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Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a F&DT Engineer to support the airline in-service fleet on repairs of aircraft structure and is responsible for quality justifications from a fatigue and damage tolerance point of view in a timely manner. Duties include performing complex F&DT analysis for metallic parts while working in close collaboration with design and static stress colleagues to provide repair solutions. Methods include the use of both classical hand calculations and computer techniques to develop efficient repair solutions to satisfy airworthiness requirements and customers (Airlines/MROs).

Meet the team:

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you're interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your working environment:

Located on the Wichita State University (WSU) innovation campus is Airbus' first dedicated engineering facility outside of Europe.

Your challenges:

• To be a supportive team player within the In-Service Daily Repair and/or Major Repair teams.

• Learn and support simple to routine repair tasks.

• Review and interpret damage reports of aircraft structures from the Maintenance Repair

• Organization and develop quality repair solutions with little support.

• Create or modify technical documents such as: Technical Communications, Technical Dispositions, Repair Instructions, Repair Drawings etc. within various Airbus computer based applications with high quality and efficiency.

• Understand the priorities of assignments and how this affects workflow.

• Interface repair requirements with customers and suppliers with a professional attitude.

• Liaise with Static Stress, Design and other appropriate Airbus departments to come up with optimum repair solutions for the airline customer.

• Assists with preparation of various documents using AIRBUS computer based toolsets (SAP, AirDoc, etc.).

• Together with other Repair Engineers, be a member of an integrated engineering team, ensuring its strategy, policy and direction is maintained.

• Provide responses to simple to routine repair queries by giving guidance as required within Airbus Operations and Customer Services in a clear and concise manner.

• Ensure all tasks and activities are correctly planned, monitored and executed to achieve customer time scales.

• Identify and support local improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through process, methods and tools improvements.

Your boarding pass:

• Bachelor Science/Engineering (BSc/BEng) degree.

• 0 to 3 years Engineering experience in an airline/OEM/MRO environment preferred, with knowledge of aircraft structure (design, fatigue, materials...) and structural repairs, or mechanical.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, technical documentation / manuals (SRM, SB, IPC...)

• Knowledge of maintenance repair practices, equipment and ways of working.

• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to team and business partners worldwide including ability to discuss at working level within Airbus to customers in case of reporting / escalation / etc.

• Ability to take initiative, proven high motivation and flexibility to work in a highly demanding environment.

• Professional interpersonal skills, ability to work with multidisciplinary teams in a collaborative team environment with a diverse international workforce.

• Airline or Maintenance and Repair Organization (MRO) experience is highly regarded.

• Up to ~10 % Domestic and very limited possible international travel, subject to additional based on customer / project requirements

• Authorized to Work in the US

This position is a temporary (contract) position with no specific time period but could be extended or shortened as needed. Contractors are employed by a 3rd party vendor and placed on assignment to Airbus in America.

Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry. We are a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We aim for a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defence as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international - with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally. The company has aircraft and helicopter final assembly lines across Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has achieved a more than sixfold order book increase since 2000.

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.

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