Engineering Operations - Configuration Management & Tools

REGENT•North Kingstown, RI

About The Position

REGENT is hiring an Engineering Operations Lead to establish and run configuration management for its Seaglider programs as the company scales from prototype development to certified production. The role will define configuration and change management processes, establish engineering baselines and release workflows, and maintain reliable records of what has been released and why. The position will serve as Release Manager for the Viceroy program and provide procedural authority over released, in-work, and obsolete items. The role also owns the hardware engineering toolchain, including administration of Siemens Teamcenter and its NX and Capital integrations, management of Jama connections, and configuration standards for Jira and Confluence. It will define how released engineering data, drawings, and bills of materials flow from PLM to the manufacturing execution system, working with the MES implementation lead to support a single source of truth and reconciliation of as-designed and as-built configurations. As the person establishing the configuration management function, the Engineering Operations Lead will develop standards, processes, tool configurations, license management practices, and an approach to configuration status accounting and audits. The role partners with the VP of Programs, Chief Engineer, CTO's engineering-lifecycle team, and stakeholders across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Certification.

Requirements

Depth in configuration management on hardware development programs, including identification, change control, status accounting, and audit through formal design gates and into production.
Hands-on PLM administration, ideally Siemens Teamcenter, including item and revision lifecycles, release workflows and signatories, BOM structures, effectivity and revision rules, role-based access, and attribute and LOV configuration.
Experience connecting engineering data to manufacturing, including drawing and BOM release into MES or ERP, and understanding the consequences of errors in part numbering, revisions, or ECO effectivity.
Experience with requirements and traceability tools such as Jama or DOORS, and understanding of how they connect to baselines and change.
A track record of writing practical processes and running change boards with senior engineers and manufacturing leads.
Credibility working with both engineering and manufacturing, with the judgment to enforce procedures while helping teams move work forward.
Comfort setting priorities and building missing processes as the sole configuration management person in the building.
Effective communication and collaboration with engineers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
Ability to solve complex problems, improve processes, anticipate downstream impacts, and create scalable solutions.
Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced startup environment with changing priorities.
Curiosity and an interest in technology and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Windchill, 3DEXPERIENCE, or Aras, particularly with demonstrated ability to learn a second PLM platform quickly.
Siemens Teamcenter experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Own configuration management for REGENT's programs, including authoring and maintaining the Configuration Management Plan and defining hardware, software, and system baselines.
Act as Release Manager for the Viceroy program and determine procedurally what is released, in-work, or obsolete.
Establish and run the engineering change process, from ECR and impact assessment through CCB, ECO, and ECN; charter and run the Change Control Board and drive effectivity decisions.
Administer Siemens Teamcenter, including Active Workspace, workflows, roles, attributes, release statuses, and NX and Capital integrations.
Own Jama's connection to other tools; establish Jira and Confluence configuration standards; and manage engineering vendor and integrator relationships.
Define the engineering-to-manufacturing data contract, including which released items, attributes, and BOM structures flow from Teamcenter into the MES, how changes propagate, and how as-designed and as-built configurations are reconciled.
Establish part-numbering, attribute, CAD and data-structure, role-assignment, and drawing/BOM release standards, and configure them in the tools in cross-functional agreement.
Manage engineering software licenses and access, including inventory, allocation, renewals, and audit evidence.
Prepare configuration status accounting and audit processes, including FCA/PCA, for certification milestones from PDR to CDR and first article.
Write and maintain process documentation such as plans, state diagrams, and checklists, and build a change process that engineering and manufacturing teams follow.
Set priorities and establish the configuration management function as the sole CM practitioner, aligned with program milestones.