Sr. Configuration Management Specialist

The role

You will run day-to-day configuration management for assigned aerospace and defense programs, products and lifecycle phases. You will work with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Software and Program Management to keep configuration integrity from development through delivery and sustainment.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day configuration management execution for assigned programs, products and projects
• Develop and maintain CM plans, procedures, work instructions, checklists and lifecycle records
• Establish and maintain configuration identification and product structures for hardware, software, firmware and documentation
• Coordinate functional, allocated, product, production, as-built, as-tested and as-maintained baselines
• Support and facilitate CCBs and SCCBs, including agendas, decision records and action tracking
• Review engineering change requests, change orders, deviations, waivers and problem reports
• Maintain configuration status accounting for approved changes, baselines and releases
• Verify approved changes are fully implemented across drawings, BOMs, software, test artifacts and business systems
• Perform release-readiness and baseline-completeness reviews before production, test or delivery
• Support configuration audits, production readiness reviews and customer reviews

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, information management, business or a related discipline, with at least five years of relevant configuration management experience; an equivalent
• Hands-on experience with configuration identification, change control, status accounting, baseline management, release management, implementation verification and configuration audits
• Experience supporting complex hardware, software, firmware or integrated product development in aerospace, defense, manufacturing or another highly regulated environment
• Working knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, revision control, effectivity, serialization and lifecycle records
• Ability to evaluate change packages for cross-functional impact and trace changes through engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, test, software and delivery records

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance options, and more
• 401k with company match
• 3 weeks of paid time off each year
• 40 hours of sick time
• 12 annual company holidays
• Innovative environment working on defense and aerospace technology
• Collaborative culture
• Career growth and professional development opportunities

Before you apply

• Must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States upon hire
• Employer is a federal contractor and uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility

About the company

Zone 5 Technologies develops precision weapons, interceptors and unmanned aircraft systems for the United States and its allies. The company describes its work as building affordable, scalable autonomous defense solutions.