Site CM Lead — Drive Configuration for Next-Gen UAS

Zone 5 Technologies; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401k with company-match

3 weeks paid time off

40 hours sick time

12 annual holidays

Job summary

Zone 5 Technologies in San Luis Obispo, CA is seeking a Configuration Management Site Lead/Supervisor who will govern CM activities from concept to sustainment, partnering with Engineering, Quality, and Production to ensure configuration integrity.

The role requires leadership, a strong grasp of CM processes, and the ability to coordinate staffing, RFP/SOW reviews, and baselines across hardware, software, firmware, and data-management domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, business, information management, or a related field is preferred.
• Minimum of seven years of progressive experience in configuration management, engineering, product data management, or manufacturing within aerospace, defense, or another regulated industry.
• Minimum of two years of leadership or supervisory experience, including assigning work, establishing priorities, mentoring personnel, and managing performance.
• Experience applying configuration management principles across hardware, software, firmware, documentation, and integrated systems.
• Ability to interpret contracts, RFPs, SOWs, specifications, technical requirements, and supplier flow-down requirements.
• Working knowledge of applicable standards and regulations, including EIA-649, AS9100, ISO 9001, MIL-HDBK-61, ITAR, and EAR.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, decision-making, and cross-functional problem-solving skills.
• U.S. citizenship is required .
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance is required .

Responsibilities

• Supervise site CM personnel by assigning work, setting priorities, monitoring performance, providing technical direction, and supporting employee development.
• Serve as the primary site authority for hardware, software, firmware, documentation, and product-data configuration management while representing enterprise CM direction at the local level.
• Provide recurring site and program status to the Senior Configuration Manager, including baseline health, change activity, implementation progress, audit readiness, data integrity, staffing and workload, performance metrics, risks, and decisions requiring escalation.
• Lead configuration identification, baseline management, change control, configuration status accounting, data management, implementation verification, product release, and configuration audits.
• Participate in enterprise CM reviews, planning, process standardization, and continuous-improvement activities; implement enterprise direction at the site and elevate local issues for resolution.
• Coordinate site CM staffing, schedules, resources, and deliverables while escalating risks, constraints, and compliance concerns to leadership.
• Lead CM support for proposals and program planning by reviewing Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), contracts, specifications, and technical requirements.
• Define CM scope, deliverables, staffing, schedules, risks, and defensible Bases of Estimate (BOEs) for hardware, software, firmware, and data-management activities.
• Evaluate prime and subcontract documentation to identify CM responsibilities, risks, dependencies, and required flow-downs-even when CM is not explicitly identified.
• Ensure alignment and traceability among requirements, drawings, specifications, engineering and manufacturing bills of material, software baselines, work instructions, manufacturing records, and delivered configurations.
• Lead or support Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) and Software Configuration Control Boards (SCCBs), ensuring changes are evaluated, approved, implemented, verified, and incorporated into affected baselines and records.
• Oversee the effective use of PLM, PDM, ERP, MES, QMS, requirements-management, and software-development systems to strengthen data governance and digital-thread continuity.

Skills

Leadership

Configuration management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

PLM

PDM

ERP

MES

QMS

SCCB

Job description

Zone 5 Technologies in San Luis Obispo, CA is seeking a Configuration Management Site Lead/Supervisor who will govern CM activities from concept to sustainment, partnering with Engineering, Quality, and Production to ensure configuration integrity.

The role requires leadership, a strong grasp of CM processes, and the ability to coordinate staffing, RFP/SOW reviews, and baselines across hardware, software, firmware, and data-management domains.