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Expand your network within the aeronautical industry. Elaborate, optimize and communicate flight tests planning. Prepare and manage flight tests dispatch. Ensure availability of flight tests documentation (including on board and regulatory flight authorizations).

Follow-up tests execution to support maturity and safety. Prepare and coordinate all the aspects of a test campaign. Operate test means for flight tests (telemetry, radio, ...). Screen and optimize test requests, screen and optimize planning, support readiness for test execution in close relation with stakeholders, follow-up flight tests related certification documentation.

Test preparation: Elaborating, optimizing, and communicating planning of ground and flight test activities on prototype and series helicopters in accordance with the Test Coordinator/Test Squad Leader. Ensuring the consolidation of all testing activities on aircraft and the involvement of all stakeholders inside and outside the Flight Test Department. Screening and optimizing ground and flight test specifications/orders and supporting feasibility investigations regarding necessary tools, equipment as well as testing infrastructure in general.

Preparing flight test campaigns on different locations / areas, mainly in Europe. Supporting the Test Coordinator on negotiation of terms and conditions as well as costs for establishing. Supporting prototype shop during preparation of lay-ups.

Supporting readiness for test performance in close relation with all stakeholders:



Ensuring that the right test configuration of prototype and series test helicopters is established and documented well (helicopter, test equipment, flight test instrumentation) for each test purpose. Ensure availability of flight tests documentation (including on board and regulatory flight authorizations).

Test execution: Contributing to all relevant activities during the testing phases to ensure the test schedule. Supporting on-site and off-site test campaigns on demand / when necessary: Supporting ground and flight test operations. Potentially operating test means for flight tests, testing observation by telemetry on ground during critical test flights.

As member of the extended Flight Test Integrated Team, being the interface towards Flight Test Department internal departments like data analyses, flight test instrumentation and data reduction.

Test reporting: Supporting on issuing ground and flight test reports. Coordinating delivery of certification test documentation. Managing administrative tasks with regards to flight test activities (statistics on flight hour efforts, failures, reports and documentation).

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience: Degree in Engineering (Bachelor’s or Master’s, or equivalent diploma), preferably with an aeronautical/aerospace profile. Advanced level of English and Spanish; French and/or German will be highly valued.

Experience and/or knowledge in systems and systems integration, weaponry, testing, Certification, and Qualification (under EASA or other regulations) is highly desirable. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster versátil working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Employment Type: Permanent Job Family: Testing #

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