PDM Configuration Specialist - Aerospace & Defense

Karman Space & Defense; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist to strengthen engineering data management across product development and manufacturing. You will administer PDM, ERP integrations, and document structures, ensuring data integrity and streamlined workflows in a defense-focused environment.

You will coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT, manage access and baselines, and lead migration and cleanup efforts within SolidWorks PDM.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience in PDM administration, document control or configuration management.
• Hands-on SolidWorks PDM in a production engineering environment.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks, CATIA, Epicor ERP, and SharePoint repositories.
• Understanding CAD/document management workflows and release processes.
• Experience coordinating across technical and operational teams; strong communication skills.
• Experience supporting PDM migrations, vault reorganizations, or baseline improvements.
• Background in aerospace/defense or highly technical manufacturing environments.
• Understanding BOM structures and revision management.
• Systems-oriented with balance of process discipline and practical engineering realities.
• Current DoD Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Administer engineering data repositories including PDM, SolidWorks, CATIA, ERP integrations and SharePoint.
• Provide day-to-day support for PDM and engineering document management questions.
• Manage user access, metadata standards, and workflow routing within PDM systems.
• Troubleshoot document control and release issues including revision control and baselines.
• Coordinate release workflows across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and other stakeholders.
• Maintain alignment between engineering docs, BOMs, and manufacturing needs.
• Lead cleanup, restructuring and migration within SolidWorks PDM; vault reorganization.
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and propose improvements to configuration and document management.
• Evaluate downstream impacts of proposed system or workflow changes before implementation.
• Partner with IT and engineering to enhance system usability, reliability and maintainability.

Skills

PDM administration

Cross-functional coordination

Communication skills

Systems thinking

Security clearance

A&D domain experience

Revision management

BOM knowledge

Engineering data relationships

CAD/document workflows

Tools

SolidWorks PDM

SolidWorks

CATIA

Epicor ERP

SharePoint

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist to strengthen engineering data management across product development and manufacturing. You will administer PDM, ERP integrations, and document structures, ensuring data integrity and streamlined workflows in a defense-focused environment.

You will coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT, manage access and baselines, and lead migration and cleanup efforts within SolidWorks PDM.