Job Title
Senior Application Configuration Engineer
Location
Barrow-in-Furness
Salary
Up to £47,600 per annum depending on skills and experience
Job Description
As a Senior Application Configuration Engineer, you will uphold and evolve PLM/CAD quality standards, ensuring alignment with changing business needs. You will provide expert frontline support to maximise tool adoption, deliver efficiency improvements for CAD users and assess new PLM/CAD capabilities against current and future processes. You will support the rollout of new applications with correct configuration, drive continuous process innovation by challenging legacy assumptions and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for application operations and administration.
Core Duties
* Co‑ordinate reactive support and proactive initiatives across Business Wide PLM and CAD tools
* Ensure user adherence to all process and data governance practices
* Act as a key PLM‑CAD user, offering guidance and support
* Drive improvements to PLM‑CAD deployment and user experience aligned with business needs
* Contribute to delivering PLM‑CAD capability enhancements within the NXGen Digital programme
Essential Skills
* Relevant experience and knowledge within a complex engineering or manufacturing environment
* Solid understanding of the data model underpinning supported PLM‑CAD tools
* Strong stakeholder management and analytical problem‑solving abilities
The Team
You’ll play a key role in the expanding of our NXGen Digital programme, providing expert frontline PLM‑CAD support to enable full user adoption. You’ll guide stakeholders, resolve issues and help maximise the value these applications deliver across the organisation. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
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.
Security & Vetting
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 applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must 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
8th April 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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