Mass Properties Engineer (Military Derivatives)

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• 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.

A vacancy for a Mass Properties Engineer has arisen within Airbus Defence & Space in Getafe (Madrid). The successful applicant will join Flight Physics Department.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to development of new vehicles (incl. derivatives), operational support of in-service vehicles and decommissioning.

• Define mass status, target mass and route to target.

• Contribute to monitoring and reporting mass at the various stages of vehicle life through Mass estimations, calculations, accounting and weight control.

• Validate mass by weighing's.

• Collaborate with many technical disciplines to understand and to challenge the vehicle design in the quest for optimum mass.

• Deliver mass models for Loads analyses.

• Perform trade studies, benchmarking and competitors' analyses.

• Contribute to the overall vehicle optimisation.

• Provide support to Chief Engineering and Program for decision making.

• Contribute in Design reviews, Weight maturity reviews, weight savings, preparing and tracking mass Risk & Opportunities.

• Support marketing to prepare Customer Guarantees and vehicle deliveries. Load ability, weight & balance. Develop capabilities (R&T, M&T) and processes to enable and enhance Time, Quality, Cost delivery to the programs.

• Developing all the Mass properties competences in our products, Combat and Military Transport, working in a transnational team between Spain and Germany.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Educated to degree level in Aeronautical Engineering

• Experience of 0-5 years. Flight Physics or Structural Design and Mass Properties experience will be highly valuable.

• English advanced

• German will be valuable

• The desire to work in an open and trusting environment.

• Agile with good communication skills

• Ability to work independently/autonomously and is self-organised.

• Aspiration to work in an Engineering domain and discuss aircraft level topics.

• Keen to adopt a new way of working and to become empowered.

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.

Permanent

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