Lightning Direct Effects Engineering Placement

Job Description:

Start date:

16 August 2027

Location:

Filton, Bristol Duration: 12.5 months Applications close on 27 September 2026!

We love your interest in joining Airbus! There is no limit on the number of positions you can apply for, however, please be aware that you can only progress in the selection process for one position at a time. We recommend reviewing all available opportunities and applying to those that best match your experience and aspirations.

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• Salary: £24,246
• 35 hours per week
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working options available depending on the role
• Half day Fridays!
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

The Electro Magnetic Hazards (EMH) Lightning Direct Effects (LDE) group is a highly specialised and transnational team of engineers working within the Airbus Systems Engineering Design Office. We are responsible for providing all aspects of aircraft protection against the direct effects of lightning strike and Electrostatic discharge (ESD). We contribute to all phases of development, through development and certification, to inservice support of the growing fleet.

We operate across all Airbus sites, all Airbus aircraft programmes and all aircraft components (wing, fuselage, empennage) and new interns will be fully integrated into a transnational way of working, encouraged to work with colleagues on all Airbus sites and functions, on a daily basis. We are passionate about developing placement students to prepare our future, and so whilst you will be given challenging objectives, you will also be fully supported in your mission to fully exploit the state of the art knowledge and techniques in aircraft lightning protection and in doing so develop your technical and behavioural competencies.

Our Interns operate in a very challenging environment, where they will be given a real and valued role within the LDE team. During the Internship, you will get the opportunity to have multiple placements working with experienced teams across the Airbus Aircraft Family, from new developments through to in-service Aircraft, as well as working alongside customers, suppliers and manufacturing assembly where necessary.

During this placement, the activities you may undertake will include:

• You will contribute to our work as an Engineer in the field of EMH Lightning Direct Effects and Electrostatic Discharge within the Airbus Systems Engineering domain.
• You will be involved in a variety of topics like electro-magnetic hazards, standardisation, electrical architectures, certification, environmental qualification.
• You may design and define commissioning or investigative tests, with the opportunity to interact with the test laboratories and witness LDE and ESD testing (so cool), concluding such activities with the delivery of analysis of test results and conclusions.
• You will contribute to development of optimised lightning protection solutions for the design & development of aircraft fuel tank & fuel system protection using latest analytical & test techniques.
• You will contribute to harmonised design solutions and policies that have aircraft level benefits across multi-programme and multi-components where possible.
• You will work closely with the fuel systems and structures departments, as one of our main missions is to provide protection to the fuel system.

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.

• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
  Studying towards an Engineering or Technical degree, ideally Electrical, Aeronautical, Mechanical or Physics based; A natural curiosity and excitement to explore engineering principles and creating solutions based on technical intuition and evidence;
  An ability to communicate clearly and concisely - collaboration skills within our team are essential;
  Organisation skills…