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When designing components of an aircraft, such as wing or nozzle, the physics involved cover several areas of engineering, such as weights, aerodynamics or thermal engineering. They often individually lead to different solutions. This makes multidisciplinary design difficult. The first obstacle is the communication between different dedicated solvers and the definition of a common objective. Once this difficulty is solved, designers have to face costly simulations. Moreover, the classical design procedure involves several iterations between simulation means and technical teams. Because of the strict delay in industrial context, very few adjustments to initial design are allowed. Based on recent work in operational research and numerical optimization, this article describes a methodology and best practice that allows automation of such processes, better efficiency in the search of an optimal design and shorter design time.