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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Configuration Management Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMarignane, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Knowledge of aerospace assembly processes.
  • Knowledge of industrial configuration management processes.
  • Knowledge of SAP.
  • Ability to work autonomously and make proposals.
  • Rigorous approach.
  • Awareness of potential compliance risks and commitment to acting with integrity.
  • Advanced English proficiency.
  • Fluent French proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Process design-office plans to create assembly operations for the Super Puma final assembly line.
  • Manage the list of assembly operations required to produce helicopters based on configurations provided by the design office.
  • Resolve non-conformities and technical issues encountered during final assembly.
  • Pilot industrial configuration end to end, from contract through manufacturing.
  • Follow and challenge definition milestones.
  • Analyze industrial cycles and calculate the required dates for design-office data packages.
  • Establish risk analyses and lead mitigation actions, including digital or physical mock-ups, tests, and validation of initial assemblies and First Article Inspection.
  • Pilot requirements sent to the supply chain.
  • Manage industrial configuration locally and transnationally.
  • Lead end-to-end industrialization of the contract in the final assembly line and coordinate the contract’s Manufacturing Engineering stakeholders.
  • Interface with the design office, production, and the program.
  • Lead Delta 1 and manage its impacts.
  • Create and maintain grids for each aircraft and contract based on the configuration provided by the design office (ATBB).
  • Anticipate requirements for long-lead-time components early in the design and manufacturing process.
  • Contribute to tracking industrial gates to ensure all data is available for aircraft production.
  • Ensure assembly operations are correctly integrated in alignment with final assembly line workstations.
  • Communicate critical grid changes to production.
  • Own Delta 2, ensuring conformity between As To Be Build (the configuration specified by the design office) and As Build (what is requested for production in the workshop).
  • Analyze configuration data across aircraft within a contract and across contracts to ensure data maturity, identify potential errors, and limit production disruptions.
  • Create and track completion-work files.
  • Contribute to analysis of launched and completed production orders.
  • Coordinate with a multifunctional team, design-office and production representatives, upstream suppliers to the final assembly line, other production centers, the supply chain, and the product manager.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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