#ET20 Ingénieur Sécurité et Fiabilité Senior (F/H)
// Role Summary
Airbus Helicopters is seeking an Advanced Safety and Reliability Engineer in Marignane, France, to contribute to the excellence and operational availability of their aircraft through complex analyses and design influence.
// Key Responsibilities
- Perform complex safety and reliability analyses at vehicle and system levels.
- Coordinate internal and external engineering teams on modifications and sub-programs.
- Provide technical coaching to junior team members.
- Interface with official certification bodies (EASA, OCCAR, NAHEMA) to defend safety arguments.
- Influence design and system installation to mitigate risks.
- Challenge equipment suppliers to ensure optimal design meeting stringent requirements.
// Role Specification
Airbus Helicopters is seeking an Advanced Safety and Reliability Engineer (f/h) to join the Safety, Reliability and Environment department based in Marignane, France. Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and contribute to protecting lives during missions accomplished with our helicopters.
The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, located near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing significant transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly work environment. You will experience a unique professional journey at the heart of our helicopter manufacturing.
Your Future Missions:
By joining our team, you will participate in various missions all oriented towards excellence in safety and the operational availability of our aircraft. Together, we will contribute to the activity of the Safety, Reliability and Environment department, where you will lead and manage safety performance for complex helicopter parameters, supporting the continuous development of our products.
You will support design modification and architecture choices, and provide operational recommendations to ensure our aircraft remain an absolute benchmark for our clients.
Your main missions will be:
- Complex Analyses & Autonomy: Independently perform complex safety and reliability analyses at all levels of the vehicle and systems.
- Team Coordination: Coordinate a team of internal and external safety engineers on assigned modifications or sub-programs, and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
- Technical Coaching: Act as an operational coach for more junior team members to assist them in developing their technical skills.
- Certifications Interface: Prepare, present, and defend safety arguments before official certification authorities (EASA, OCCAR, NAHEMA...) to facilitate modification approval.
- Influence on Design: Guide design architectures and system installation options to mitigate cascading failures, fire risks, or bird strike impacts.
- Partner Management: Challenge equipment suppliers to ensure optimal design meeting our rigorous requirements, and interact with stakeholders to converge on complex technical compromises.
Your Profile:
- Education: Master's degree (or equivalent engineering degree) in aeronautics.
- Experience: More than 5 years of experience, preferably in safety and reliability engineering.
- Technical Expertise: Solid knowledge in helicopter/system design or architecture. Proficiency in analyses such as Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), System Safety Analysis (SSA), specific risks, and zone safety assessments. Proven ability to coach, guide, or coordinate other engineers.
- Languages: English (negotiation / fluent level) is essential for relations with certification authorities and transnational teams. French is required daily.
- Soft skills: Strong interpersonal skills, initiative, highly synthetic and structured technical approach, autonomy, and curiosity to tackle profoundly complex regulatory and technical subjects.
3 Reasons to Join Us:
- Our Values: Six essential values form the core of our company, shaped by employees for employees, reflecting the unique blend of qualities found in our global family.
- Inclusion and Diversity: We foster an inclusive and valuing work environment where everyone's diversity is appreciated and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce drives innovation at Airbus.
- Compensation and Benefits: Expect a competitive and transparent global compensation package. We invest in your full development: professional development (unlimited access to +10,000 e-learning courses, expert paths), health coverage, retirement, and work-life balance (flexibility). Daily benefits include a dynamic social and economic committee (CSE) with numerous advantages and transport facilities.
Our Recruitment Process: Apply online, application review, security clearance eligibility check, interviews (HR and technical), and job offer.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Employment Type: Permanent
Company: Airbus Helicopters SAS
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Qualification & Operability <JF-EN-EJ>