# Principal Data Control Engineer

Job Description: Your Impact: Join us as a Principal Data Control Engineer and play a key role in ensuring the integrity, control, and governance of critical engineering and programme data across complex defence and aerospace programmes. Reporting to the Lead Configuration & Data Manager, you’ll ensure the day-to-day delivery of data management activities, guaranteeing information is accurately identified, controlled, protected, and traceable throughout the product lifecycle. Working closely with engineering, programme, quality, and configuration teams, you will implement and maintain data management practices in line with organisational policies, industry standards, and business strategy. You will also support compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to ensure that programme data remains secure, accessible, and fit for purpose throughout its lifecycle. Key Responsibilities: Deliver data management activities in line with approved Data Management Plans (DMPs). Ensure engineering and programme data is correctly identified, structured, version-controlled, approved, and accessible. Maintain accurate data status, integrity, and visibility across pr

- **Id**: 4124407
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leonardo-principal-data-control-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Luton, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-18T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-18
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T01:10:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 55
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6031
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Gym membership, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 54177
- **Name**: Leonardo
- **Domain**: leonardo.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leonardo-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 190
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.979
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 55

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T01:10:29Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Secondment Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 19
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.691
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 55
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T02:11:16Z

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