Senior Configuration Manager

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

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About The Position

Anduril is seeking a Senior Configuration Manager to be an integral partner to their Product and Program Teams. This role involves defining configuration management plans, ensuring engineering change requests are properly documented and processed, and managing program configuration data for critical design gate reviews. The Senior Configuration Manager will also lead critical configuration management activities and forums, such as the Technical Review Board and Change Control Board, driving discussions to decisions and communicating outcomes. Additionally, the role is responsible for analyzing product baselines, supporting configuration management reviews and audits, and performing periodic audits of as-built records. This position requires a cross-functional facilitator to manage and implement engineering changes, working closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain teams to understand impacts and devise mitigation strategies. The Senior Configuration Manager will serve as the expert resource for Engineering Release and Change Management standards, modeling the use of Teamcenter software, providing guidance on Bills of Materials, defining schema for product configuration management tools, and developing training programs. This role also contributes to defining the future of digital engineering at Anduril by partnering with engineering teams to set requirements, build an end-to-end digital thread, mentor Configuration Management Analysts, and leverage AI tools to enhance efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years of proven direct product configuration management experience (Product structure, parts, drawings and requirements management).
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience working in a high rigor environment (aerospace, automotive, security systems, medical devices, nuclear, etc.).
• Familiar with configuration management principles and practices.
• Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) and/or data management toolsets for configuration management of complex products
• Possess high attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – you must have an ability to synthesize complex quantitative data into clear decision statements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• AA/AS or BA/BS in an engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Nuclear, Manufacturing etc.)
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
• Ability to obtain and hold a US Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience in aerospace industry
• Proficient in technical writing of processes and procedures
• Experience with Teamcenter, Teamcenter Requirements, Teamcenter Quality, Confluence & JIRA.
• Database skills with SQL, queries, etc.
• Certification in CM2 or equivalent configuration management certification.
• Security clearance (S, TS)

Responsibilities

• Defining the configuration management plans for key programs.
• Ensuring that all engineering change requests are appropriately documented, reviewed, approved, and communicated in a timely manner.
• Generating, populating, and submitting change requests including manage compilation and synthesis of impact analyses.
• Executing and implementing change notices (ensure that the checklist of change implementation activities fully completed, including validating the completion of changes to the Engineering and Manufacturing Bills of Materials, and setting effectivity for changes).
• Generating insights into the integrity and efficacy of the change process, including calculating the cost of change, tracking the speed and rate of rework of changes, etc.
• Managing and curating the program configuration data needed for critical design gate reviews including PDR, CDR and MRR.
• Setting agendas for configuration management meetings (Technical Review Board, Change Control Board etc.) ahead of time.
• Organizing and managing critical configuration control forums (the Change Review Board, the Change Control Board) including scheduling, owning the agenda, and vetting facilitation of materials (business cases, inventory disposition recommendations, effectivity analyses etc.).
• Leading the change control board meeting and driving discussions to decisions.
• Communicating and distributing conclusions and decisions made in configuration management forums (CCB, TRB etc.).
• Working with Configuration Management Analysts to ensure that that critical data is captured, recorded and distributed (decisions recorded, ECRs and ECNs populated, implementation checklists written etc.)
• Analyzing product baselines (EBOM, MBOMs etc.) in Teamcenter for compliance to industry and organization standards.
• Supporting configuration management reviews and audits, including FCA/PCA and provide direction before, during and after the events to prevent or resolve issues.
• Performing periodic audits of as-built records as product definition data in Teamcenter (EBOM, MBOM etc.)
• Working with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain teams, to understand proposed design changes and their impact.
• Working with stakeholder teams (Engineering, Manufacturing etc.) to conduct thorough impact assessments to identify potential risks and implications of proposed changes, working closely with stakeholders to devise mitigation strategies.
• Modelling the use of Teamcenter software to manage Engineering changes, including part revisions, EBOM/MBOM/SBOM updates, documentation modifications, and associated workflows.
• Providing guidance and support to Engineering teams in configuring the Engineering, Manufacturing and Service Bills of Materials (EBOM, MBOM, SBOM).
• Defining schema for product configuration management tools and (i.e., 150% EBOM, product configuration).
• Developing and implementing training programs for Engineering teams to ensure understanding and compliance with change management processes and tools.
• Identifying and championing continuous improvement of change management workflow processes and tools.
• Partnering with engineering teams to set requirements and identify improvement opportunities in existing ways of working.
• Building an end-to-end digital thread from that maintains an accurate product definition, system by system, from the definition of requirements to the as maintained record.
• Mentoring and developing configuration management analysts.
• Leveraging AI tools to drive increased speed, accuracy, and efficiency in Anduril’s configuration management activities.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• top-tier benefits for full-time employees
• comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree