Thales Defense & Security, Inc.
Configuration Management Engineer
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Location: Templecombe, Crawley or Cheadle - United Kingdom Hybrid working Hours: 37 per week
Step into a role where your curiosity, care, and diligence make a real difference.
As a Configuration Management Engineer within Thales Underwater Systems you will help safeguard the integrity of our product data throughout its lifecycle, ensuring our teams have the clarity and confidence they need to deliver complex engineering projects.
There is no direct line management responsibility, just configuration management.
Core Benefits
We want you to feel valued, supported, and able to thrive. Our benefits include:
- Performance-related bonus up to 10%
- Half-day Fridays
- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy up to 40 hours.
- 24 hours paid volunteering hours.
- Private healthcare (for you and your partner)
- Pension scheme
- Life cover
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and mental wellbeing app
- Discounts with major retailers
- Gym membership savings
More details available here: UK benefits | Thales Group
About Under Water Systems (UWS)
Our purpose is to be the leading provider of underwater sensors and decision superiority, helping navies across the world keep our friends, families, and all of us safe. We cover four sectors: Mine Counter Measures, Anti-Submarine warfare, Services, and Future Capabilities.
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- Configuration planning and maintaining CM plans, baselines, and documentation across the project lifecycle.
- Manage configuration change control, including CCB coordination, traceability, and approvals.
- Ensure product definition accuracy, including Bills of Materials and “as built / as installed / as tested” records.
- Conduct configuration audits and verifications (PCA/FCA) and assess supplier/contractor CM compliance.
- Maintain PLM data integrity, ensuring correct registration, release, and lifecycle traceability of all configuration items.
Key Skills & Experience
- Strong understanding of configuration management processes, PLM tools, and hardware/software CM practices
- Experience managing change processes around CCVs
- Product support experience in particular product development and change
- Knowledge of systems engineering and system integration principles
- Experience in defence, engineering, or MOD-related projects and familiarity with DEF Stan 00-057
UK Eyes Only Security Clearance Requirement:
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. If approved by the MOD, a dual national from a non-ITAR country may be considered.
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To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance: UK Security Vetting Clearance Levels.
At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay, and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus, and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.
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