Role OverviewWe are seeking a Manager of Configuration Management to lead a team responsible for maintaining configuration integrity, traceability, and controlled product definition across aerospace products and programs. The Manager will establish team priorities, manage resources and technical execution, develop team capabilities, and oversee configuration identification, baseline control, engineering changes, status accounting, and configuration audits.
What You Will Do
Manage configuration management personnel, establish team priorities, allocate resources, and manage execution to achieve configuration, quality, schedule, and program objectives. Develop team capabilities through coaching, mentoring, performance management, technical guidance, and professional development.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This position requires an experienced configuration management leader with expertise in aerospace product configuration, engineering change control, product lifecycle management, and configuration assurance. The Manager will partner cross-functionally with quality, systems, electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, supply chain, integration and test, and program management to resolve complex configuration issues and maintain alignment among engineering definition, released data, as-built products, and customer requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, configuration management, quality, information systems, or a related technical field
- 7–9 years of related experience, master's degree in a related field with 5–7 years of related experience in configuration management, engineering change control, product lifecycle management, product data management, quality, or a related technical discipline
- 1–3 years of leadership or management experience
- Advanced knowledge of configuration management principles, configuration identification, baseline management, status accounting, and configuration verification
- Proficiency with engineering change control, configuration/change control boards (CCBs), change impact assessment, deviations, waivers, and product release processes
- Comprehensive knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials (BOMs), product structures, software configurations, and configuration-controlled technical data
- Strong understanding of configuration audits, product traceability, requirements and interface dependencies, PLM/ERP/MES, and aerospace product lifecycle practices
- Experience managing functional, allocated, and product baselines and maintaining alignment among as-designed, as-built, and delivered configurations
- Strong technical judgment in evaluating configuration impacts, engineering changes, baseline discrepancies, product data integrity, technical risks, and program priorities
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
- Experience using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Data Management (PDM), and configuration management software, such as Windchill, Teamcenter, or equivalent platforms
- Working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Bill of Materials (BOM) management, and product configuration tools, such as SAP, Epicor, FactoryLogix, or equivalent platforms
- Experience with requirements management and traceability tools, such as IBM DOORS, Jama Connect, or equivalent applications
Benefits
- Company stock options
- Generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans
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