Manager, Configuration Management

Airbus Ventures; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CesiumAstro is hiring a Manager of Configuration Management to lead a team ensuring configuration integrity across aerospace products and programs. You will direct baselines, engineering changes, and audits, partnering with quality, systems, electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, and programs.

The role demands deep knowledge of CM principles, PLM/PDM, and CM software, with a focus on data integrity, traceability, and lifecycle alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field; 7-9 years of CM/EC experience; master's adds 5-7 years.
• Expertise in CM principles, baselines, status accounting and verification.
• Proven leadership or management experience with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead CM team for identification, baseline control, changes, status accounting and verification.
• Set priorities, allocate resources, drive schedule and program objectives.
• Develop team through coaching, mentoring and performance management.
• Maintain baselines across development, qualification, production and delivery.
• Oversee CM for drawings, BOMs, software versions and product structures.
• Monitor status, revisions and traceability to resolve discrepancies.
• Coordinate change control activities and CCB processes.
• Evaluate changes for impacts to requirements, interfaces and verification.
• Conduct configuration audits and reconciliation of as-designed vs as-built.
• Administer CM plans, workflows, and release controls per requirements.
• Track metrics and identify improvements to CM workflows and data integrity.

Skills

Configuration management

Engineering change control

Product lifecycle management

Product data management

Quality assurance

Requirements management

Leadership

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Windchill

Teamcenter

SAP

Epicor

FactoryLogix

IBM DOORS

Jama Connect

Job description

Please Note:To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Manager of Configuration Management to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing leading-edge electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.

In this position, you will lead a team responsible for maintaining configuration integrity, traceability, and controlled product definition across aerospace products and programs. This role establishes team priorities, manages resources and technical execution, develops team capabilities, and oversees configuration identification, baseline control, engineering changes, status accounting, and configuration audits. The Manager evaluates configuration status, change impacts, product records, and technical risks to ensure hardware, software, and engineering data remain accurate, controlled, and aligned throughout the product lifecycle.

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 partners 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.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage configuration management personnel responsible for configuration identification, baseline control, engineering changes, status accounting, and configuration verification.
• 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.
• Oversee establishment and maintenance of functional, allocated and product configuration baselines throughout development, qualification, production and delivery.
• 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 affecting product definition.
• Manage engineering change control, including change requests, impact assessments, approvals, implementation status and configuration/change control board (CCB) activities.
• Evaluate engineering changes, deviations, waivers and configuration discrepancies for impacts to requirements, interfaces, verification, manufacturing and released product definition.
• Coordinate functional and physical configuration audits, configuration verification and reconciliation of as-designed, as-built and delivered product configurations.
• Administer configuration management plans, procedures, change workflows, status accounting practices and product release controls in accordance with program and quality requirements.
• Evaluate configuration metrics, change cycle times, audit findings, data discrepancies and recurring issues to identify opportunities for improved control and execution.
• Implement improvements to configuration workflows, system (PLM, ERP, MES, etc.) practices, traceability, change control and product data processes that strengthen configuration integrity and lifecycle assurance.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, configuration management, quality, information systems or a related technical field with 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.

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training and key skills.

• Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Please note: CesiumAstro does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to our website or to CesiumAstro team members will be considered property of CesiumAstro, and we will not be obligated to pay any referral fees.