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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Tooling Designer

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMarignane, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold a bac +2/3 qualification or an engineering bac +5 qualification in mechanics or a related discipline.
  • Have experience in production tooling, such as tooling for elementary parts, assembly, lifting, testing, special machines, or CE-regulated equipment.
  • Know manufacturing and part-assembly processes.
  • Have advanced designer skills in CATIA V5 and basic knowledge of Office.
  • Know tolerancing and functional dimensioning.
  • French proficiency at A2 level.
  • English proficiency at B1 level.
  • Welcome problems constructively and demonstrate good interpersonal skills.
  • Have a service orientation.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze industrialization requesters’ needs, including part drawings, production-line routes, and non-conformities.
  • Present and obtain approval from the requester for estimated cost, cycle, and target technical solution before financial commitment, in line with tooling department objectives.
  • Consolidate input data so that tooling suppliers can use it clearly and unambiguously for manufacturing.
  • Write functional specifications, design tooling in CATIA V5 according to applicable rules, and preselect available, capable, and effective tooling suppliers.
  • Manage, track, and validate key project milestones in line with tooling service objectives.
  • Design tooling while accounting for production-process, environmental, and production-equipment constraints.
  • Complete the industrialization implementation and ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Ensure complete project closure and regularization of committed financial transactions.
  • Promote knowledge capture and transfer of production-series tooling expertise.
  • Carry responsibility for project delivery against safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements, consistent with the selected technical solutions.
  • Perform all stages of 3D design, including AVP, PDR, and CDR; conduct preliminary dimensioning and/or validate calculation files when applicable; and potentially prepare 2D drawing packages.
  • Travel within France or abroad as needed to validate or install tooling.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of calculations.
  • Knowledge of safety standards and ergonomics.

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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