Configuration Engineer

L3Harris Technologies; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Half-day finish on a Friday

Hybrid working after probation

25 days holiday per year

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Life Assurance up to 10x salary

Flexible extras like gym membership

Job summary

A leading defense tech company in Brighton is seeking a Configuration Management Engineer to improve delivery teams' proactive approaches. The role involves managing Configuration Management Plans, ensuring compliance, and supporting Change Control processes. Ideal candidates will have a degree in engineering or relevant experience, strong organizational and communication skills, and proficiency in MS Office. Benefits include hybrid working options and private medical insurance.

Qualifications

• Understanding of CM requirements for Safety-critical products.
• Experience in data management for contract and supplier data.
• Practical understanding of the five elements of CM.

Responsibilities

• Drive proactive CM and DM approach to Delivery Teams.
• Deliver work packages within cost and schedule constraints.
• Plan and execute Configuration Management Plans.
• Manage Change Control and provide Configuration status inputs.
• Conduct Verification and Audits.

Skills

Understanding of Configuration Management/Engineering

Strong administrative and organisational skills

Strong communication skills

Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Education

Degree in Engineering or relevant experience

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high‑performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work‑life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission‑critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end‑to‑end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title – Configuration Management Engineer

Job Location – Brighton, UK

Job ID – 36211

Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site will be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15‑minute drive of our current site.

About This Opportunity And L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. Our mission‑critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F‑35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon. Brighton designs, manufactures and tests a large portion of its release systems portfolio. This facility offers 48,500 square‑feet of manufacturing space for the development of high‑performance, multi‑station solutions used to launch air‑to‑air and air‑to‑ground munitions from bay, wing or fuselage stations.

A Few of Our Employee Benefits

• Half‑day finish on a Friday
• Hybrid working available upon successful completion of a 3‑month probation period
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt‑in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle‑to‑work scheme and electric vehicle scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What The Role Will Involve

• Drive a proactive CM and DM approach to Delivery Teams.
• Deliver agreed‑to work packages into the Delivery Teams to established cost and schedule constraints.
• Configuration Management Planning including generation, review of CM Plan and execution of a CM Plan.
• Configuration Identification.
• Change Control – Analyse proposed design changes to determine the effect on the overall system; co‑chair and operate Change Control Boards including providing Configuration status inputs to the Board.
• Provide Configuration Status Accounting with emphasis on the generation and management of Configuration Baselines.
• Verification and Audit (conduct FCA/PCA).
• Work in partnership with our engineering delivery teams to ensure the project dataset is maintained and configuration controlled.

What You’ll Bring

• Understanding of Configuration Management/Engineering with a background in a related Engineering discipline (Configuration, Systems, Electronics, Mechanical, etc.).
• Ideally degree qualified in Engineering; if not, prior related experience will be considered and transferrable skills are welcomed.
• Practical understanding of the five key elements of Configuration Management: Planning, Identification, Change Management, Status Accounting and Audit / Verification.
• Understanding of the Configuration Management requirements associated with the development of Safety‑critical products.
• Data Management experience in the release, submittal and tracking of contract and supplier data requirements preferred, or related relevant experience.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills with high attention to detail and a logical mindset.
• Strong communication skills and customer interfacing skills.
• Proficiency in document template creation and formatting (primarily in MS Office Word, PowerPoint & Excel).

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK.

Equal Opportunity

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.