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    Every year we look for university graduates from around the world to join Airbus. We need people with the aspiration, enthusiasm and the talent to help us move forward and to change the world and deliver our vision to pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world.

    When you begin your career with us, we accelerate your development through our Airbus Global Graduate Experience. You are part of a 2 year programme where you develop your professional skills, build your networks, locally and internationally, and gain a unique perspective on the world of Airbus. You are part of a global community, so we bring you together once a year for a global graduate conference where you meet your peers, hear from our leaders and learn from the best.

    By the end of the programme, our aim is that you are ready to progress, having already demonstrated your value. You will have developed your skills in an area that is strategically important for Airbus, you will know about the Airbus business, the opportunities, challenges and needs, and you will have learned more about yourself, and what makes you great.

    Above all you will have the opportunity to do your best work in an industry that is literally reshaping how we live in our world.

    Who will you be joining

    • You will be a member of a dynamic centre of competence (CoC) for the provision of innovative, world-class antenna solutions for a large multi-national satellite company.
    • Antennas represent key technology within the spacecraft product and are highly complex having unique technical requirements that extend across many disciplines.
    • The Antenna CoC is assigned the responsibility to provide the antenna expertise to company programmes, both commercial and military.
    • You will join a friendly, multinational group with a broad experience of antenna design.


    What you will be doing

    You will be on a development pathway to prepare you to be an RF Antenna Design Engineer and can expect to be involved in the following;

    • Participate in proposal activities, involving trade-off studies of active and passive antenna concepts for satellite antennas.
    • RF design, analysis and verification of satellite antennas performances using in house and proprietary software packages in the space environment: thermal and manufacturing distortions, scattering, coupling and other interactions with the spacecraft and other antennas
    • Provide support to RF testing of antennas.
    • Development/adaptation of in-house software for antenna design and experience the use of commercial antenna design/analysis packages e.g. TICRA, CST or other similar packages.
    • Working closely with other teams e.g. Feeds/Filters to provide analysis and verification of antenna system operation.
    • Over the 2 year period, you will become familiar with many aspects of antenna design and analysis to enable you to become a valued member of the RF team and able to contribute to a wide variety of projects. As part of your learning, you will have the opportunity to take one or more placements in related technical areas to further develop your experience, knowledge and understanding of the subject.

    What we look for

    To be a successful applicant to the Airbus Global Graduate Programme, you will need to demonstrate;

    • Educated to a degree level or equivalent within a relevant field of study
    • Maximum of three years relevant work experience
    • Strong verbal and written communication in our business language (English)
    • A desire to work in a collaborative team environment, focused on driving future innovation
    • The ability to be self aware and a wish to be in the driving seat of your development.

    What you will need to apply

    Degree type

    • Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mathematics or Physics (minimum 2:1)

    Specific experience or interests

    • Demonstration of interest in the space industry.
    • A basic understanding and appreciation of the significance of antennas within satellite applications.
    • Good analytical and mathematical skills.
    • Knowledge of MATLAB and/or Fortran is desirable.
    • Experience of software development for design and analysis.

    Please note, we love your interest in working for Airbus but we do ask that you make only one application to the Airbus Global Graduate Programme. We encourage you to take time to decide which of our exciting opportunities is right for you and then submit an application that best represents you, your skills and experience in connection with the role you have selected.

    Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with the Recruitment Business Partner who gets in touch if you are invited to interview. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

    Please note that depending on the number of applicants the posting can be taken offline earlier or be kept open longer. If you are interested we would advise you to apply as soon as possible.