#ET18 Transmission System Stress Engineer (m/f)

Transmission System Stress Engineer (m/f)

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Transmission System Stress Engineer (m/f) to join the Design Office based in Marignane, France. You will be part of the Transmission System Engineering team and will protect critical components of our helicopters.

Your future missions

In the world of vertical flight, some components simply cannot fail. As part of our Transmission System Engineering team, you are the guardian of "Catastrophic Failure" components.

From the H160 to the record‑breaking Racer, you will be the technical authority ensuring our dynamic systems withstand the most extreme flight envelopes.

Your challenge

• Beyond the Screen: You don’t just simulate; you validate. You define and follow up on flight tests or laboratory tests to correlate your Samcef models.
• Certification Authority: You are the voice of Airbus Helicopters when defending substantiation documents to international aviation authorities.
• Methodology Leader: You won’t just use existing tools; you will help evolve our calculation methods for the next generation of rotorcraft.

Your profile

• Educated to 5 years’ degree level (or equivalent) in mechanical engineering.
• Experience: 5 years in mechanical part analysis (metallic materials, RDM, static & fatigue).
• Proven experience with FEM (Samcef).
• Static and fatigue analysis.
• Experience in crack propagation or fatigue testing is a plus.
• Aviation authorities / certification knowledge is a plus.
• Good relationship.
• Autonomy, team spirit, rigour.
• Language skills: advanced French & advanced English.

Benefits and compensation

Our compensation package is global, competitive, and transparent, including salaries, bonuses, profit‑sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership.

We invest in your well‑being: professional development, health coverage, retirement, and work‑life balance support.

Daily benefits include a dynamic CSE with many advantages, transport facilities, and company shuttles or transport pass reimbursement.

Employment

Permanent, professional level, Class F12 (France).

Equal opportunities and diversity

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. We will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported.