MATERIALS AND PROCESS ENGINEER (D/F/M)

Job Description:

This position is part of our Sustainability Business Unit - Empowering businesses to build a sustainable future.

Task description:

• Operational & Supplier Technical Support: Provide on-site technical operational support to internal production facilities and external suppliers to ensure the highest product quality of organic and composite materials, adhesives, and elastomers for aerospace applications
• Material & Process Qualification: Qualify suppliers, materials, and manufacturing processes in accordance with aerospace industry standards and requirements
• Obsolescence & Cross-Departmental Engineering Interface: Collaborate closely with the obsolescence management department to identify and validate suitable material replacements, while interfacing between various design departments to gather and define engineering requirements for optimal material solutions
• Testing Campaign Management: Plan, execute, and manage material testing campaigns, including the comprehensive reporting, evaluation, and interpretation of test results
• Special Process & Audit Support: Support internal quality and process audits covering special manufacturing processes and laboratory test methods

Required qualifications:

The job requires knowledge and skills that are usually acquired through a relevant, completed degree with a standard period of study of up to 4 years in the area of organic materials, aerospace, or mechanical engineering, or comparable courses of study and related subject-specific additional qualifications or through a relevant, completed degree with a standard period of study of more than 4 years with a degree or completed vocational training with a corresponding particularly extensive subject-specific additional qualification. The total required knowledge and experience may have been acquired in other ways.

Skills and competences

• Initial professional experience in the aerospace industry or other regulated sectors involving organic/composite materials and process qualifications
• Familiarity with the definition and interpretation of engineering requirements
• Sound knowledge of composite manufacturing processes and techniques for structural applications
• Knowledge of programming (e.g. Google Apps Script, C++, Java, Python) and data analysis techniques is a plus
• Professional fluency in German and English, both written and spoken
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to perform effectively under pressure
• Committed, proactive, and team-oriented mindset and work style
• Willingness to undertake occasional business travel
  

Location:

At our Donauwörth site, located on the banks of the river Danube, we support Airbus Helicopters in developing helicopters from the initial idea to the airworthy product. Watch them take off and touch down on our own on-site test airfield.

Advantages at Airbus Protect 

• Mobile working and flexible working hours
• Fair and attractive remuneration and special payments
• 30 days' holiday and additional days off for special occasions
• Intensive induction and expert support as part of onboarding in the form of personalized onboarding with a personal mentor
• Excellent training opportunities and promising development prospects
• Attractive social benefits and offers, including employer-financed pension scheme, employee share options, discounted car leasing, bike leasing, special conditions for insurance, employee benefits at cooperating companies
• On-site facilities (depending on location) e. g. canteen and cafeteria, fitness studio, on-site kindergarten, company medical service and other health-related services
  

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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