Senior Configuration Management Engineer

X-energy; Gaithersburg, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

X-energy is seeking an Engineer V, Configuration Management, to lead and oversee the CDM program across multiple projects. The role demands guiding program leadership in planning, identification, change control, status accounting, audits, and data management to ensure disciplined configuration discipline.

Responsibilities include maintaining the configuration baselines, master parts list, and traceability while collaborating with engineering, manufacturing and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in configuration management, engineering change control, document control, or related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience managing configuration records, engineering changes, and traceability data in a complex technical environment.
• Strong understanding of baselines, change control, status accounting, and traceability.
• Experience in highly regulated environments (nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, or advanced manufacturing).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review proposed hardware/software changes to ensure evaluation, approval, documentation and incorporation into the configuration baseline.
• Maintain configuration status accounting records and the master parts list to align with approved engineering docs.
• Establish and continuously improve the configuration source of truth across multiple projects.
• Serve as liaison between engineering, manufacturing, and quality to ensure current, approved data is used.
• Manage part traceability across products and projects to support lifecycle tracking.
• Support configuration audits and change control decisions, resolving discrepancies.
• Develop and refine digital tools and workflows to improve data accessibility and accuracy.

Skills

Configuration management

Documentation and traceability

Cross-functional collaboration

Audits and compliance

Analytical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or related

Tools

Teamcenter

Costpoint

SAP

MES

Microsoft Office

Job description

X-energy is seeking an Engineer V, Configuration Management, to lead and oversee the CDM program across multiple projects. The role demands guiding program leadership in planning, identification, change control, status accounting, audits, and data management to ensure disciplined configuration discipline.

Responsibilities include maintaining the configuration baselines, master parts list, and traceability while collaborating with engineering, manufacturing and quality.