Architect Power and Propulsion Integration Specialist

Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• We need experience working with system integrators, delivery partners, or complex multi-vendor environments.
• We need experience coordinating architecture, solution design, or systems integration activities across multiple teams or organisations.
• We need stakeholder engagement experience across technical and non-technical communities.
• We need the ability to analyse complex technical information and identify integration risks, dependencies, and impacts.
• We need experience supporting enterprise architecture, systems integration, or architectural governance activities.
• Applicants must be able to meet our security and export control restrictions.
• All applicants must achieve, as a minimum, Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
• Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting and typically 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK, depending on the vetting level required.

Responsibilities

• We coordinate architecture and solution integration activities across Edgewing and the Power & Propulsion Systems domain, ensuring alignment across regions and organisations.
• We support integrated architecture outcomes across multiple Lead Sub-System Integrators and international partners.
• We analyse proposals and designs to identify gaps, overlaps, assumptions, and integration risks, ensuring alignment to enterprise architecture principles and standards.
• We act as a key integration point between the Power & Propulsion Systems domain, Enterprise Architects, and delivery teams.
• We support Enterprise Architecture governance by preparing integrated views, impact assessments, and decision-making materials.
• We maintain visibility of system boundaries, interfaces, responsibilities, and integration points across the Power & Propulsion Systems domain.
• We support transition planning by aligning designs with agreed roadmaps and architectural milestones.

Technologies

• Support
• Security
• Architect
• Network

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We are BAE Systems, and this role sits within our Edgewing joint venture in the Reading area, with a preference for Frimley as the starting site and mostly on-site working expected, although flexible arrangements may be possible. We are building something world-class with UK, Italian, and Japanese expertise, and this role offers the chance to help shape the organisation from the ground up while supporting a global defence mission. We offer a purpose-led career, meaningful work, lifelong learning, tailored rewards, support for financial and personal wellbeing, and a balanced lifestyle within an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

last updated 29 week of 2026