Graduate Airframe Automation Engineer

Airframe Automation Engineer Graduate programme focused on engineering process improvement, automation, digital tools, and emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning across Airbus Airframe Engineering.

Are you a university graduate with the aspiration, enthusiasm, and talent to help us pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world? Every year, Airbus seeks bright minds from around the globe to fill critical roles that will shape our future.

When you begin your career with us, we don't just offer a job; we accelerate your growth through the Airbus Global Graduate development journey. This isn't a one-size-fits-all program; it's a personalized, two-year experience designed to cultivate your professional skills, enhance your business acumen, and hone your technical abilities.

We place a strong emphasis on developing your leadership potential from day one. You'll gain a unique perspective on the world of Airbus while contributing directly in a specific, impactful position.

During the two years, we will take you on a soft-skill development journey, covering such areas as inclusive leadership, our Values, resilience, communication and emotional intelligence, with various in-person and virtual workshops.

Beyond your daily responsibilities and this comprehensive schedule of training, you'll join your global graduate community annually for an in-person dedicated development week. This is your chance to connect with your peers, learn directly from our seasoned leaders, and gain insights from the best in the industry.

Throughout the programme, you will be developed into an established and valuable team member from day 1. You'll sharpen your skills in an area strategically important to Airbus, gaining a deep understanding of our business – its opportunities, challenges, and needs. 

Most importantly, you'll have learned more about yourself and what makes you truly great. You will have demonstrated your capability and readiness to take on future leadership challenges within Airbus.

Above all, you'll have the unparalleled opportunity to do your best work in an industry that is literally reshaping how we live in our world.

If you're ready to embark on this transformative journey and unlock your full potential, apply below.

What you will be doing 

You will be on a development journey to guide your growth into the role of Airframe Automation Engineer and can expect to be involved in the following:  

1. Analyze Engineering business processes to identify and implement critical improvements to streamline our workflows, shorten our time-to-market, and drive process efficiencies across engineering design activities.

2. Deliver automation solutions from concept through deployment. 

3. Optimise engineering process through digital tools and automation.

4. Explore the usage of new IT technologies (e.g. LLM, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Knowledge Graph…) to improve engineering productivity.

5. Opportunity to rotate across Airframe Engineering and digital domains - Digital Airframe, Wing engineering operations, and technical authority to gain broad exposure to engineering delivery, digital transformation, operational excellence and Technical governance.

Your development journey will include a minimum of one rotational placement to support your growth into position. At the end of the two year development programme you will have developed into the position of Airframe Automation Engineer!

What we are looking for

To be a successful applicant, you will need to demonstrate you have:

- A degree level or equivalent within Aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer science, software engineering, data science or a related technical discipline.

- Recently graduated or first professional experience in the field of technical, digital, engineering, operations or business related field, with strong motivation to learn and grow in a complex engineering environment

- Strong verbal and written communication in our business language (English)

- A desire to work in a collaborative team environment, focused on driving future innovation

- The ability to be self aware and a wish to be in the driving seat of your development.

We love your interest in working for Airbus but we do ask that you make only one application to the Airbus Global Graduate Programme. Take the time to decide which of our exciting opportunities is right for you and then submit an application that best represents you, your skills and experience in connection with the role you have selected.

Please note, we are unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this position. We welcome applications from candidates with existing right to work in the UK or those eligible via other routes (e.g., Graduate Visa, Youth Mobility Scheme).