Principal Configuration Management Specialist

Role overview Lead configuration management across the development, qualification, production, and sustainment lifecycle of complex aerospace systems. You’ll maintain trustworthy, traceable product baselines across hardware and software, control engineering changes, and help ensure configurations meet contract, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities - Establish and audit functional, allocated, and product baselines for hardware and software configuration items. - Coordinate engineering change requests and proposals, impact assessments, control board reviews, and disposition tracking. - Maintain traceability across requirements, drawings, software builds, design records, and test documentation; keep as-designed, as-built, and maintained records aligned. - Administer configuration systems and revision controls for engineering data, requirements, firmware, and technical documents. - Coordinate change effectivity and implementation with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams. - Support internal and customer audits, including functional and physical configuration audits, and represent configuration management in program reviews.

Requirements - At least ten years of configuration management experience in defense or aerospace, with direct aircraft or UAS program exposure. - Strong knowledge of configuration management standards such as EIA-649 or MIL-HDBK-61 and experience supporting or running configuration control boards. - Hands-on experience with PLM/PDM or requirements management tools. - Experience managing baselines from development through production or sustainment, and supporting customer or government audits. - Experience with AS9100 quality systems. - Willingness to travel regularly; the source indicates travel may reach 50%.

Nice to have - Engineering or related technical degree. - Familiarity with UAS configuration needs, including rapid design iterations, commercial component tracking, and frequent software updates. - Ability to obtain or maintain a security clearance.

Benefits and work setup The role is described as remote, with travel to company sites or customers for reviews and audits. Listed benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plan matching, health and dependent care accounts, life insurance, paid time off, and relocation assistance. The stated base salary range is $160,000–$266,000; additional compensation may include equity and bonuses.