Senior Configuration and Change Engineer

Job Description:

Your Impact

Do you want to play a hands-on role in protecting the integrity of cutting-edge technologies that help keep people safe?

We are looking for a Senior Configuration and Change Control Engineer to join our Electronics Warfare (EW) and Combat Air (CA) Design Integrity team. Reporting to the Lead Configuration and Change Manager, you will provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise in configuration and change control across defence and aerospace programmes. As the Senior Configuration and Change Control Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing and assuring configuration management arrangements throughout the product lifecycle, using TCU as the authoritative configuration and change control tool. As the Configuration Management lead for assigned programmes, you will own the Configuration Management Plan (CMP), ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory and organisational requirements, while driving best practice, governance, audit readiness and effective change control.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement configuration management strategies in line with organisational policies and industry standards.
• Identify, control and maintain Configuration Items (CIs) and configuration baselines across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability between requirements, design, verification and delivered products.
• Own, maintain and govern the Configuration Management Plan (CMP), ensuring ongoing compliance with customer and regulatory requirements.
• Act as the focal point and technical authority for configuration management activities within assigned programmes.
• Lead and govern configuration and change control processes using TCU as the authoritative source of configuration data.
• Support or chair Change Control Boards (CCBs), ensuring robust assessment and approval of proposed changes.
• Manage Class I and II changes, concessions, deviations, waivers and temporary changes, ensuring full traceability and impact assessment.
• Define and promote best practice for TCU data structures, workflows, status accounting and reporting.
• Ensure data integrity, access control, security classification and export control compliance.
• Ensure configuration and change control activities comply with contractual, regulatory and organisational requirements.
• Prepare for and support internal, customer and regulatory audits, including Functional and Physical Configuration Audits (FCA/PCA).
• Provide configuration status accounting, metrics and management reporting.
• Support configuration activities across design, development, manufacture, in-service support, modification and obsolescence programmes.
• Collaborate with engineering, systems, quality, safety, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams.
• Mentor junior team members and provide training and guidance on configuration management principles, processes and TCU usage.

What you’ll bring;

Essential

• Significant experience in configuration and change control within defence, aerospace, or another highly regulated industry.
• Proven experience authoring and maintaining Configuration Management Plans.
• Excellent knowledge of configuration management principles, baseline control, and change classification (Class I / Class II).
• Extensive experience using TCU or similar Tool for configuration and change control.
• Experience supporting audits and regulatory engagement.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical and leadership skills.
• Experience working with classified and export-controlled information.

Desirable

• Experience managing complex systems involving hardware, software, and firmware.
• Knowledge of airworthiness, safety-critical systems, or certification processes.
• Familiarity with additional PLM/CM tools (e.g. Windchill, Teamcenter, Dimensions).
• Experience defining or improving organisational CM and CC procedures.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location:

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid