3DX Solution Architect - Data management for engineering

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check).

LOCATION: Site (60% of your working week must be office based)

TYPE: Full time

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more
• Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
• Health & Wellbeing: Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle to work scheme, on site canteen and coffee shop
• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave
• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero carbon flight () to cleaning up space, sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change?

Information Management (IM) serves as a critical, pervasive function across the enterprise, governing operations from initial aircraft design through delivery and lifecycle support. As a 3DX - Urbanist for DMU Integration (m/f) within the "Product & Simulation" domain of the "One PLM" Product Service Line, the successful candidate will report functionally to the Head of Product. This core business function drives sustainable information technology transformation and enterprise digitalization via strategic programs such as Digital Design, Manufacturing and Services (DDMS) and advanced platforms including Skywise. The role is instrumental in facilitating secure, high availability connectivity for thousands of global end users within a protected operating environment, directly supporting next generation enterprise solutions for the Single Aisle New Generation aircraft program utilizing the 3DExperience platform.

The mandate of this organization is to deploy a single, harmonized suite of IS/IT tools across the Airbus Business, encompassing aircraft development, industrial deployment, and subsequent Support and Services, including both recurring and non recurring dimensions. Operationalized within the framework of the Airbus Group Process, Method, and Tools strategy, the scope of this position is explicitly aligned with Engineering processes governing the physical product, specifically Product Structure and System Installation. The objective is to optimize the Design Engineering Process across key lifecycle milestones-including pre design, definition dossier formulation, release mechanisms, bill of materials (BOM) management, component reuse, repair procedures, and configuration change management-thereby enabling a unified, collaborative design environment that yields a fully validated virtual representation of the product.

• Participate in the end to end PLM Portfolio within the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) ecosystem, actively contributing to the strategic elaboration of the Portfolio Roadmap.
• Translate complex business needs and operational objectives into functional and non functional IT requirements, ensuring all developed solutions align with evolving customer needs and Enterprise Architecture guidelines.
• Conduct in depth discovery meetings to analyze end to end business processes, identify opportunities for digital transformation, and recommend IT automation solutions compliant with the overall Digital Strategy.
• Perform technical and functional designs for application and infrastructure components, delivering framing designs that guide product development in strong collaboration with Technology Specialists and Architects.
• Support the IT Product Manager in product/service planning, and produce high quality documentation, including current challenge logs, future requirements, and technical specification documents for stakeholder review.
• Serve as the core liaison between Product Management and technical teams, guiding solutions through all phases of the application development life cycle (SDLC)-including research, testing, implementation, support, and change management.

• Proven experience in functional architecture, project management, solution engineering or another relevant field.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Ideally, knowledge in the field of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, Support and Services, or in the following domains: Manufacturing Engineering, Shop Floor Execution, Industrial Modelling and Simulation, Configuration Management, Quality, Configured Digital Mock Up (DMU), Product Lifecycle Management, Engineering IS, Architecture, Maintenance and Repair.
• Knowledge of IT tools customizing and architecture, IT and business strategy alignment, IT product design and product development, IT business change management.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.

How can we support you

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part time. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need and we'll always do our best to accommodate your request.

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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 Operations Limited

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Digital

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