3DX Solution Architect - Design Tools for Engineering

Salary: £53,000 - 93,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience in functional architecture, project management, solution engineering, or another relevant field.
• Bachelors or masters degree in engineering, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, Support and Services, or related domains such as Manufacturing Engineering, Shop Floor Execution, Industrial Modelling and Simulation, Configuration Management, Quality, Configured Digital Mock-Up (DMU), Product Lifecycle Management, Engineering IS, Architecture, or Maintenance and Repair is ideal.
• Knowledge of IT tools customising and architecture.
• Knowledge of alignment between IT and business strategy.
• Knowledge of IT product design and product development.
• Knowledge of IT business change management.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the End-to-End PLM Portfolio within the SAFe environment and contribute to the Portfolio Roadmap.
• Conduct discovery meetings to understand complex business processes and translate customer needs into functional, non-functional, and IT requirements, while evaluating change management impacts.
• Deliver framing and technical/functional designs for application and infrastructure components, balancing technological opportunities with business requirements in line with Enterprise Architecture guidelines.
• Identify opportunities for business transformation, process automation, and functional improvements, ensuring proposed IT solutions comply with our Digital Strategy.
• Support the IT Product Manager in Product/Service Planning, and act as the core liaison between Product Management teams and technical resources to ensure solution integrity.
• Define, develop, and document specifications and future requirements for stakeholder review.
• Support all phases of the application development lifecycle from research to final implementation.

Technologies:

• Support
• Product Manager
• Architect
• Security

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We are Airbus Operations Limited, working in Filton with hybrid working available. We offer a full-time, permanent role in our Digital job family at professional experience level. Our benefits include a competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping, flexible working around core hours, Friday afternoons off, personalised development plans, access to Airbus Leadership University and extensive e-learning, internal mobility, wellbeing support, family and caregiving leave, and an inclusive environment with dedicated wellbeing, multi-faith, and employee representative groups. We support flexible working where possible and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable adjustments in the selection process.

last updated 41 week of 2026