Lead Configuration & Data Engineer – Defence Tech

Rolls-Royce plc; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings Trust

Group Life Assurance

Income Protection

Matched Rolls-Royce Shares

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc in Derby–Hybrid is seeking a Data Management and Configuration Engineer to manage product structures across the lifecycle, ensuring configuration control and data integrity within a defence-focused design environment.

You will work with design and development teams, implement configuration policies, oversee change packages, assess mass properties, and coordinate interfaces with customers and suppliers, including 3D geometry and Digital Mock-Up (DMU) requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience in a related field.
• Strong ability to manage configuration and changes across engineering disciplines.
• Excellent communication and data integrity focus.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage product/development structures with lifecycle configuration control.
• Implement project configuration policies and incorporate design intent into structures.
• Guide and lead change management; approve change packages before incorporation.
• Analyse component designs to determine mass properties and integrate into assemblies.
• Engage with customers and suppliers to define interface standards, including DMU requirements.

Skills

Configuration management

Change management

Cross-discipline engineering

Mass properties analysis

3D geometry interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Digital Mock-Up (DMU)

Job description

Rolls-Royce plc in Derby–Hybrid is seeking a Data Management and Configuration Engineer to manage product structures across the lifecycle, ensuring configuration control and data integrity within a defence-focused design environment.

You will work with design and development teams, implement configuration policies, oversee change packages, assess mass properties, and coordinate interfaces with customers and suppliers, including 3D geometry and Digital Mock-Up (DMU) requirements.