Job Description:
A vacancy for a Functional Architect (m/f) has arisen within Airbus Helicopters Information Management directorate in Marignane/Donauworth.
The successful applicant will join the Product-Service-Line Physical Products in the End-to-End Develop domain.
Your ChallengesThe Functional Architect plays a critical and multifaceted role, serving as the essential leader and bridge across the entire End-to-End (E2E) Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ecosystem. This position mandates comprehensive leadership, effectively connecting the domains of Information Technology (IT), Methods & Tools, and the core Business functions.
Strategic Roadmap Definition: The Functional Architect is directly responsible for defining and maintaining the Project Functional Roadmap. This involves a continuous process of mediation, ensuring alignment and seamless translation between highly technical implementation teams and the functional requirements articulated by the business stakeholders.
Target Architecture Design: A primary duty is to meticulously design the target functional architecture for the PLM landscape. This design must not only address current needs but also anticipate future scalability and integration demands.
Formal Documentation and Compliance: They are the key author of formal documentation, most notably the Solution Architecture Dossier. Furthermore, the Functional Architect is accountable for ensuring the complete compliance of the proposed solutions with all relevant Company and Airbus Group standards, policies, and regulatory frameworks.
User-Centric Tailoring and Performance: A critical focus is the tailoring of designs to achieve superior user-centricity. This includes establishing, monitoring, and enforcing specific performance metrics and Service Level Agreement (SLA) commitments. A prominent example of this commitment is the stringent 8-day User Management SLA, ensuring that essential access and provisioning tasks are executed within the defined time-frame to maintain operational efficiency.
Robustness and Transformation Safeguarding: During periods of significant transformation or upgrade (e.g., implementing a new PLM solution), the Functional Architect holds the responsibility of safeguarding the functional robustness, integrity, and operational stability of the current AH PLM Backbone. This dual focus—advancing the target architecture while ensuring the current system remains reliable—is essential for mitigating business risk.
The domain designs, develops, maintains, and operates all solutions that are part of the end-to-end (E2E) PLM activities for Airbus Helicopters. In this position, you contribute to activities in the scope of the Design & Engineering area and will have to:
Documentation and Consistency (FAD Priority): Author and deliver the Solution Architecture Dossier, aggregating and synthesizing inputs from the Large Solution Functional Architecture Dossiers (FADs) to maintain a single, coherent source of truth.
Strategic Vision and Integrated Design: Proactively define the long-term functional and methodological trajectory of IT products and services, modeling solutions, and performing integrated component design, thus ensuring alignment with the organization's strategy and Methods & Tools standards.
Expertise and Transversal Engagement: Provide essential functional expertise throughout the application development lifecycle and deep expertise in Business Processes (including BPR support), collaborating with other Architects and developers to design high-quality functional solutions.
Functional Architecture: Expertise in analyzing complex requirements and creating comprehensive Solution Architecture Dossiers using Archimate.
PLM & CAD Domain Mastery: Deep knowledge of 3DExperience (Dassault Systèmes), CATIA V5, VPM, and Windchill, including associated processes.
Methods-Infrastructure Bridge: Solid technical understanding (databases, servers, networks, SQL, Java, C++, Web) to ensure robust and viable functional designs.
Data Governance & Compliance: Knowledge of Data Classification, Export Control, and Military constraints for strict security compliance.
Technical Literacy: Strong grasp of IT principles, frameworks, and regulations for effective cross-team communication.
Analytical & Methodological Mindset: Ability to balance software constraints with user needs, such as performance and SLAs.
Soft Skills & Leadership: Strong team spirit, open communication, "welcome problem" attitude, and functional leadership in a Large Solution environment.
Language Proficiency: Advanced English for global collaboration and negotiation-level French for local stakeholder interface.
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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
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 Helicopters SASEmployment Type:
Permanent-------
Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13Experience Level:
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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Skills Required
- Experience authoring Solution Architecture Dossiers (using Archimate)
- Deep knowledge of PLM and CAD systems: 3DExperience, CATIA V5, VPM, Windchill
- Solid technical understanding of infrastructure: databases, servers, networks, SQL, Java, C++, Web
- Knowledge of Data Classification, Export Control, and military/security constraints
- Proven ability to define functional roadmaps and design target architectures for enterprise PLM
- Experience ensuring compliance with company standards, policies and regulatory frameworks
- Strong analytical and methodological skills balancing software constraints, performance, and SLAs
- Leadership, cross-team collaboration, and strong communication skills in large-solution environments
- Advanced English and negotiation-level French
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive in several locations, including medical, dental, and vision options available from day one in the U.S. Access to life insurance, disability coverage, and employee assistance/wellbeing support adds breadth to the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as a meaningful part of the package through plans such as a 401(k) with company matching in the U.S. These programs strengthen long-term financial security beyond base wages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions are described as generous in some settings, including vacation availability from day one and extended holiday coverage. Flexible working arrangements and hybrid options further increase the perceived value of time-related benefits.
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What We Do
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2020, it generated revenues of €49.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry and a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We believe that it’s not just what we make, but how we make it that counts; promoting responsible, sustainable and inclusive business practices and acting with integrity. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place, on the ground, in the sky and in space.
