Configuration Manager - Teamcenter

The role

The Configuration Manager owns the rules governing product data in Teamcenter. This role defines and maintains the configuration framework for part numbers, revisions, BOM structures, and release states across robot programs.

What you will do

• Own the configuration management framework in Teamcenter.
• Define and administer release-state logic and item release-to-production workflows.
• Govern configuration requirements for Design Release, Procurement-Ready, Build-Ready, and Production Release gates.
• Govern BOM structure and revision behavior and maintain alignment between EBOM, MBOM, and as-built structures.
• Establish configuration baselines and maintain traceability from released configuration to delivered hardware.
• Define the product configuration model for serial-number-level traceability.
• Own the change framework including ECR/ECO object models, workflow routing, and review gates.
• Establish change-effectivity and implementation controls.
• Own AVL/AML representation in Teamcenter.
• Write, publish, and maintain configuration management procedures and train personnel.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on Teamcenter experience across item and revision structures, BOM management, release statuses, and workflow configuration.
• Demonstrated ownership of a part numbering and revision scheme through real production use.
• Working knowledge of engineering change processes and change board governance.
• Strong grasp of BOM types and how EBOM/MBOM divergence affects procurement and build execution.
• Demonstrated understanding of as-designed, as-planned, as-built, and as-maintained product configurations.
• Experience managing engineering changes after material has entered procurement, supplier WIP, inventory, or manufacturing.
• Ability to balance configuration rigor with high-velocity NPI development.
• Ability to write procedures teams can follow and to train users across functions.
• Clear written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Information Systems, or related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in configuration management, PLM administration, or product data management in a complex hardware environment.
• Ability to periodically work in manufacturing, lab, warehouse, and robot operating environments.

Nice to have

• Experience through a PLM migration or implementation into Teamcenter from Arena, Windchill, Agile, or SAP PLM.
• Electromechanical hardware background including actuators, motors, harnesses, PCBAs, and machined parts.
• Exposure to CMII, AS9100, or ISO 9001 configuration and quality frameworks.
• High-velocity NPI experience where design and build overlap.
• Experience supporting Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and production-release processes.
• Experience with serialized products and maintaining configuration traceability through manufacturing, field retrofit, and service.
• Experience managing hardware, embedded firmware, software, and calibration compatibility within a complex product architecture.
• Comfort querying and reporting against PLM data using SQL, Python, or Teamcenter reporting tools.
• A bias toward lean, fit-for-purpose processes.
• Experience establishing or materially improving configuration-management processes in an NPI-to-production environment.

About the company

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity. Their flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate with people in industries such as manufacturing and logistics.