Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected]
- Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
- Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination (English)
- Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación (Spanish)
Job Description:
Position Summary
As an STC Cabin Design Engineer(Contract), you will be the technical drumbeat of our Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) cabin upgrade projects. In this role, you are fully accountable for the cabin architecture, engineering deliverables, and the management of cabin equipment development. You will bridge the gap between technical complexity and real-world execution, ensuring our airline customers receive world-class, certified modification solutions for their fleets.
Meet the team:
Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.
Your working environment:
The Engineering Center in Mobile, Alabama houses hundreds of Airbus engineers who assist in the design and development of Airbus commercial aircraft cabins, including aftermarket upgrades, reconfigurations and services of all product types across the globe.
Your challenges:
You will orchestrate all engineering activities linked to a cabin modification project from inception to delivery—monitoring schedule, cost, and risk.
Offer Phase: Partner with Sales to assess technical feasibility, define the scope of work, establish engineering assumptions, and estimate lead times/costs.
Architecture Phase: Lead Pre-Modification (Premod) analysis, manage configuration control, determine aircraft impacts, and draft Technical Requirement Specifications (TRS) and Long Lead Time Items (LLTI) lists.
Development Phase: Supervise 3D/2D pre-studies, 3D model integration, clash analysis, and the production of Cabin Definition/Installation drawings. Support Weight & Balance (W&B) calculations, Service Bulletin (SB) redacts, and Ground/Flight Test Plans (GTP/FTP).
Supplier Governance: Act as the technical point of contact for suppliers during critical milestones (ITCM, PDR, CDR, FPDR, and FAI).
On-Aircraft Working Party & In-Service Support: Provide on-site engineering support during aircraft embodiment and assist airline operators with post-delivery in-service queries.
Ensure all cabin modifications strictly comply with Airbus engineering standards, aviation regulations, and safety requirements.
Perform all design and justification activities in accordance with Airbus approved processes, procedures, and ethical guidelines.
Deliver engineering packages within agreed-upon budgets and timelines.
Identify opportunities to simplify engineering workflows, tools, and processes.
Actively contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by bringing lessons learned from completed retrofit projects back to the global team
Your boarding Pass:
Minimum of 6 years of experience in the aviation industry, with a heavy focus on aircraft cabin engineering, development processes, and design/certification paths.
Authorized to Work in the US
Knowledge of Airbus tools: Airn@V, Tasky, PASS SSI, ICC, Zamiz
Good coordination and relationship skills to work with team members, customers, partners, and other Airbus departments
Physical Requirements
Onsite: 90% Remote:10%
Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily
Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily
Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts. Daily
Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. Daily
Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. At Least Once a Month
Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Daily
Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer. Daily
Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. Daily
Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor. Daily
Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Rarely
Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Daily
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 Americas Customer Services, Inc.
Employment Type:
Agency / Temporary
Experience Level:
Professional
Remote Type:
On-site
Job Family:
Customer Eng.&Technical Support&Services <JF-CS-PS>
-
Job Posting End Date: 07.25.2026
Airbus provides equal opportunities to all individuals seeking assignment with Airbus without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Airbus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in every location in which the company has facilities. Airbus expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. This assignment description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
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 [email protected] .
