About this role
Date: Oct 28, 2026 Location: Papendrecht, NL Company: GKN Aerospace Careers Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
- At GKN Aerospace, we are reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener.
- As part of our global MES/MOM Centre of Excellence, we are looking for an experienced MSB Solution Architect to drive the development, implementation and support of shop floor connectivity solutions across our international manufacturing network.
What you'll do?
- As part of the AeroConnect platform team, you will act as the link between business requirements and technical solutions, helping to connect manufacturing systems, machines and enterprise applications using our Manufacturing Service Bus (MSB) and Siemens MOM-Connect solutions.
Key responsibilities include
- Designing and implementing shop floor integration solutions.
- Translating business requirements into functional and technical architectures.
- Supporting deployments, upgrades and continuous improvements.
- Providing 3rd line support for manufacturing connectivity solutions.
- Driving global standardisation and alignment with enterprise architecture.
- Collaborating with business stakeholders, vendors and global IT teams.
- Ensuring security, compliance and operational excellence across solutions. ...