Job Description

Main responsibilities:

The intern will have work on exploring design of a solution and then establishing clear value propositions behind the below mentioned ideas:

Chip Enabled Baggage Handling System Every year passengers leave millions of items - including phones, wallets and bags - on planes and in airports, costing the industry millions of dollars in repatriation costs. It can cost up to $95 to manage and repatriate a lost item, including registration, handling inquiries and customer calls, storage and postage. Today when a customer misses his or her connection, agents on the ground manually scan each bag to find the customer's luggage and ensure it is retagged for the new flight. With RFID scanners, agents have the ability to take inventory quickly or pinpoint a single bag. 

Automated Aerobridge Docking Station To improve the turnaround time of an aircraft, a solution could be explored which could be based on sensor technologies that would help in identifying the door size, positioning of the door and automatically dock of the Aerobridge, thereby saving time in alignment of the bridge with aircraft, also save the potential damages to the aircraft due to manual handling of it. 

Main activities: 

• The intern has to explore and design systems to cater to this use case in order to deliver feasible solution 
• Assess the financial value created by solving a customer problem/pain point v/s the investments the customers need to make 
• Derive a potential level of revenues for Airbus 
• Evolve & Define value drivers, business model options 
• Work with Airbus experts in identifying the technical feasibility behind the ideas 
• Work out the costs and investments needed from Airbus in developing the new concept • And finally establish a clear business case based on cost v/s benefits analysis to the customer and Airbus 

Skills: 

• Ability to develop business models and economic framework 
• User/Market Research, User experience 
• Lean Startup Methodology 
• Creativity and analytical thinking 

Specialization/Stream: Preferably a Mechanical or Aerospace graduate with Masters in Administration or equivalent degree / diploma. 

Skills Required

• Aircraft