Job Description:***SECURITY CLEARANCE: * You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)
*TRAVEL REQUIRED: * Occasional travel within UK and international
*Filton* (60% of your working week must be office based)
*TYPE:* Full time
*Financial Reward:* Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more
* *Work / Life Balance: * 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday
* Health & Wellbeing:* Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
* *Family and Caregiving:* Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving and purpose built maternity rooms on site
* *Inclusive Environment:* Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
An exciting opportunity for a Structures Test Technologist to join us as part of the Airbus Structures Test organisation in the UK. You will join the team based in the Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre, Filton, UK
The Structures Test Centre UK is part of the Materials, Processes and Test domain. The Structures Test Centre UK is one of three Airbus centres that perform or manage the full pyramid of static and fatigue structures tests on all Airbus Aircraft Programmes and R&T including exciting new projects on Digital Hybrid Testing and Zero Emissions aircraft
Our engineering Test Technologists in the Structures Test Team support serial programmes and research & development activities, within a field or engineering discipline, through the application of known engineering principles and practices. Work on critical structural tests from level 6 (Material Coupons) to level 2 (Large Structural Assemblies) of the test pyramid and other business critical projects.
* Design and setup of the control and data acquisition systems of the test
* Design and setup of hydraulic loading systems for test rigs
* Performance of structural tests
* Full Field Measurement application (Digital Image Correlation, photogrammetry, thermoelastic stress analysis etc)
* Advanced data analytics & correlations including integration with digital toolsets.
* Delivery of one or more technical specialisms - often a healthy mix of hands-on lab and office based work.
* Communication and reporting of progress to the test leader/test customers.
* Launch of subcontracting activities following policy; purchasing and goods receipt.
* Participation in the test centre and weekly team meetings.
* Networking & support to build transnational Test Technologies capabilities.
*Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in mechanical engineering or a related discipline (e.g. Aerospace, Structures, Materials, Systems, Physics).
* Project management & delivery of projects to time, cost, quality.
* aeronautical structures, control systems, structural testing.
* Experience in structures, materials or systems testing would be an advantage.
* Experience or interest in Digital topics / Hybrid Testing & Simulation
* English: Negotiation level. Other languages would be a plus.
* Control Systems Design, Maintenance and Operation
* Operation of both standard test machines and bespoke test rigs
* Data Acquisition
* Hybrid Testing (Physical-Virtual Test Integration)
* Hydrogen/Cryogenic Testing
* T networks and IP configuration
* Software skills (MOOG FCS, MTS Flextest, ZWICK TestExpert, HBK Catman enterprise, Zeiss, Photron, Intellifast) would be a plus
*How we can support you.*
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process - you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To opt in, just select the option during your application submission and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you.
*#This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.
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