Configuration and Data Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require you to be conversant with Military and Commercial CM standards.
• We require you to be able to implement CMDM planning to manage project and product-related data, controlled and classified artefacts in compliance with US and UK export controls, legal, and contractual requirements.
• We require a demonstrable industrial background in Configuration Management, working in a technical environment interfacing with systems, software, hardware, and test engineering disciplines.
• We require experience in the execution and development of core configuration management processes, including configuration planning, control, identification, configuration status accounting and reporting, data library/repository management, product release and delivery, and configuration audits.
• We require experience with configuration management tools and advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access, or other database experience involving schema definition and data manipulation.
• We require working knowledge of CMDM requirements within engineering development and product-in-service lifecycles.
• We require the ability to evaluate programme documents for impact on CM processes.
• We require the ability to work on your own initiative with minimal supervision and a self-motivated attitude.
• We require that you have or can achieve SC-level clearance.
• We would value CMIIB or another recognised CM specialist certification.
• We would value working knowledge of Knowledge in Defence (KiD), Defence Standard 05-57, or ISO 10007.
• We would value knowledge of MBSE development or experience with the Polarion tool.
• We would value working knowledge of the PTC Windchill configuration management tool.

Responsibilities:

• We apply and administer Configuration Management and Data Management (CMDM).
• We construct Configuration Management Plans, integrating subcontractor plans and customer plans as required.
• We administer configuration control systems and processes, including collaboration with subcontractor configuration management.
• We manage configuration control boards, including producing agendas, facilitating internal and external meetings, and documenting outcomes and actions.
• We perform data management oversight, including maintaining and administering data repositories and libraries generated by programmes.
• We audit programme and product data for compliance with customer, security, and programme standards.
• We perform configuration status accounting and reporting.
• We prepare for and participate in programme and technical gate reviews and configuration baseline audits as required by the programme.
• We act as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for CMDM resources and activities and compile Basis of Estimate (BOE).
• We participate in Estimate at Completion (EAC) reviews for existing and new programmes.
• We take part in risk management reviews as required and report to the function.
• We advise project staff on configuration management policies and standards and apply them pragmatically to solve business requirements efficiently and effectively.
• We participate in CMDM training and coaching of our staff with the skills needed to support the business.
• We collaborate with other our sites and businesses to implement new configuration management tools and develop common processes, skills, working practices, and methodologies.

Technologies:

• Excel
• Hardware
• Support
• Security
• DevOps

More:

We are a Weapons business working ethically to provide complex weapons systems to our customers, supporting the Royal Air Force with capabilities such as AMRAAM and Paveway IV precision guided munitions, the Royal Navy with our Phalanx close-in missile defence system, and the British Army with our Javelin portable anti-tank guided weapon system. Based in Harlow, we offer a strong benefits package that includes a contributory pension scheme with up to 10.5% company contribution, life assurance at 6 times salary, 25 days holiday plus public holidays and the option to buy and sell up to 5 days, a discretionary company bonus scheme, flexible benefits including health cash plan, dental, and cycle to work options, enhanced sick pay, and enhanced family-friendly policies. Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security while investing in your growth and personal development, within a collaborative environment focused on safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

last updated 33 week of 2026