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Job Description:
Start date: 17 August 2026
Location: Filton, Bristol
Duration: 12.5 months
Application: We love your interest in joining Airbus! There is no limit on the number of positions you can apply for, however, please be aware that you can only progress in the selection process for one position at a time.
Benefits:
Salary: £23,400
35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
About us:
Are you someone who enjoys detailed problem-solving, interrogating data, and rigorously assessing system performance? Do you get excited by technical challenges and collaborating on creative solutions with a digital mindset? If so, this could be the job for you.
We are looking for a university student interested in a placement year in industry. You will design and conduct tests on fuel avionics and new fuels test benches and support our flight test analysis activities.
The Fuel Avionics and New Fuels Test teams support the development and certification of test activities for the fuel systems on all Airbus programmes, with a focus on hydrogen and SAF topics.
What you will be doing:
* Support certification through integrated rig and flight testing and analysis;
* Establish and improve the maturity of aircraft systems through the collaboration with other engineering teams;
* React to and help resolve in-service system issues;
* Aim for product safety beyond certification requirements;
* Implement synergies and alignment between rig and flight test.
Every day will present a new challenge, you will test and improve your skills on a variety of activities within Lab Testing and Data Analytics, such as:
* Agreement on Lab Test Requirements, definition and validation of test benches;
* System level testing of new fuel and landing gear functionality;
* In-service investigation by reproducing events on avionics benches;
* Preparing Lab Test Results Analysis.
Requirements:
* Your application should include a CV along with a Cover Letter outlining your motivation and suitability for the role.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:
* Studying towards a degree in Engineering, Science, or equivalent;
* Excited by technical challenges and solving problems with interest in aerospace and zero emission technologies;
* Project management knowledge or interest;
* Skills in programming languages, data analysis, presenting and report writing;
* Committed to delivering on time;
* Good interpersonal skills and capable of working as a team and autonomously;
* Negotiation level of English both written and spoken;
* Nice to have awareness of aircraft systems;
* Knowledge of statistics, data science, experimental design and project management would be beneficial.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
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