IT Solution Architect - PLM Electrical Harness (Design & Manufacturing)

Airbus Helicopters SAS Careers; Marseille; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading aerospace company in Marseille is seeking a Solution Architect (m/f) to join the Product-Service-Line Physical Products team. This role focuses on the Electrical Harness Engineering domain, ensuring coherence in functional and application architecture. Key responsibilities include acting as an architect/consultant, supporting project implementation, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements. Ideal candidates will possess expertise in electrical harness design, SQL skills, and strong problem-solving abilities. This position offers attractive benefits and personal development opportunities.

Prestations

Attractive salary

Extra days-off for special occasions

Complementary health insurance

Great upskilling opportunities

Qualifications

• Expertise in electrical harness design and manufacturing processes.
• Proven SQL querying skills for analysis and Level 3 support.
• Ability to translate business needs and constraints into technical solutions.
• Good technical English (reading, writing, speaking) is mandatory.

Responsabilités

• Act as an architect for the Electrical Harness Engineering domain.
• Support projects from the scoping phase through technical implementation.
• Contribute as a consultant to drafting Business Requirement Documents (BRD).
• Ensure that legal and contractual requirements are incorporated into architectures.

Connaissances

Electrical harness design expertise

SQL querying skills

Understanding of enterprise development stacks

Strong analytical skills

Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions

Outils

SEE Electrical Suite

Archimate

Oracle

MSSQL

Postgres

Description du poste

Solution Architect (m/f)

Airbus Helicopters Digital directorate in Marignane.

The successful applicant will join the Product-Service-Line Physical Products in the End-to-End Develop domain.

Your working environment

Major economic hub with Marseille‑Provence Airport, Marignane is a dynamic city in the southeast of France. It is located near the cities of Aix‑en‑Provence and Marseille, which host a rich cultural and tourist offer. Close to the beaches of the Côte Bleue, it offers many options for water sports activities.

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days‑off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e‑learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Your challenges

PRIMARY MISSION

Act as an architect/consultant for the Electrical Harness Engineering domain, ensuring the coherence of the functional and application architecture. Support projects from the scoping phase (BRD) through technical implementation (supporting Tech Leads), ensuring that solutions (whether COTS integration, in‑house development, or legacy management) are high‑performing, compliant, and formalised (Architecture Dossiers).

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Architecture and Design (70%)

• Contribute as a consultant to the drafting of Business Requirement Documents (BRD), ensuring global coherence and gathering non‑functional requirements (capacity, performance, user volume...).
• Analyse the data classification of the future system (as an informed party).
• Ensure the link with Security teams (EIIS) to translate data classification into concrete security requirements for the projects.
• Ensure that legal and contractual requirements (e.g. Export Control / Military, GDPR) are incorporated into the proposed architectures.
• Propose and design the technical architecture for the solution (in‑house applications or COTS integration), aligning with Enterprise Architect standards.
• Ensure the interoperability and performance of solutions for managing design deliverables (e.g. Wiring Diagrams, Bill of Materials (BOM), 2D Formboards).
• Support Tech Leads and development teams during the solution's technical implementation, adjusting the architecture as new needs or issues arise.
• Write and maintain formal "Architecture Dossiers" for each solution.
• Maintain the application map and the domain's architecture views up‑to‑date in the modelling tool (e.g. Archi / Archimate).

Governance, Compliance, and L3 Support (30%)

• Act as the Point of Contact for any project impacting the functional scope.
• Conduct active monitoring of obsolescence for all software components, including legacy tools (applications on Tomcat, mainframe migrations).
• Provide Level 3 (L3) expertise and support for analysing complex data flows, requiring SQL skills (querying on MSSQL, ORACLE 7/10, PostgresSQL).

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal:
  • Electrical Engineering (Harness Designers) and Manufacturing Engineering (Methods) business lines ETII, ETY, ED.
  • Business & IT Project Managers (during BRD and project phases) ETEM, EIIDPE.
  • Tech Leads and development teams (during realization phase).
  • Enterprise Architects (for technology standards and Archimate view validation).
  • IT Security (EIIS) and Legal / Compliance teams (EKS).
  • PLM Architects and Infrastructure Teams (EIIDP).
• External:
  • Software Vendors (e.g. ETAP, Dassault...).
  • Integrators and consulting firms.

Your profile

Knowledge (Know-what)

• Expertise in electrical harness design and manufacturing processes.
• Expertise or in‑depth knowledge of harness design tools, particularly the SEE Electrical Suite (V2 to V5).
• Knowledge of enterprise development stacks (e.g. Java, .NET, API Management...) and web architectures (e.g. Tomcat).
• Knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, MSSQL, Postgres).
• Knowledge of the Archimate modelling language and an associated tool (e.g. Archi).

Skills (Know-how)

• Ability to translate business needs (BRD) and constraints (security, data) into technical solutions.
• Architecture formalisation: writing "Architecture Dossiers" and modelling (Archimate).
• Coaching and architectural technical support for development teams (Tech Leads).
• Designing scalable application architectures (custom) and integrations (COTS).
• Risk analysis (Security, Legal) and requirements definition.
• Proven SQL querying skills for analysis and L3 support.
• Good technical English (reading, writing, speaking) is mandatory.

Soft Skills (Know‑be)

• Interpersonal, teaching, and consulting skills (active listening, advising).
• Ability to bridge the gap between business lines (Engineering, Manufacturing) and experts (IT, Security, Legal).
• Adaptability and ability to manage uncertainty (adjusting architecture mid‑project).
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and complex problem‑solving abilities.
• Rigor and attention to detail (essential for compliance, security, and modelling).

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Airbus Helicopters SAS

Permanent

Classe F12

Entry Level

Digital

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