Wing Structure Repair Engineering Placement (12.5 months)

Job Description:

Start date: 18th August 2025

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: 21,900

35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holiday

About us:

Every year we look for interns to join Airbus for a year-long placement. We need people with the aspiration, enthusiasm and the talent to help us move forward and to change the world and deliver our vision to pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world.

This internship offers a great opportunity to experience life working in a specialist engineering team as part of Airbus UK&39;s Wing Repairs department. We are responsible for defining repairs for wings across the whole of the Airbus commercial fleet, from the remaining A300s flying to the latest A350. This role offers a unique window into how engineering supports the day-to-day challenges of our customers and aircraft operators, providing repair solutions ranging from small items fixed in hours, to major incidents taking weeks or months to resolve. We also collaborate in the design of the latest aircraft to ensure designs are repairable, and support research activities including full scale wing tests.

What you will be doing:

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team defining and developing repairs for wing structures. You will learn how to integrate a repair into the existing structure while meeting all the requirements necessary to ensure a safe and effective solution. You can expect to be involved in:  

• Repair design, including CAD tools, to define the repair and provide instructions on how to install it;

• Static stress analysis to show that the repaired structure is strong enough;

• Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analysis to show that the repaired structure will remain safe for the aircraft’s life.

​You will work closely with the department’s experienced engineers, as well as with other key areas of the business including:

• Chief Engineers teams;

• Wing design teams;

• Materials and Processes teams;

• Customer Services;

• Electromagnetic Hazards specialists;

• Aerodynamics specialists.

Requirements:

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent;

• Nice to have experience with design tools, such as CAD;

• Interest in solving technical challenges.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check). 

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Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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.

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