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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Interactive Rivet / Screw Calculation Tool Development Intern

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Internship · Winter 2027Marignane, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • The candidate must currently be in the final year of an engineering school in mechanics and computer science.
  • Ideal technical competencies include structural analysis, strength of materials, finite element analysis using Nastran or HyperWorks, Python programming, and modeling and graphical user interface development.
  • Advanced English and fluent French are listed as language competencies.
  • The candidate should ideally demonstrate teamwork, rigor, autonomy, initiative, curiosity, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

  • Become familiar with the calculation software suite, including Altair, Nastran, HyperMesh, and HyperView.
  • Understand the team's operating model, its flight-safety structural analysis mission, existing methodology, and current modeling practices.
  • Understand the purpose of creating an automated post-processing tool.
  • Consult with the team to identify repetitive tasks for automation.
  • Identify ways to use metadata in finite element model input data.
  • Propose ideas and create initial sketches of the graphical interface.
  • Determine how to connect existing analytical rivet and screw calculation tools with finite element models.
  • Develop code to automatically read Nastran result files from BDF and OP2 files.
  • Build a functional program that extracts the correct calculation data, including identifying and retrieving forces in fastening elements such as MPC and CBUSH elements and verifying the reliability of extracted data.
  • Create an interactive visual interface in Python.
  • Connect the tool with analytical screw and rivet tools to automate safety-margin calculations.
  • Create a direct link between the Python tool and calculation software such as HyperView.
  • Visualize critical safety margins, including the lowest margins.
  • Visually highlight critical areas on the structure using colors and labels.
  • Write a simple user guide, deploy the tool in the department, and complete the user manual.
  • Present the completed project to the team.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Altair HyperWorks, Nastran, and the Python ecosystem is desirable.
  • Knowledge of digital continuity, human-machine interfaces, tool interconnection, methodological development, and visual interaction with HyperView is desirable.

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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