Vertical Aerospace · Bristol
Data Architect
Our Mission At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The Valo, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing), 'zero emis...
Our Mission
At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The Valo, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and
landing), 'zero emissions' aircraft will set a new safety standard for how we will navigate the sky.
We won't realise our mission following the same legacy processes and traditions our predecessors followed, instead, we want to
'redefine' aerospace best practices. We are growing quickly from a prototype business to a scaling SME, and the next few years
will be critical to our success and delivering on our ambitious goals. Valo is targeting airliner-level safety certification in
2029 ahead of entering service with our airline and operator customers.
What to Expect
As a Data Architect, you will be responsible for defining and maintaining the target data architecture across the organisation.
This includes how data is structured, integrated, and exposed across platforms, ensuring consistency between enterprise and
time-series domains.
Alongside architectural ownership, you will be expected to contribute hands-on where needed, particularly in shaping and
implementing pipelines, models, and platform components. The role requires balancing longer-term architectural direction with
practical delivery, working closely with data engineers, BI developers, and software teams to ensure solutions are both
well-designed and delivered effectively.
What You’ll Do
Define and maintain the target data architecture, covering data platforms, data models, and integration patterns
Design and govern scalable data models for both enterprise and time-series data, ensuring consistency and reuse
Establish standards for data modelling, transformation, and pipeline design across analytical and operational use cases
- Work closely with data engineering teams to ensure pipelines align with agreed architectural patterns and support downstream
analytics
Contribute hands-on to the development of pipelines, models, and data platform components where required
Define how data is exposed through semantic layers and BI tools to ensure consistent metrics and definitions
Support integration of data across systems, including engineering, test, and enterprise platforms
Identify and reduce fragmentation in data sources, pipelines, and reporting outputs
- Contribute to platform and tooling decisions, ensuring alignment with long-term architectural goals while remaining practical
to deliver
Embed best practices in data quality, lineage, and governance within the architecture and its implementation
What You’ll Bring
Strong experience in data architecture, with hands-on data engineering experience in a complex, data-rich environment
Proven ability to design scalable data models and architectures, and support their implementation in production systems
Deep understanding of modern data architectures, including cloud platforms, data lakes/warehouses, and pipeline design
Experience working closely with data engineering teams, and contributing directly to delivery where needed
Strong knowledge of data modelling techniques (e.g. dimensional modelling, normalisation, time-series considerations)
Familiarity with both structured enterprise data and high-volume time-series data environments
Experience defining semantic layers, metrics, and data structures for analytics and reporting
Ability to balance long-term architectural integrity with short-term delivery needs
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to align technical and non-technical teams around common standards
What can you expect from us?
We're on a mission. Where others see limits, we see opportunity, and we work at pace. Working at Vertical isn't your average role
but for those seeking a challenge, a flexible, supportive organisation and an incredible team; working here is an opportunity to
do the best work of your career.
Our approach promotes ingenuity and courage, while our environment builds success through diligence in safety and being open in
the way we work. The only way we're going to assure the next chapter of aviation history is by working as a team, relentlessly,
towards our goal.
Our benefits
Our people matter - we're not going anywhere without them. Which is why our company benefits go beyond the essentials.
26 days holiday, plus bank holiday
5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)
5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership
Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits
Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
Company performance based bonus - rewarding company and individual performance
Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee
Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it
Breakfast on us, every day
We may just be the hardest job you've ever had, but we're confident it will be the most rewarding. Join the team today and help us
shape the future of Advanced Air Mobility.
Disclaimer Statement
We encourage you to apply even if you may not have all the experience listed in the advert. We recognise that talent comes in
various forms and we are committed to providing opportunities that create an environment of growth, diversity, and inclusion for
everyone. As part of our desire to review and make our processes fair, we may ask you questions related to these aspects during
the application process. For more information on how we will use your data, see our Legal section.