Landing Gear Engineering Placement Bristol 2023

Are you looking for the ideal start to your career with an exciting, global company? Are you passionate about engineering and love understanding how things work? Are you interested in developing solutions for the future environmentally sustainable aircraft? If so, joining Landing gear within the Airbus Internship Programme could be the ideal start to your career.

Landing Gear engineering is part of the Systems Centre of Competence (CoC), providing Airbus Commercial with excellence in Landing Gear definition, integration, engineering solutions, industrial and in-service support. A significant proportion of Landing Gear activities are focused on aircraft programmes including A350XWB, A320 family, A330 family and A380 aircraft, but there is also significant focus on Research & Technology (R&T) for future aircraft development, capability/tool development and data science, as a result work activities are varied and interesting.

We collaborate with other business functions to deliver on programmes and maintain technical excellence for Landing Gear topics:

• Landing systems definition and vendor management for new programmes, incremental developments and to support continuous product development.
• Integration, evolution, application and maturity of Landing Gear development processes, through state of the art simulations and data analytics technologies.
• Proactive product support for industrialisation, production and in-service.
• Execution of product, technology and innovation strategies to deliver Landing Gear related Research and Technology (R&T) for future and current Airbus products.

What will you be doing?

You will be given the opportunity to work with experienced teams across the Airbus aircraft family, from new development through to in-service aircraft, as well potentially working alongside suppliers, customers and manufacturing assembly. You are expected to contribute to the creation of optimum solutions for the landing gear product, to own projects where possible and to support on-going activities. You will also join our early careers community who support your professional development and to help integrate into life in the vibrant city of Bristol.

As an Airbus Intern in a Landing Gear role, you may find yourself :

• Working in a collaborative team to help build predictive maintenance algorithms which aim to increase both the aircraft availability and reliability using data analytics methods and our big data platform, Skywise.
• Consulting with experts during the validation and verification of systems design by defining requirements both at system and equipment level prior to the testing phase, which is completed through the use of models, simulations and test rigs.
• Developing relationships with in-service and production teams to investigate and evaluate the stress experienced by a damaged component or providing feedback to the Final Assembly Line, enabling efficiency improvements.
• Building collective knowledge in the team, problem solving, reporting your findings, presenting progress and results to stakeholders, enabling teamwork across functions and sites.

We look to tailor the work you will be involved in based on your previous experience, interests and development needs to maximise the value you can add to the business.

About you

Please note, we love your interest in working for Airbus but we do ask that you make only one application. 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.

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.

We are looking for outstanding candidates who want to shape the future of landing systems. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:

• Studying any relevant Engineering degree (or in combination with another) such as Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems and Mechatronics, as well as, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Data Science and Analytics.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Computer aided design e.g. CATIA.
• Previous coding experience in C/C++, python.
• Use of modelling tools such as ADAMS, Matlab Simulink, Fluent.

The following attributes are relevant for the position:

• Inquisitive mindset with good problem solving skills.
• High level of commitment and proactivity, taking ownership of projects.
• Willing to learn from mistakes and channel feedback into personal development.
• Demonstrating tenacity, resilience and perseverance when faced with adversity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Future Opportunities

Many of our Interns have ultimately been successful in joining Landing Gear through the Airbus Graduate Programme and have built successful careers in technical disciplines such as:

• Architecture & Integration.
• Control Systems: Systems Design.
• Mechanical Systems: Design / Installation.
• Structures: Structural Analysis / Design.
• Modelling & Simulation.
• Data Analytics.

The philosophy of the team is to provide a challenging, exciting and rewarding working experience for all of our people. So we welcome you to the team and hope you enjoy the highly diverse and challenging world of Landing Gear.

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Contact

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