Airbus UpNext Internship 2024 - R&T material engineering (m/f)

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Project description

The Cryogenic Propulsion program is a 3-year effort to explore the potential of superconducting materials and cryogenic temperatures on the performance of an aircraft’s electrical propulsion system.

This ground-test demonstrator is an ambitious, futuristic and disruptive superconducting and cryogenic experimental powertrain for hybrid/full electric propulsion system. 

This demo will be composed of a superconducting DC/AC network, a cryogenic motor control unit, a superconducting electric motor and of a cryogenic system. This also goes with the development of several sub-demonstrators.

The opportunity of an R&T material engineering internship has risen within the team, based in Toulouse. This internship will ideally begin in March 2024 (date subject to flexibility), and will last for a period of 6 months.

Your main missions

As a R&T material engineering intern, your main mission will be to handle:

• Bibliographic study of materials recommended for applications at cryogenic temperature (Metallic materials and polymer materials of high performance thermoplastic and thermosetting type)

• Testing and characterization of materials used in cryogenics

  • Thermal fatigue cycling between high temperature and cryogenic temperature

  • Thermal conductivity at cryogenic temperatures

  • Electrical conductivity and dielectric behavior at cryogenic temperatures

• Contribution to material failure analyses

• Optionally, creation of finite element models allowing the correlation of test results 

The expected deliverable consists in a database including:

• Materials recommended at cryo temperatures

• Behaviour curves

• Microscopic analysis of observed degradation

You will need to collaborate with a diverse technical team in order to understand the multi-disciplinary constraints of the powertrain. 

An open personality and the ability to work with a good autonomy level in a multicultural environment will be necessary.


Your boarding pass

What you bring:

• You are a student in last year of materials engineering, with a focus on:

  • Handling materials testing means

  • Materials tests & analyses

  • Mechanical design (CAD & FEM)

  • Prototyping (3D printing, laser cutting)

• Interest for aeronautic/aerospace and new technologies

• Good experience in design and prototyping

• Basic knowledge in superconducting materials or cryogeny

• Creativity

• Keen to test & propose ideas

• Autonomy, Adaptability, Availability, Accountability

• Team-Player mindset

• Hands-on and solution oriented attitude

• Passion about technology, science

• Values of transparency, courage, humility, empathy

• Willingness to have fun

What you get:

• To understand:

  • The basic physics of the powertrain (supra-conductivity, cryogenics, motor)

  • The complexity of multi-disciplinary systems integration (mechanic, electricity, vacuum, cryogeny, measures) in a constrained and fast-changing environment

• Experience on:

  • Fast prototyping for R&T purposes

  • Product development (design, manufacturing, integration, entry-into-service, tests)

• Knowledge in design manufacture and deliver prototypes

• Solving design problems with multiple variables (static, kinematic, thermal, systems integration) and constraints (size, weight, manufacturing) using Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Finite Element Modelling (FEM) softwares.

• General knowledge on aeronautic industry

• An environment that not only fosters your development in many ways, but also rewards it with plenty of room to grow

• A shared open space office with highly skilled multicultural teams 

• A high-achieving, experienced and fun team

• Canteen  with a different desert each day

• Great choice of coffee (eventually open to tea/chocolate aficionados)

About us:

Founded in 2017, Airbus UpNext is actively shaping the future of aerospace by using flying demonstrators to evaluate, mature and validate new products and services.

Designed as a talent incubator, Airbus UpNext is a place where you can act and think like a startup while building on the strong expertise of Airbus, a place where you are empowered to challenge and test new processes and ways of working. 

Our mission is:

• To identify the trends that could disrupt the future of the aerospace industry and evaluate them to demonstrate their potential as a viable product.

• To accelerate traditional research cycles and prototype development to achieve proof of concept in a real environment and at a convincing scale and speed.

• To develop real-world applications for emerging aerospace technologies, thereby driving their maturity and increasing their value.

• To be THE reference for Technology Value Assessment

Our Values: Keep it Simple Act as one Team Be Audacious

Our DNA: Speed of Execution, Bold Experimentation, Outward Looking

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.

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