Configuration Engineer

• Job Title: Configuration Engineer
• Location: Cowes or Great Baddow – hybrid pattern
• Referral Scheme: £1000
• Grade: GG10
• You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.
• We know there may be exceptionalindividual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.
• If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.
• PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview, you will be giving consent for the Recruitment Team to contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Role description

You will maintain and administer requirements management systems, including access control, monitoring requirements stability and reporting key metrics. The role involves developing requirements processes, templates and guidance, while providing user support and training to ensure information is managed, published and shared effectively across stakeholders.

Core duties

• Coordinating configuration management activities, ensuring accurate control of project baselines and data
• Engaging with customers through meetings, workshops, audits and support activities
• Managing engineering records, design changes, certifications, concessions and change proposals
• Scheduling and facilitating Configuration Control Boards, driving timely decisions and actions
• Maintaining SAP, building state and equipment history records, ensuring data integrity
• Producing configuration metrics, reports and logs to support customer and project requirements

Essential skills

• Experience in configuration management within complex engineering or technical environments
• Proficient with technical and requirements management tools and associated processes
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and requirements management activities
• Knowledge of the full engineering lifecycle across complex products and projects
• Experience producing technical documentation, reports and process-related guidance
• Degree qualified, or equivalent experience; naval radar knowledge advantageous

The Radar team

Join us in shaping the of Radar Technology. Building on our heritage of cutting‑edge, world‑leading radar products, we are rapidly evolving our portfolio to enhance existing capabilities while pioneering brand new systems designed to counter emerging and future threats across the battlespace. Through close collaboration with our customers and sustained investment in exceptional talent, we are committed to remaining at the forefront of defence innovation and defining the next generation of radar solutions.

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best.

You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicantsmust as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicantsmust typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 30th October 2026

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