Acoustics Test Specialist

Job Description:

You love engineering technical complexity, but you would like to do less documents and be closer to the Aircraft?

Flight tests is an engineering department allowing you to use your technical skills of analysis and your A/C knowledge, but in an environment where you also include concrete activities on Aircraft or test means on a daily basis.

Team activity

Within the Flight and Integration Test centre, the Acoustic Testing team (IVVGO) is in charge of any kind of acoustic testing activities, in any of environments (inside or outside A/C, ground or flight test, and also laboratory) and for any type of aircraft (development, production and in-service).

In addition, the team is progressing on its vision for a “systematic, integrated and continuous measurements” , allowing to improve our acoustic models and knowledge of the fleet, and moving to anticipation of issues. This is giving us the opportunity to work on new innovative test means, and software development like data science used for post processing.

Acoustics and aircraft noise are key areas of concern and development for Airbus in the frame of sustainable development and purpose. 

Description of the job

You will design and perform acoustics tests. The topics range from R&T topics to production and manufacturing, and the test benches address measurements in the lab or directly on the aircraft.

You will also be involved in the team improvements by supporting the development of new test means, or developing innovative signal post-processing methods to address massive amounts of data and to create statistical analyses and models from it.

You will be involved in the following type of tests:

● Psycho & audio tests

● External noise monitoring and certification

● Treatment characteristization and modal detection

● Acoustic Wind Tunnel test

● Acoustic Flight Test

● Troubleshooting of Vibration and Noise for production/in service aircraft

You will also be involved in the team improvements by supporting the development of new test means, or developing innovative signal post-processing methods and data analytics technics to address massive amounts of data and to create statistical analyses and models from it.

This role will involve travels for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

Tasks & accountabilities

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Designing test procedures, including materials and methods for acoustic testing activities

• Installation of those test means in the Aircraft and follow-up from instrumentation validation to data validation

• Participation of dedicated flights

• Analysis of noise recording and creation of associated reports (signal processing techniques)

• Improvement projects on Process, Methods and Tools for Interior Noise and Speech Intelligibility tests.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

● Designing test procedures, including materials and methods for acoustic testing activities

● Installation of those test means and follow-up from instrumentation validation to data validation

● Run of tests

● Post processing, data validation and creation of associated reports (signal processing techniques)

● Data analytics (statistical analysis & correlation) and automation

Required skills

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Educated to Master's degree level in Acoustics with a focus on experimentation

• Advanced knowledge/experience in the domain of signal and data processing

• Knowledge on acoustics instrumentation (microphones, acquisition system)

• Experience in software development (Python) is a plus

• Advanced level of English

Soft skills

• Rigorous, curious and autonomous

• Ability to think conceptually

• Flexible to adapt to an operational and reactive environment

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

• Able to integrate into teams and be a flexible team player

• Able to analyze and synthesize information

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.

Company:

Airbus Operations SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe F11

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Testing <JF-EN-ET>

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