Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Preliminary Design & Sizing Engineer (f/m) to join our Product Policy & Architecture Department based in Marignane, France.

Your task will actively contribute towards the preparation of the next generation of rotorcrafts with the aim to increase prediction capability & convergence at predesign stage through optimization methods and mitigate risk of novel concepts at an early stage to take into account aeromechanical convergence and performance optimization of subsystems (weight, cost, etc.).

You will be responsible of predesign studies on future products and concepts in the early development phase, this with multinational partners, while you will actively contribute towards the team’s effort on predesign tool development activities.

You will work within the department of “Products Policy & Architecture” that consists of an amazing team with individuals working in Aircraft Architecture, Preliminary Design & Sizing, Competition Analysis, Industrial Design and Weight & Balance.

Your working environment:

Major economic hub with Marseille-Provence Airport, Marignane is a dynamic city in the southeast of France. It is located near the cities of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, which host a rich cultural and tourist offer. Close to the beaches of the Côte Bleue, it offers many options for water sports 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:

 

• Lead preliminary design and sizing activities (exploration and feasibility phases) in a multinational, military and complex environment, with the best architects and experts of the group,

• Develop a strategic influence towards our military customers and governmental authorities, being the focal point of such strategic studies,

• Perform conceptual activities comprising sizing and costing of conventional aircraft system and of advanced concepts including the integration of innovative and disruptive technologies at aircraft level

• Lead technical studies together with aircraft architects, and all other relevant component architects and experts, from exploration phase to feasibility prior to pre-development / development for new aircraft types new concepts and upgrades

• Ensure the convergence of Program Specification and technical sizing, iterating with marketing/strategy. The technical convergence consists of :

o Regular positioning of the feasibility layout in front of the competition

Multi-systems preliminary sizing and costing (engine, main rotor, tail rotor, main gearbox key characteristics)

o First cabin sizing in terms of volume and number of passengers

o Preliminary point performance estimations (HOGE, speeds, CAT-A, etc.)

o Preliminary mission performance computations (payload range, etc.)

o Preliminary weight and cost estimations

o Weights & centre of gravity envelope and trends

o Global consistency of the iterative best technical approaches

o Parametric studies and optimisation to find the best compromise between technical elements and customer requirements

• Delivery of results to the internal customers (chief engineer, programs) in the form of presentations and documents

Your Profile:

·         Degree (Bachelor or Master/Diploma with additional qualification and experience or PhD) in Aeronautics Engineering or equivalent

·         Several years of experience in aerospace programmes sizing/predesign new vehicles

·         Flight physics, performance, aerodynamic skills

·         Practical experience in modelling, programming and prediction tool development

·         Strong competencies with Python and Matlab

·         Very good understanding of the various aerospace engineering disciplines involved in aircraft development: aeromechanics, flight mechanics, propulsion and dynamic systems, safety analysis, design, etc.

·         Understanding of technology product trade-off analysis (architecture / general design / integration) and engineering principles

·         Very good communication skills, structured ways of working, team working, open-mindedness, agility, curiosity, address conflicts and finding solutions

·         Language Skills: English - negotiation level, German - desirable

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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Company:

Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G14

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Chief Engineering & Architecture <JF-EN-EA>

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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.