Aircraft Performance Engineer - External Performance Models (BADA / ANP)

At Airbus we are focused on our employees and their welfare. Take a look at some of our social benefits:

• Vacation days plus additional days-off along the year.
• Attractive salary.
• Hybrid model of working when possible.
• Collective transport service subject to working calendar/home location.
• Benefits such as life insurance, health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan, or study grants.
• On-site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office.
• Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment.
• Option to access special rates in products & benefits.

An opportunity for an Aircraft Performance Engineer - External Performance Models (BADA / ANP) has arisen within Airbus Operations, Getafe (Madrid).

The selected candidate will join the In-Flight Performance and Operations team within Airbus Engineering Aircraft Performance. Aircraft Performance is at the heart of the aeronautic industry and a key decision criterion for airlines.

Our subdomain is responsible for modeling, evaluating, and simulating aircraft operational performance, acting as the reference for data-driven analysis to optimize flight operations, flight safety, and in-service support for airlines and aeronautical stakeholders.

The jobholder will act as the primary owner and central point of contact for External Aircraft Performance Models (such as BADA and ANP), bridging strategic governance with deep technical validation and driving the long-term improvement roadmap.

The main tasks of the jobholder will be:

• Serve as primary focal point and lead strategic governance for external partners (Eurocontrol, EASA) and internal stakeholders, managing queries, licensing, decision boards, and improvement roadmaps.
• Execute technical validation and risk assessment by designing in-depth studies to compare external model outputs against Airbus reference data and quantify accuracy deviations.
• Develop and maintain internal automation tools using Python and scripting languages to ensure robust model comparison, validation, and assessment processes.
• Manage ANP dataset generation and validation for EASA and internal stakeholders, ensuring all dataset outputs meet required quality standards.
• Monitor the broader ecosystem landscape (TIM, Piano, OpenAP, EU Flight Label, EEA, CO2 calculators) to identify service opportunities, technical risks, and market intelligence.
• Animate the internal community and knowledge management by creating technical notes, defining oriented-usage guidelines, and sharing best practices across Airbus teams.

Is your profile aligned to the following list of skills? Apply! We are looking forward to knowing you:

Permanent

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Professional

Flight & Space Physics