Configuration and Data Engineer

  • 慨正橡扯
  • Harlow, Essex
  • 23/06/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Configuration and Data Engineer Harlow Benefits
  • £:Competitive salary
  • Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
  • 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension
  • 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
  • Car/Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
  • Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
  • Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including HealthCashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
  • Private Medical Insurance- dependant on grade
Work Culture
  • 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job require mentor site specific arrangements.
  • Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
  • Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
  • Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
  • Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.
Main Duties
  • Apply and administer Configuration Management and Data Management (CMDM) processes across the business area to ensure compliance with Raytheon, Customer and industry requirements. This includes the configuration planning, identification, control, status accounting and auditing for development and operational systems.
  • Construct Configuration Management Plans, integrating Subcontractor plans and integrating with Customer plans as required.
  • Administer configuration control systems and processes, including collaboration with Subcontractor configuration management. Manage configuration control boards, including the production of agendas, facilitation of internal and external meetings, and documenting outcomes and actions.
  • Perform data management oversight, including the maintenance and administration of data repositories and libraries generated by programmes. Auditing of programme and product data for compliance with customer, security, and programme standards.
  • Perform configuration status accounting and reporting. Prepare for and participate in programme and technical gate reviews and prepare configuration baseline audits as required by the programme (e.g., FCA, PCA).
  • Act as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for CMDM resources and activities and Compile Basis of Estimate (BOE). Participate in Estimate at Completion (EAC) reviews for existing and new programmes.
  • Take part in Risk Management reviews as required and report to function.
  • Advise project staff on configuration management policies and standards and apply these pragmatically to solve business requirements efficiently and effectively.
  • Participate in CMDM training and coaching of Raytheon staff with the desired skills necessary to support the business.
  • Collaborate with other Raytheon sites and businesses to implement new configuration management tools and develop common process, skills, working practices and methodologies.
  • Participate as a subject matter expert in external company certification audits (ISO, DAOS) and internal quality audits, participate in the review and update of existing Raytheon processes and creation of new processes where necessary which support the business.
Candidate Requirements Essential
  • You will be conversant with Military and Commercial CM standards.
  • You will be able to implement CMDM planning to manage Project and Product related Data, Controlled & Classified artefacts to comply with US and UK Export Controls, Legal & Contractual Requirements.
  • You will be able to effectively interface and communicate with multiple levels of management and colleagues in programme, quality, engineering, production and commercial disciplines and be able to integrate and work within a team.
  • A demonstrable industrial background in Configuration Management, working in a technical environment interfacing with systems, software, hardware and test engineering disciplines.
  • Experience in execution and development of core configuration management processes - configuration planning, control, identification, configuration status accounting and reporting, data library/repository, product release and delivery, and configuration audits.
  • Experienced with configuration management tools and competence in Microsoft Office tools advanced features: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or other database experience requiring schema definition and data manipulation.
  • Working knowledge of CMDM requirements within engineering development and product-in-service lifecycles. Proficient in evaluation of programme documents for impact to CM processes.
  • Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision with a self-motivated attitude - able to work functionally alone in a programme team to meet programme requirements.
  • Must have or be able to achieve SC level clearance.
Desirable
  • CMIIB, or other recognised CM specialist certification.
  • Working knowledge of Knowledge in Defence (KiD), Defence Standard or ISO 10007.
  • Knowledge of MBSE development or knowledge and the Polarian Tool.
  • Working knowledge of PTC Windchill configuration management tool.
  • Written and verbal communication skills, including the generation and presentation of briefing packages to programme management and Customers alike.
  • Experience of Improvement Initiatives and techniques such as six sigma and High Performing Culture.
Equal Employment Opportunity

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.