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CesiumAstro is 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 company develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.
In this role, you will manage configuration management personnel and establish team priorities, allocate resources, and oversee technical execution. You will develop team capabilities through coaching, mentoring, and professional development. Key responsibilities include:
• Manage configuration identification, baseline control, engineering changes, status accounting, and configuration verification across development, qualification, production, and delivery phases.
• Oversee establishment and maintenance of functional, allocated, and product configuration baselines.
• Manage configuration identification and control of engineering drawings, specifications, software versions, bills of materials (BOMs), product structures, and other configuration items.
• Monitor configuration status, revision history, product traceability, and baseline integrity to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Manage engineering change control, including change requests, impact assessments, approvals, and configuration/change control board (CCB) activities.
• Evaluate engineering changes, deviations, waivers, and configuration discrepancies for impacts to requirements, interfaces, verification, manufacturing, and product definition.
• Coordinate functional and physical configuration audits, configuration verification, and reconciliation of as-designed, as-built, and delivered configurations.
• Administer configuration management plans, procedures, change workflows, status accounting practices, and product release controls.
• Evaluate configuration metrics, change cycle times, audit findings, and data discrepancies to identify improvement opportunities.
• Implement improvements to configuration workflows, PLM/ERP/MES practices, traceability, and product data processes.
You will partner cross-functionally with quality, systems, electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, supply chain, integration and test, and program management teams.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, configuration management, quality, information systems, or related technical field with 7–9 years of related experience; OR 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 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 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Experience with 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.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
