Senior Configuration Engineer

this opportunity and L3Harris UK; Brighton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace defense contractor is seeking a Senior Configuration Engineer at their Brighton site. The role involves driving proactive configuration management, ensuring proper planning and execution, and conducting audits. Candidates should have a strong background in configuration management for safety-critical products, document creation, and effective communication skills. Experience is required for this full-time position. Excellent employee benefits and opportunities for professional development are offered.

Benefits

Half day finish on Fridays

25 days holiday per year

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Life Assurance up to 10x salary

Group income protection

Employee Family Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Experience with Configuration Management per DEF STAN 05-57 and EIA-649A-1.
• Background in developing safety-critical products in Configuration Management.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience or 10 years without a degree.

Responsibilities

• Drive proactive CM and DM approach in Delivery Teams.
• Configure Management Planning and execute CM Plan.
• Conduct audits and work with engineering teams.

Skills

Configuration Management

Data Management

Strong communication skills

Document creation and formatting

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Job description

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites our team of nearly 1000 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 48500 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 are :

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 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

The responsibilities of your role will include but not limited to the following :

• 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. Will 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)
• Working in partnership with our engineering delivery teams to ensure the Project dataset is maintained and configuration controlled

What youll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills :

• A thorough understanding of Configuration Management in accordance with DEF STAN 05-57 and Industry Standard EIA-649A-1.
• Excellent practical understanding of the five key elements of Configuration Management : Planning Identification Change Management Status Accounting and Audit / Verification.
• Configuration Management experience in the development of Safety critical products.
• Data Management experience in the release submittal and tracking of contract and supplier data requirements.
• Strong administrative and organisation skills with attention to detail - you are required to have a logical mindset.
• Requires proficient knowledge of job area. Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Strong communication skills with the focus on inside and outside function communications with the potential for some customer interfacing skills.
• Strong proficiency in document template creation and formatting (primarily in MS Office Word PowerPoint & Excel programmes) in line with company branding.

Important to know

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

Senior Configuration Engineer - UK

Required Experience : Senior IC

Key Skills : Abinitio, Electronic Security, Environmental Consultancy, IT Hardware & Networking, CMA, ESI

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Job Title Senior Configuration Engineer

Job Location Brighton UK

Job ID 28245