Job Description:
Start date: 18th August 2025
Location: Filton, Bristol
Duration: 12.5 months
Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.
Benefits:
Salary: £21,900
35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
About us:
We are the Airbus Commercial Aircraft Future Projects Office and are responsible for the preliminary design of all new or upgraded Airbus aircraft. Everything from maintaining the competitiveness of our current product line, right through to engineering the next generation of Airbus aircraft, contributing to our decarbonisation ambition and ready to tackle the environmental challenges we face. As an innovative and inclusive team, we value and encourage different ways of thinking and working to get the best technical solution. Our team members are trusted and empowered to solve the challenges the business sets us.
What you will be doing:
For this internship, you would be working within either the Wing and Landing Gear Team or the Overall Aircraft Design Team. You will work on the early stages of projects and could cover a number of disciplines in order to deliver an optimised solution for either wing or complete aircraft problems. To achieve this, you will work with Future Project team members in the UK, France, Germany and Spain and possibly other engineering teams within the business so communication skills will be key. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience of the preliminary phase of aircraft design and its wider business impact.
You will also have the chance to take part in initiatives outside your day to day tasks that will provide opportunities for personal development. Examples of these could be: attending careers fairs, organising site tours and even running STEM sessions in schools.
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. Please inform us of your graduation date on your application.
Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered.
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:
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Studying towards a degree in Engineering with a significant level of Aerospace/Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering content;
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Good written and verbal communication skills in English, coupled with good IT skills;
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Be creative and have an open mind-set with a desire to explore and learn;
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A keen interest in the aviation industry;
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Motivated with the ability to manage own activities and work with a multi-skilled, transnational team;
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A desire to help shape the future of aviation!
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).
Contact:
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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.
Company:
Airbus Operations Limited
Employment Type:
Internship
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Experience Level:
Student
Job Family:
Chief Engineering & Architecture
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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.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [email protected].
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.
What We Do
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2020, it generated revenues of €49.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.
Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry and a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We believe that it’s not just what we make, but how we make it that counts; promoting responsible, sustainable and inclusive business practices and acting with integrity. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place, on the ground, in the sky and in space.
