At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape high-performance aircraft wings through design, testing, and data analysis.
- Company: Join Airbus, a leader in aerospace innovation and sustainability.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, profit share, pension scheme, and free onsite parking.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for career growth and innovative projects.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on aircraft performance and sustainability while travelling internationally.
- Qualifications: Passion for aerodynamics, CFD experience, and Python programming skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Overview
In this role you contribute to shaping high-performance aircraft wings within Airbus Aerodynamics.
You will work across design, testing, and data-driven analysis to optimize aerodynamics for current and future aircraft.
The role blends CFD, wind-tunnel and flight-test data to accelerate design, with opportunities to travel internationally and collaborate across disciplines.
You’ll help drive sustainability milestones and innovative wing solutions that impact aircraft performance.
- Pay / Benefits
- competitive salary
- annual profit share
- contributory pension
- share options
- car leasing scheme
- free onsite parking
Responsibilities
- Design external aerodynamic shapes to meet aircraft requirements
- Perform design trades to influence overall aircraft design
- Conduct numerical optimization for performance gains
- Coordinate wind tunnel or flight tests and review data
- Support in-service and industrial aero-queries
- Drive research to enhance simulation capabilities
- For data-for-loads: run CFD campaigns to create aero loads models
- Manage wind tunnel tests and validate aerodynamic load models
- Follow flight tests to verify models
- Develop aero loads models and innovative processes for their creation
- Key requirements
- Passion for aircraft and aerodynamics
- CFD experience
- CAD tools experience (CATIA and/or 3DExperience)
- Python programming skills
- Willingness to travel internationally
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- CAD tools (CATIA, 3DExperience)
- Python programming
- CADFIX
- Solar
- ANSA
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