Working Student (d/f/m) – Chief Engineering Office
// Role Summary
Are you a full-time student passionate about aerospace? Airbus Defence and Space is seeking a Working Student to join the Chief Engineering Office supporting the Eurodrone program, gaining unique insights into safety-critical aircraft development.
// Key Responsibilities
- Support the Chief Engineering Office on the Eurodrone program.
- Gain insight into technical and programmatic management of aircraft development.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams on a safety-critical aircraft.
- Assist with technical analyses, design reviews, and process improvement.
- Flexible 18-hour week with attractive salary and work-life balance.
// Role Specification
Working Student (d/f/m) - Chief Engineering Office
Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a highly motivated Working Student (d/f/m) to join the Chief Engineering Office, specifically supporting the Overall Design and Safe Flight and Landing System (SFLS) team for the Eurodrone program. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain insight into the technical and programmatic management of a complex, safety-critical aircraft development program.
You will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams on the development of a modern, model-based aircraft, adhering to aerospace development standards. This position is ideal for a full-time student seeking practical experience in a cutting-edge aerospace environment.
Your Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate technical analyses across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Perform technical analyses to support engineering decisions and trade studies for the Chief Engineer.
- Prepare technical design reviews by collecting and reviewing technical inputs, and improving the overall structure and visual quality of review materials.
- Support engineering planning activities, including milestone preparation and follow-up.
- Review, simplify, and improve internal engineering processes, ensuring compliance with ARP4754A and established Airbus development processes.
- Support configuration management activities, monitoring engineering changes and maintaining configuration consistency.
- Prepare management reports, technical summaries, and decision support material.
- Support cross-functional communication between engineering disciplines.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Enrolled full-time student in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable technical discipline.
- Ability to understand complex technical topics and summarize them clearly.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Knowledge in Atlassian tools (Confluence, JIRA, etc.).
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in an international engineering environment.
- Knowledge of aircraft development processes (e.g. ARP4754A) is beneficial but not mandatory.
- Background in Flight Physics / Flight Mechanics, Aircraft System Design, Systems Engineering, Project Management, and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is an advantage.
- Fluent English (written and spoken); German is an advantage.
Location & Benefits:
Located in Manching, approximately an hour north of Munich, this position offers an attractive salary and work-life balance with a flexible 18-hour week. Opportunities for team events involving travel within Germany or overseas may be possible. You will work in an international environment with modern technologies and be an integral part of the team, not just a support function.
This is a working student position, defined as a reasonably long, fixed-term employment parallel to your studies, distinct from internships or thesis work. The role typically involves on-site work, with a focus on studies and a maximum of 20 hours per week during term-time.