#ET22R Innovation product manager

Job Description: Take off with Airbus Helicopters Airbus Helicopters is looking for an Innovation product manager (m/f) to join the Research & Innovation department based in Marignane, France. Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters. The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment. You will live a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters. To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your main missions will be

• Manage and execute complex airframe studies covering the entire scope of helicopter subsystems (primary, onboarding, and secondary structures).
• Manage and design tooling and processes for the industrialization of complex subsystems.
• Act as a Technical Referent for mechanical and structural design studies, ensuring feasibility and providing expertise support to novice designers.
• Mature new industrial technologies, including piloting and designing prototype industrial means (e.g., specialized/automated machinery) in partnership with suppliers to demonstrate industrial viability.
• Ensure the technical follow-up of manufacturing for technological demonstrators, from purchase orders to parts delivery.
• Coordinate operational functions (Production, Quality, Logistics) to facilitate the successful delivery of new subsystems, managing development stages from low-level TRL demonstrators up to TRL6.

Your profile

• Experience level: Minimum 15 years of experience as a designer of complex products in aeronautics, and minimum 15 years in the development of R&T demonstrators (specifically at low TRL levels). Demonstrated experience as a group leader supervising design office technicians.
• Technical Expertise / Education: Master’s Degree in Engineering (Bachelor+5) or highly experienced Technician (Bachelor+3) in Mechanical / Structure design studies. Expertise in Catia V5 (Standard modules, Sheet metal, Surface, GPS Stress Analysis, Drawings) and VPM-type PLM tools. Mastering mechanical design guidelines, aeronautical/automotive rules, and advanced awareness of safety, compliance, and airworthiness constraints.
• Language: Professional level of technical English.
• Soft skills: Strong agility, great versatility, leadership/mentoring ability, and effective cross-functional coordination.

Our Values

• Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family.

Inclusion and diversity

We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving.

Compensation and benefits

• Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.
• We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility).
• And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference: A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
• Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.

Our positions require a security clearance.

Company and Employment Details

• Company: Airbus Helicopters SAS
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13
• Experience Level: Professional
• Job Family: Structure Design & Integration

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.

As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.

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