Job Description
Job Description: Start date: 20 July 2026
Location: Stevenage
Duration: 12 months
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Benefits:
Salary: £23,850
37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Half day Fridays!* // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
*subject to completing full hours prior to this
About us: Airbus has over 50 years of experience in space systems. The Thermal Analysis & Space Physics team is responsible for the analysis, development, and testing of spacecraft thermal control systems, supporting projects across Telecommunications, Navigation, Earth Observation and Science, and Exploration. Responsibilities span the full project lifecycle, from concept design to qualification and delivery. We also lead Space Physics activities such as atomic oxygen fluence analysis, aerobraking simulation, and modelling thruster plume fluxes.
Our typical thermal engineering work involves defining the concept design with project architects and designers, creating a mathematical model of the system's thermal properties, and using it to evaluate design performance and hardware definitions. As a project progresses, emphasis shifts from theoretical analysis to supporting manufacturing and testing.
In this placement, you will support a selection of the work our team undertakes across a range of missions. You will also have the opportunity to take ownership of several internal Process Improvement tasks with support from a senior engineer.
What you will be doing: In this placement, you will have the opportunity to support a range of activities such as:
* Broadening your knowledge and experience of thermal engineering, supporting analysis and testing campaigns for a range of projects;
* Supporting a lead thermal engineer to build and maintain thermal models to customer requirements, to support sizing of the thermal control system and performing design trade-offs;
* Developing tools and analysis techniques to improve the efficiency of the department;
* Gaining experience with using tools such as Microsoft Excel, Python, and a range of dedicated thermal and space physics software to perform engineering design and analysis.
Requirements:
Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. It is mandatory to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application. Your application should include a CV along with a Cover Letter outlining your motivation and suitability for the role.
Ideally candidates would be undertaking a degree in one of the following areas (or similar): Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Design/CAD, IT.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:
* An interest in space is essential;
* Good problem solving and team working skills;
* Excellent presentation and written and verbal communication skills, including report writing;
* Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office.
Additional desirable skills for a candidate include:
* An ability to describe the thermal challenges faced by space missions and thermal management techniques available to ensure success;
* Experience of computational modelling and simulation;
* An advanced proficiency in Excel (ideally for analysing results);
* Experience of programming; e.g. Python, Visual Basic.
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.
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Company: AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited
Employment Type:
Experience Level: Student
Job Family: Fluid & Hydromechanics, Thermal
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