Integrated Solutions Release & Configuration Engineer

Wabtec • Cedar Rapids, FL

6d • $104,800 - $149,300

About The Position

The Integrated Solutions Release & Configuration Engineer is the subject matter expert for release and configuration management across integrated Digital Intelligence solutions. The role defines, maintains, and improves processes, controls, and technical baselines governing software, specifications, interfaces, requirements, and deployment artifacts across multiple constituent systems.

Working independently and leading through influence, the engineer partners with Product Management, Program Management, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Quality, Cybersecurity, DevOps, and Field Services. The position provides technical leadership in release planning, configuration integrity, audit readiness, and lifecycle governance, while advancing continuous process improvement and organizational best practices.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline and typically 8 or more years of related experience. An advanced degree, relevant certifications, and experience in transportation, industrial automation, safety-critical systems, or other regulated industries are preferred. The listed salary range is $104,800–$149,300. Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met. The role may also include other duties outside the employee’s function or trade, with adequate training provided if necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 8 or more years of experience in release management, configuration management, systems engineering, DevOps, product lifecycle management, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience managing software and documentation baselines throughout an engineering lifecycle.
• Experience coordinating complex, multi-product releases across cross-functional engineering organizations.
• Working knowledge of configuration management standards and practices, including SAE EIA-649, ISO 10007, IEEE 828, or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience with requirements and lifecycle management tools such as IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (DOORS Next), Polarion, Jama Connect, or similar platforms.
• Experience with source control, build, and release tools including Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, Nexus, or equivalent solutions.
• Experience with PLM, document control, and service management platforms such as Teamcenter, Windchill, SharePoint, or ServiceNow.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements, establish best practices, and lead initiatives with limited guidance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in transportation, industrial automation, safety-critical systems, or other regulated industries.
• Advanced degree.
• Certifications such as PMP, INCOSE CSEP, CMII, ASQ CQE, ITIL, or SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution and continuous improvement of release and configuration management processes for integrated solutions spanning multiple products and systems.
• Establish and maintain configuration identification and baseline definitions for software, requirements, specifications, interfaces, architecture artifacts, test assets, deployment packages, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain traceability across requirements, constituent-system versions, interface revisions, change records, verification evidence, and deployed configurations.
• Facilitate solution-level change control and release-readiness activities, ensuring technical impacts, dependencies, risks, and deployment considerations are evaluated.
• Develop and coordinate integrated release plans aligned with delivery schedules, dependencies, version compatibility requirements, and deployment readiness across product teams.
• Manage controlled release and distribution of technical specifications, requirements, interface definitions, architecture documentation, verification artifacts, and release records.
• Partner with engineering, quality, cybersecurity, and testing teams to verify release candidates meet technical, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Publish and maintain authoritative release manifests, solution Bills of Materials (BOMs), compatibility matrices, configuration records, and deployment documentation.
• Conduct configuration status accounting, audit preparation, and configuration verification to ensure released solutions align with approved baselines.
• Support deployment readiness, release authorization, rollback planning, post-release validation, and reconciliation of field changes into controlled baselines.
• Analyze release, deployment, and configuration issues; lead root-cause investigations; and drive corrective actions to improve release quality and configuration integrity.
• Mentor project teams on configuration management, release management, traceability, and lifecycle best practices while promoting automation and process standardization.
• Perform other duties outside the employee’s function or trade as requested; adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits are available; details are provided at mywabtecbenefits.com.
• Annual bonus may be available if eligible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior