Laboratory Equipment Design Engineering Placement (12.5 months)

at  Airbus Operations Limited

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Start date: 18th August 2025
Location: Filton, Bristol
Duration: 12.5 months
Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

ABOUT US:

As an intern you will join the Laboratory Test Means Fluid Mechanical Design and Test team (LTM). You will have the opportunity to develop soft and technical skills in a different set of activities that involves design, building and testing, from end to end. These include a challenging and exciting project for aircraft which are already flying and those that may fly in the future.
The Laboratory Test Means Architecture and Integration team supports the development and certification test activities performed for the fuel and landing gear systems in all the Airbus programs.

The test scope of the fluid mechanical and mechanical test team is primarily fluid mechanics, pneumatic and hydraulic aspects of the various systems:

• Verification of fluid mechanics;
• Pneumatics, hydraulics and mechanical equipment on fuel rigs and landing gear means;
• System performance under various conditions;
• Equipment robustness and certification tests.

Additionally, new emerging technologies such as zero carbon aviation are increasingly becoming part of the working portfolio.

REQUIREMENTS:

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only . Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.
Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Science, or equivalent;
• Excited by technical challenges and solving problems with interest in fluid mechanics, hydraulics or pneumatics;
• Skills in mechanical design and build, data analysis, presenting and report writing;
• Project management knowledge or interest;
• Committed to delivering on time;
• Good interpersonal skills and capable of working as a team as well as autonomously;
• Negotiation level of English both written and spoken;
• Nice to have awareness of aircraft systems and understanding of basic electronics;
• Understanding of measurement techniques (e.g. pressure, flow, temperature, etc.).

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Student

The main activities you will perform as part of this team are as follows.

Laboratory test means support, which includes:

• Test Mean development and commissioning for new test rigs;
• Maintenance and evolution of current test rigs.

Functional integration tests on lab test means:

• Identification of test mean needs;
• Test procedure preparation and execution on various Airbus rigs available in Filton;
• Support of system tests performed at supplier facilities.

The department strategy fully supports the Integration and Flight Test center’s vision to develop a ‘single test team’ identity covering all tests from Supplier to Flight Test.
The jobholder will be a member of a Group in the LTM Architecture and Integration department in Filton, working in close relationship with the corresponding test teams.
The aim of this internship is to support the fuels and/or landing gear systems hydromechanical test engineers on various activities, within one or several groups of the test department. Activities carried out could be involved with any of the Airbus Aircraft programmes or R&T work. This may also require trips to various Airbus sites and/or at supplier facilities.
There may also be opportunities to experience other areas within the fuels and landing gear test department including the avionics testing and flight test analysis.
Furthermore, significant opportunities to develop soft skills will be available throughout the internship by supporting and conducting a range of development tasks including school liaison events and departmental activities.