Flight Test (FT) Bill of Material (BOM) Management Engineer | Configuration Management

BETA Technologies • South Burlington, VT

76d • $100,000 - $125,000

About The Position

The Flight Test (FT) Bill of Material (BOM) Management Engineer is responsible for leading the configuration and maintenance of aircraft Bills of Materials (BOMs) across the flight test fleet. This includes experimental, company-owned aircraft, aircraft configured for company flight testing or FAA certification efforts, and design changes that may impact future customer-delivered configurations. This role is crucial to the process of obtaining and maintaining FAA certification to produce, supply, and operate aircraft. The FT BOM Management Engineer works cross-functionally with Certification Engineers, Systems Engineers, Design Engineers, Flight Test Engineers, and Supply Chain to manage BOM changes and maintain alignment between the PLM, ERP, and as-maintained data. This role will be responsible for ensuring BOM accuracy and auditability, managing changes in accordance with internal procedures, and enabling efficient downstream processes.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of configuration management processes, familiarity with SAE-649.
• 5+ years of experience in aerospace or other regulated design and manufacturing industry.
• BS in a relevant engineering or quality discipline or equivalent education and experience.
• Experience with Production Lifecycle and Enterprise Resource Planning software (3Dx, Teamcenter, Plex, SAP).
• Familiarity with Requirements, Test, and Change Management software (DOORS, Polarion, JIRA).
• Proficient with 3D CAD Software (Catia/Enovia preferred).
• Strong skills in MS Excel for analyzing and comparing product structures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with internal and external customers.
• High energy, self-motivated, organized, and detail oriented.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with 3D digital thread and/or model-based definition (MBD) environments.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Growth mindset with the ability to think on your feet, suggest solutions, adjust priorities and move forward.

Responsibilities

• Analyze all product design changes and FT issued changes and provide detailed overall hardware, software and test asset impacts for all flight test assets.
• Coordinate, track, and status the review and approval of design and flight test changes to aircraft configurations.
• Maintain intimate knowledge of flight test asset configurations and advise on necessary changes to update bills of material for all flight test assets in all affected databases.
• Author and maintain procedures related to flight test BOM management, flight test instrumentation configurations, and flight test asset configurations to support company and FAA flight test schedules.
• Apply knowledge of change management and product structure management within a product lifecycle management (PLM) tool, preferably 3DXperience.
• Develop training and provide detailed instructions to assist others with flight test BOM management.

Benefits

• $100,000 - $125,000 a year
• Competitive pay based on skills, experience, and industry background.
• Commitment to fair and equitable pay.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees