Landing Gear Advanced Test Specialist

SECURITY CLEARANCE:  You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check) TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel within UK  and internationally LOCATION: Filton (80% of your working week must be office based) TYPE: Full time WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday  Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation  Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving and purpose built maternity rooms on site Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)  Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight sustainability is at the heart of our purpose . So what's your next change?

A vacancy has arisen at Airbus Filton in Bristol UK for the role of Advanced Test Specialist in the Landing Gear Test Team providing guidance and leadership to perform Test and Analytics Activity and to act as a reference to other parts of the Landing Gear Test Team to define strategies for New and Continuous Development activities. Activities in Landing Gear Test are wide and varied encompassing Rig Testing, Flight Testing and In Service Support and our Advanced Test Specialists are required to have experience in some or all of these fields in order to be able to act as a referent. We are looking for someone with some relevant Avionic or Hyd Mech experience, who is motivated by Innovation and problem solving through collaboration. Someone who will develop with us over the coming decade to achieve our strategic objective of applying new techniques to Landing Gear Testing. Are you someone who enjoys getting hands-on with our products, interrogating data generated on them, and rigorously assessing their performance? Are you someone who needs to see tangible results - excited by technical challenges, fault finding and resolving technical problems with creative solutions with a digital mind-set?   HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM Develop test strategies for laboratory testing that align with project objectives including establishing requirements for test facilities to meet objectives. Collaborate with engineering teams, system designers, and project managers to identify testing needs and requirements on specific projects or developments. Define the scope, sequence, and schedule of Laboratory testing strategy, ensuring  to have an optimised lab&flight test plan Support development and certification of landing gear systems through integrated testing and analysis Establish and improve the maturity of aircraft systems through testing and the collaboration with other engineering teams Support design reviews, offering technical guidance and formal validation of test requirements, interfaces, support to V&V and testing activities. Identify, capture and clearly report technical risks for project attention, especially robust integration and architecture activities. Actively contribute to mitigation or contingency plans.

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