#Discover II 2026-2027/ Business & Product Development / Programme Management Internship

We are looking for a motivated Master’s student or recent graduate to join the Business & Product Development team within Airbus Defence and Space, supporting key military aircraft platforms such as A330 MRTT, C295 and Airbus Derivatives. This trainee role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of programme management, product strategy, business development, engineering coordination and industrial execution. The candidate will contribute to the monitoring and coordination of strategic activities related to programme performance, development milestones, supplier follow-up, contract status, services readiness and customer-facing deliverables.

Responsibilities

Maintain and update the bidding calendar for C295, A330 MRTT and Airbus Derivatives opportunities, ensuring key milestones, deliverables and decision points are properly tracked; Perform data crunching and structured analysis of past offers for C295 and MRTT, extracting lessons learned, recurring patterns, cost drivers, competitive insights and improvement opportunities for future campaigns; Support the creation of a TAMD Visual Management system, acting as a light PMO-type support to follow up key projects, actions, risks, milestones and priorities across the department; Contribute to the TAM Transformation project, particularly the initiative focused on creating a framework to capture, assess and promote R&D projects, helping structure ideas, priorities, business cases and decision material; Prepare and maintain R&D dossiers, including project summaries, status updates, value proposition, expected benefits, maturity level, budget assumptions and links with product roadmaps; Support the preparation of internal governance meetings, including action tracking, presentation material, dashboards and follow-up of decisions across Business Development, Product Development, Engineering, Programmes, Services and Finance; Help improve transparency and decision-making by organising information, consolidating inputs from different stakeholders and producing clear executive-level outputs; Contribute to capability roadmap and product policy activities, supporting the identification of future developments, upgrades and competitiveness improvements for C295, MRTT and Airbus Derivatives

Requirements

Master’s student or recent graduate; Engineering, aerospace, industrial, business or management background; Strong analytical and organisational skills; Interest in defence aviation, programme management and product strategy; Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a complex international environment; Good communication skills and confidence preparing clear written and visual materials; Advanced English; Good command of PowerPoint and Excel

Nice to have

Spanish or French; Power BI or data analytics skills

Benefits

Attractive study grant; Foster your professional development with a strong academic background and an in-depth collaboration in AIRBUS projects; Expand your network within the aeronautical industry; Meet our people working with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place; Be part of our diversity and teamwork culture that propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space; Flexible working arrangements