Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer – Gas & Particle Sensing Systems (m/f) to join our flight test department based in Toulouse, France.

You will be part of a team that develops, verifies, and supports all instrumentation for laboratory and flight test installations for all aircraft programs. Within the “Physical Measurements” team, you will be involved in the development and support of gas and particle detection aeronautical instrumentation, including the metrological control of managed components. We are looking for an engineer focused on the design, integration, and execution of gas and particle detection systems for upcoming flight test campaigns. This role bridges the gap between instrumentation for physicochemical measurements, aeronautical hardware design, data acquisition, and processing. In this role, you will be responsible for the entire life cycle, from design to aircraft integration of gas and particle sensors on our flight test platform.

If you have a good level of knowledge in physical and gaseous measurements, and you are motivated, this position is for you!

Your challenges:

• Analyze needs, define design specifications, prototype, and assemble gas and particle sensors with robust technologies capable of surviving in-flight applications.

• Develop, maintain, and automate laboratory test benches to characterize sensor performance.

• Master data acquisition and processing via LabVIEW, MATLAB or Python.

• Manage interactions with numerous internal and external stakeholders: design offices, architects, test specialists, flight test engineers, teams from other Airbus Group entities, global suppliers, start-ups, research laboratories, and universities…

Your boarding pass:

• Degree in Chemistry/Environment or physical measurements.

• Practical experience using test benches in terms of wiring, bench calibration, and preparation of sensors/analyzers for testing.

• Experience in writing test plans, data display and processing, knowledge of digital signal processing, production of test results reports.

• Competence in physicochemical measurements, including metrological knowledge.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are essential, as is proficiency in French.

• Excellent team spirit, open-mindedness, curiosity, and a positive attitude.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt to change in a dynamic environment and flight test context.

• Good communication skills and interpersonal qualities

This position requires eligibility for several export control regulations and military clearances by recognized authorities.

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.

Company: Airbus Operations SAS

Employment Type: Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe F11

Experience Level: Entry Level

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