Senior Configuration Manager - Secret Clearance (SATCOM)

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist to support a multinational SATCOM terminal program. You will establish, audit, and control baselines across hardware, software, firmware, and documentation throughout the system lifecycle.

The role collaborates with program managers, systems engineers, cybersecurity, QA, subcontractors, and customers to ensure configuration integrity.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of Configuration Management experience supporting defense, aerospace, telecommunications, systems integration, or SATCOM programs.
• Experience managing hardware, software, firmware, and technical documentation baselines.
• Experience supporting engineering change management processes.
• Experience maintaining configuration records within CMDB or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
• Experience supporting audits, technical reviews, and customer acceptance activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain Configuration Management processes and procedures in accordance with STANAG 4427, ISO 10007, and program requirements.
• Prepare and maintain Configuration Management Plans (CMPs) and controlled program documentation.
• Establish and maintain Functional, Allocated, Product, and Operational Baselines throughout the system lifecycle.
• Maintain Configuration Item hierarchies and support configuration traceability across systems and documentation.
• Administer Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), and Change Requests.
• Coordinate change review, approval, implementation, verification, and configuration status accounting activities.
• Develop and maintain product baseline documentation, Bills of Material (BOMs), part records, software versions, and technical data packages.
• Establish document control procedures and ensure version control, release management, and compliance with customer requirements.
• Maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs) and verify consistency across engineering, logistics, testing, training, and sustainment documentation.
• Plan and execute Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs).
• Support technical reviews, acceptance activities, corrective action tracking, and customer audits.
• Collaborate with Integrated Logistics Support teams to ensure configuration data supports reliability, provisioning, maintenance, obsolescence management, and product support efforts.
• Maintain configuration records associated with repairs, software updates, hardware upgrades, and engineering changes.
• Manage controlled documentation and status reporting within project collaboration portals and configuration management databases.

Education

Associate's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Logistics, Computer Science, Technical Management, or a related discipline

Tools

CMDB

PLM systems

Job description

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist to support a multinational SATCOM terminal program. You will establish, audit, and control baselines across hardware, software, firmware, and documentation throughout the system lifecycle.

The role collaborates with program managers, systems engineers, cybersecurity, QA, subcontractors, and customers to ensure configuration integrity.