams on wing structures, alongside production and design engineers, gaining exposure to major aircraft programmes.

You will be mentored by senior engineers, contribute to design studies, and develop skills in composites, metallic structures, CAD, and PDM tools while supporting production.