Senior Software Architect

Job Description

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

TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Occasional travel within UK and internationally.

LOCATION:

Filton (80% 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, shopping discounts and much more.

Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, option to buy/sell holiday.

Personal Development:
Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ e‑learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities.

Health & Wellbeing:
Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health/dental insurance/eye tests, cycle‑to‑work scheme, on‑site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga/meditation.

Family and Caregiving:
Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving and purpose built maternity rooms on site.

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 sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change?

The Digital Airframe Advanced Capabilities team is excited to welcome a Senior Software Architect specializing in Airframe Software Architecture.

We're unifying fragmented processes, methods, tools, and data across Airbus's Domains to create a cohesive Digital Airframe team at the forefront of digitalization. In this pivotal role, you'll lead and provide technical guidance to critical project teams driving Airbus Engineering's digital transformation. This means strategically leveraging cutting‑edge Modelling & Simulation, Multi‑disciplinary Analysis and Optimisation, System Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Model Integration methods to bridge the gap with traditional engineering disciplines like structure design, analysis, Computer‑Aided Engineering (CAE), and automation.

• Lead the development of end‑to‑end software architectures, translating complex Airframe Engineering requirements into authoritative designs using robust system modelling techniques.
• Lead software engineering teams, ensuring implementation of Software Engineering methods and guardrails/guidelines to ensure robust Software Development, Validation, and Verification (V&V) including commissioning and remedial actions.
• Understand and define Modelling specifications using UML, BPMN, Archimate Design and execute robust full stack software solutions in line with business requirements and the digital Process, Methods and Tools landscape following ISO
  15288 standards.
• Ensure robustness by design, including architectural dossiers, QA code review, and V&V methodology (elementary, integration, and user validation/acceptance testing).
• Guide, invent, and scout technology trends to inform future strategies and R&T roadmaps.
• Contribute to scientific communities by publishing scientific papers, creating intellectual property (IP), and participating in PhD juries and other academic collaborations.
• Preparation of handover to industrialisation ensuring robust TRL
  6.
• Demonstrate strong leadership of Software Architecture on behalf of Airframe Engineering, leading architectural discussions with other Engineering Centres and Digital teams, especially at the start of major projects or programmes.
• Lead multi‑functional projects, influencing both business and digital functions, and reporting progress to senior leadership.
• Represent Airbus in various forums and advise on boards and consortia.