Product Engineer: PLM & Configuration Lead

BHP, Inc dba Global Power Components; Street (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Power Components is seeking a Product Engineer to own the product definition and configuration management from PLM through manufacturing handoff. You will manage EBOM/CAD models, standard configurations, and ECR/ECN processes, collaborating across Mechanical, Electrical, Quality, and IT to drive data quality and continuous improvement.

With a strong emphasis on governance and disciplined change control, you will help scale production for a growing portfolio of power infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Own the integrity of the released product definition within PLM prior to handoff to Manufacturing Engineering.
• Ensure EBOM, CAD models, drawings, configuration rules, and revision levels are complete, consistent, and aligned before release.
• Define and maintain standard product configurations to minimize custom variation and manufacturing complexity.
• Serve as the technical authority for how the product is defined, structured, and controlled within manufacturing systems.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering during MBOM development to ensure intent is preserved and discrepancies are resolved.
• Drive continuous improvement of product data governance and release quality processes.
• Own product definition beyond design intent, including configuration, assembly structure, and documentation readiness.
• Ensure product configurations align with customer requirements, commercial agreements, and internal standards.
• Maintain alignment between design documentation, product structures, and released configurations.
• Own the initiation, coordination, and execution of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).
• Manage front-end change requests originating from Sales, PMs, Manufacturing, Quality, or site feedback.
• Coordinate cross-functional review and approval of ECRs and ECNs with Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Quality, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure approved changes are properly implemented, documented, and communicated across all affected teams.
• Enforce structured engineering release and change control processes to ensure product definition integrity prior to manufacturing handoff.
• Monitor product data quality within PLM, identifying recurring issues in revisions, configurations, effectivity, and documentation completeness.
• Identify systemic gaps in product definition workflows and drive corrective improvements to prevent downstream manufacturing disruption.
• Develop and maintain product-specific governance standards, release checklists, and validation criteria.
• Support continuous improvement of PLM–ERP integration processes to improve alignment, traceability, and change accuracy.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and IT to strengthen release quality gates and reduce change-related risk.
• Support onboarding by reinforcing product data governance standards, system usage expectations, and configuration control discipline.

Job description

Global Power Components is seeking a Product Engineer to own the product definition and configuration management from PLM through manufacturing handoff. You will manage EBOM/CAD models, standard configurations, and ECR/ECN processes, collaborating across Mechanical, Electrical, Quality, and IT to drive data quality and continuous improvement.

With a strong emphasis on governance and disciplined change control, you will help scale production for a growing portfolio of power infrastructure