Start date: 16 August 2027 Location: Filton, Bristol Duration: 12.5 months Applications close on 27 September 2026! We love your interest in joining Airbus!
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Benefits
Salary: £24,246 35 hours per week
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working options available depending on the role
- Half day Fridays!
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
About us
As part of the Wing Engineering Team at Airbus in Filton, UK, you'll be at the forefront of aerospace innovation. We're a dynamic group of highly motivated engineers who constantly challenge conventional design and thinking. Our mission is to find creative, profitable solutions without ever compromising on quality. Do you enjoy connecting with people and different organizations? Are you passionate about developing wing structures? Join our team of Structural Engineers, a diverse group of technical experts and program managers dedicated to finding innovative solutions. We're the perfect mix of people to help you develop both your technical skills and your career. We are looking for Design Interns to join our team and make a real impact.
What you will be doing
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Design of composite and metallic Wing structures across various Airbus programmes;
- Create design schemes, frontier and interfaces drawings and Data for manufacture (component drawings);
- Able to assess design solutions within the time, cost and quality parameters and manage offload to suppliers if necessary;
- Ensure the structural design meets programme airworthiness and product requirements and in line with cascaded Design Quality Assurance Criteria;
- Define, deliver and enable technical studies, trades and investigations to ensure the delivery of technical solutions in accordance with relevant Design methods and procedures.
Requirements
Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Studying towards a degree in an Engineering Field, Design Technology, Science, Maths, or equivalent;
- Willingness to learn basic metallic and composite structures and design toolsets i.e. CATIA V5, ICC, Zamiz, ECM, Optegra & PASS, Google Sheets, Slides and Docs;
- Proactive attitude in order to propose solutions and solve problems;
- Nice to have experience in developing IT solutions associated with engineering activities i.e. Macros, Matlab, etc.;
- Ensure delivery of own tasks whilst adhering to time, cost and quality parameters;
- Good communication skills and a drive to deliver customer value and quality;
SECURITY CLEARANCE
You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role.
Contact
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Company
Company: Airbus Operations Limited
Employment Type: Internship
Experience Level: Student
Job Family: Structure Design & Integration
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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. Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.
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