Configuration Management Engineer

Arete Associates•Tucson, AZ

2h•$75,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Areté, we are on the forefront of utilizing innovative solutions, with great minds from all backgrounds, to help solve the nation’s most complex security challenges. We strive for an inclusive, collaborative team environment that approaches differences as opportunities for innovation and excellence. As an employee-owned company, we foster an atmosphere that propels diverse career opportunities and professional growth. Discover your future with us. Arete is seeking an experienced Configuration Management Engineer to support and lead document control processes across the full product lifecycle—from development through sustainment and end-of-life. We are looking for someone that is highly motivated. We’re looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented professional who is both a self-starter and a strong collaborator. The ideal candidate will excel at building relationships, communicating effectively, and working across functional teams in a matrixed development environment. This role is responsible for maintaining consistent and accurate configuration control in alignment with SAE EIA-649 standards and Arete's ISO 9001 Quality Management System. The successful candidate will be process-driven, with a continuous improvement mindset to review, streamline, and standardize practices in line with industry best standards. This is a full-time, exempt, non-supervisory position based in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

Eligible to obtain and hold a Top Secret clearance.
U.S. citizenship is required to meet position eligibility.
Successful passage of a criminal background screen is required to meet position eligibility.
Successful passage of a Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test is required to meet position eligibility.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations, such as MIL-STD, MIL-HDBK, ISO, ASME
Candidate should be familiar with SAE-GEIA-859 and MIL-STD-963.

Responsibilities

Will provide Configuration Management (CM) and Data Management (DM) support to the Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) Lead, Engineering Manager (EM) and Program Manager (PM).
Supporting and executing configuration control through system documentation, software, and drawing release, revision, and archival
Develop and optimize the process for releasing product configurations into the CM system.
Tracking and delivering project data(documentation, software, drawing packages)
Drafting Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
Drafting deviations and waivers; maintaining Bills of Materials (BOMs)
This position requires coordination and collaboration of activities with other functional groups and project managers within a matrix development environment operational, production-ready system.