Airbus is a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, specializing in the design, manufacture, and delivery of commercial aircraft, military transports, helicopters, and space systems. As one of the world's largest aerospace companies, it employs over 130,000 people globally and operates as a cornerstone of European industrial collaboration and technological innovation. Spain plays a vital role in Airbus's global operations, hosting major production and engineering centers in Getafe, Seville, and Cádiz. The company is a major employer for international talent in Spain, offering a multicultural work environment where English is the primary language for technical and management roles, alongside comprehensive relocation support for specialized engineering positions.

Airbus was established in 1970 as a European consortium to challenge the dominance of American aerospace manufacturers. It grew through the integration of major national aerospace companies from France, Germany, the UK, and Spain, including the merger with Spain's CASA in 1999.

Airframe Stress Engineer

Airbus Spain

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters, a division of Airbus, is a global leader in the civil and military rotorcraft market.

Its mission is to provide civil and military helicopter solutions to its customers who serve and protect citizens, save lives and safely carry passengers in highly demanding environments.

Airbus Helicopters masters the complete helicopter value chain, from design and development, to industrialisation, production and support and services. It aims to ensure safety, quality, competitiveness and mission availability.

Airbus Helicopters España S.A. (AHE) integrates the Rotorcraft activities in Spain being a tractor company of other Spanish entities that participate in the Rotatory wing Aircraft Industry.

EBSTIF perform Design and Stress activities participating in all the phases of the product, from specification to customer in-service support: conceptual and detailed design, support to production (non-conformity assessment, generation of documentation needed for manufacturing, etc.), support to testing activities, generation of evidences for certification/qualification purposes and costumer support.

In this context, we are seeking a dedicated Stress Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will support production concessions and in-service repairs for helicopter structures, delivering high-quality design solutions. Your mission is to ensure that helicopter deliveries meet strict quality standards and stay on schedule.

We are looking for candidates with:

- Ability to liaise with all relevant stakeholders (Production line and FAL, Program, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering specialists, Customer line) to frame the Non Conformity (NC).

- Ability to analyze any NC/ Repair impact on aircraft airworthiness requirements and providing Engineering assessment to recover compliance

- Ability to ensure technical content for any documents dealing with aircraft conformity (NC, Concessions, Query Notes, RDAS, etc.)

- Ability to Identify areas of inefficiency/repetitive issues and contributing to changes in processes and procedures.

- Ability to Represent Airframe Engineering for Quality improvements, including NC root-cause investigation and corrective actions.

Technical profile:

- Engineering Degree in Aerospace, civil engineering or comparable, at least 5 years of experience on Stress for Support to Manufacturing/ In Service Support

- Solid background on Airframe Structure Stress analysis, and the related processes and methods, Metallic and Composite.

- Repair solutions definition (non-conformities and In-service repairs)

- Broad range of standard hand and computer methods. (e.g. GFEM, DFEM, CATIA, etc.)

Toolset experience preferred:

o FEM Altair Hyperworks (Hypermesh, Hyperview, etc.), Nastran

o Automatization through Excel via Visual Basic, Python, MatLab or others

- A strong computer background, including MS Office application experience (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Suite application experience (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail).

- Ability to communicate technical subjects effectively and accurately to non-specialists

Soft skills

- Team spirit

- English: advanced level. French: valuable

- Proactive person with continuous improvement spirit

- Methodical and rigorous, with the agility and pragmatism required to make decisive actions under pressure within a fast-paced, reactive environment

- Open and curious mindset as well as a practical and agile approach

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 Helicopters España, SA

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Structure Design & Integration

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