August 2014

Dr Sandra Bour Schaeffer

NEO project Flight Test Engineer
Sandra Bour Schaeffer was appointed NEO Project Flight Test
Engineer since the beginning of 2013 and as such is responsible of all
flight test activities for the A320neo family within the Airbus Flight Test
team.
Sandra Bour Schaeffer started her career in 1998 as a Fluid Mechanics
Research Engineer at SNECMA. Three years later, she joined Airbus
to work on the PW6000 engine (A318) at the then Airbus France
Integration Test Centre.
In 2004 , when she started working in the Flight Tests team, she was deeply involved in the
A380 Trent 900 Flight Test development and certification campaign, first as a Flight Test
Support Engineer and later as a Flight Test Engineer.
From late 2007 right through to the beginning of 2011 Sandra moved to the Production Flight
Test Domain where, as a Flight Test Engineer, she was in charge of the Long Range fleet
coordination.
Between 2011 and 2013 she was involved in the A319, A320 and A321 Sharklet projects as
Performance and Handling Qualities Flight Test Engineer. In this role, Sandra has participated
both to the A320 and A321 Sharklet maiden flights.
Married with two children Sandra Bour Schaeffer graduated as Flight Test Engineer from lEcole
du Personnel Navigant dEssais et de Rception (EPNER). She also holds a PHD degree from
SupAero and an engineer degree from lEcole Nationale Suprieure de Mcanique et
dArotechnique (ENSMA).
In her free time, Sandra Bour Schaeffer enjoys dancing and playing the piano. Born in 1975,
she holds both French and German nationalities.

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