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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters looking for an Engineering Co-Op Student to join our Engineering Team for the 2026 Fall Semester based in Columbus, MS.

In this role you will assist engineers in developing and documenting repair procedures and associated stress reports for damaged aircraft, crafting engineering change orders, updating of existing drawings, creation of new drawings, creation of CAD models from legacy data, and establishing a catalog of existing CAD data.

Your Working Environment:

On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

Your Challenges:

Detail Design: 75%

• Create engineering change orders
• Create CAD models from legacy data
• Establish a catalog of existing CAD data
• Assist in the accomplishment of engineering airframe designs, analysis, commercial completions, major repairs, major modifications and development programs requiring any type of mechanical or airframe analysis, detail design and testing.

Engineering Support: 15%

• Assist engineers in developing and documenting repair procedures and associated stress reports for damaged aircraft
• Act as liaison to manufacturing and production efforts as needed.

Structural Substantiation: 5%

• Performs preliminary stress analysis in support of initial layout and design concepts.

Project Coordination: 5%

• Coordinates crucial information into the configuration management system listing mechanical and structural installations for each aircraft unit produced by AHI.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Your Boarding Pass:

Required:

• Must be currently local to the Columbus, MS/Starkville, MS area
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BS) or equivalent degree in Aeronautical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an accredited college/university
• Responsibilities will require resourcefulness, organizational skills and the ability to coordinate activities across company functions.
• Basic knowledge of 2D or 3D mechanical or structural design requirements
• Able to communicate well in the English language (verbal and written).
• 2D software (AutoCAD, or similar)
• 3D modeling software (SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar)
• Authorized to Work in the US without current, or future, need of visa sponsorship

Preferred:

• Minimum of 1 years’ experience in 2D or 3D design of detail parts, assemblies and/or installations.

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 100% - Daily
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings every day.
• 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 every day.
• 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 every day.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs daily. Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools every day.
• 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 every day.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor daily.
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice every day.
• 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.
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as needed by site and/or customer site.

Ability to work in the US without current, or future, need of visa sponsorship is required for this position.

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A full job description will be provided to candidates who progress to the interview stage or any candidate upon request.

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 Helicopters, Inc.

Employment Type:

Internship

Experience Level:

Student

Remote Type:

On-site

Job Family:

Support to Management

Job Posting End Date: 06.05.2026

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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.