Battery Technology Expert (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks

• convince major battery suppliers to develop the right technologies for our needs
• assess the robustness solutions proposed by our suppliers as an expert
• assess the supplier production capability
• develop the academic network in order to select the future promising technologies
• ensure the battery validation strategy within Airbus, by the laboratory for emerging technologies and by the suppliers for the selected products
• ensure the performances taking into account all aeronautic constraints such as environmental, aircraft cycle, maintenance and airline operations
• The successful candidate will work closely with aeronautic specialists in charge the system developments.

Required skills

• Educated to master degree level (or equivalent) in chemistry or a related discipline.
• About 10 years of experience in energy storage technologies, with technical experiences in battery cell development and battery integration.
• Experiences in battery cell design with a battery supplier or with automotive manufacturer or equivalent.
• Good communication skills
• Good synthetical skills
• Ability to be part of a team
• Rigorous
• An advanced level of English
• French and/or German would be a plus