Configuration Manager - Teamcenter

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Own the configuration management framework in Teamcenter, including part numbering and configuration-suffix schemes, revision rules, working-revision policy, effectivity, and baseline definition.
• Define and administer release-state logic and the item release-to-production workflow, including the attribute completeness required before a part becomes procurable.
• Define and govern configuration requirements for Design Release, Procurement-Ready, Build-Ready, and Production Release gates at the part, subassembly, and system level. Ensure required drawings, specifications, BOMs, approved sources, manufacturing data, and revision-controlled documentation are complete before material commitment or build execution.
• Define fit-for-purpose configuration controls across Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and Production phases, enabling rapid engineering iteration during development while progressively increasing configuration rigor as the product matures.
• Govern BOM structure and BOM revision behavior, and maintain alignment between EBOM, MBOM, and as-built structures.
• Establish configuration baselines at program milestones and maintain traceability from released configuration to delivered hardware.
• Define the product configuration model necessary to maintain serial-number-level traceability from engineering baseline through procurement, manufacturing, test, shipment, retrofit, and service.
• Establish the relationship between as-designed, as-planned, as-built, and as-maintained configurations and define the authoritative system of record for each.
• Own the change framework at a process level, including ECR/ECO object models, workflow routing, review gates, closure criteria, and deviation and waiver control.
• Ensure engineering changes assess technical, quality, supply, cost, schedule, supplier, inventory, manufacturing, and field/service impacts before implementation.
• Establish change-effectivity and implementation controls, including date, lot, and serial-number effectivity; cut-in/cut-out strategy; and disposition of open purchase orders, supplier WIP, internal WIP, inventory, rework, scrap, use-as-is material, and fielded units resulting from engineering changes.
• Own AVL/AML representation in Teamcenter and its relationship to sourcing, approved-source, and make/buy attributes.
• Write, publish, and maintain configuration management procedures and work instructions, and train engineering, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain personnel on them.
• Serve as the Supply Chain configuration authority for Teamcenter deployment, including data model decisions, migration mapping from previous PLM, and validation of migrated data.
• Build and maintain reporting on configuration health, including incomplete part records, unreleased parts on open purchase orders, and revision alignment between released design and purchased material.
• Define the revision level suppliers are authorized to build to and the method by which controlled data reaches them.
• Develop configuration-health metrics and dashboards including BOM release status, Procurement-Ready and Build-Ready status, incomplete attributes, ECO aging, change implementation cycle time, superseded revisions on open POs, BOM/PO revision mismatches, configuration deviations, supplier acknowledgement compliance, and as-designed versus as-built discrepancies.
• Partner with IT Teamcenter administration on environments, upgrades, licensing, integrations, and security architecture, translating configuration policy into system implementation.
• Partner with Engineering Teamcenter administration to keep design practice and configuration policy aligned.
• Partner with NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Test, and Program Management to ensure configuration readiness is incorporated into build planning and program phase gates.
• Serve as the point of contact for engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program management on configuration questions, change governance, and release readiness.

Skills and Requirements

Required

• Hands-on Teamcenter experience across item and revision structures, BOM management, release statuses, and workflow configuration.
• Demonstrated ownership of a part numbering and revision scheme through real production use, including its edge cases.
• Working knowledge of engineering change processes and change board governance.
• Strong grasp of BOM types and how EBOM/MBOM divergence affects procurement and build execution.
• Demonstrated understanding of as-designed, as-planned, as-built, and as-maintained product configurations.
• Experience managing engineering changes after material has entered procurement, supplier WIP, inventory, or manufacturing.
• Ability to balance configuration rigor with high-velocity NPI development and establish appropriate controls for different stages of product maturity.
• Ability to write procedures teams can follow and to train users across functions.
• Clear written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred

• Experience through a PLM migration or implementation into Teamcenter from Arena, Windchill, Agile, or SAP PLM.
• Electromechanical hardware background including actuators, motors, harnesses, PCBAs, and machined parts.
• Exposure to CMII, AS9100, or ISO 9001 configuration and quality frameworks.
• High-velocity NPI experience where design and build overlap and configuration control has to keep pace.
• Experience supporting Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and production-release processes.
• Experience with serialized products and maintaining configuration traceability through manufacturing, field retrofit, and service.
• Experience managing hardware, embedded firmware, software, and calibration compatibility within a complex product architecture.
• Comfort querying and reporting against PLM data using SQL, Python, or Teamcenter reporting tools.
• A bias toward lean, fit-for-purpose processes.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Information Systems, or related field
• At least 8 years of experience in configuration management, PLM administration, or product data management in a complex hardware environment
• Experience establishing or materially improving configuration-management processes in an NPI-to-production environment strongly preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to periodically work in manufacturing, lab, warehouse, and robot operating environments.
• Periods of sitting at a workstation and working on a computer
• Ability to safely lift and/or move approximately 15 pounds at times.
• Ability to move throughout operational areas and maintain awareness of surrounding people, equipment, and robotic systems.
• Visual ability necessary to operate equipment, monitor robotic systems, and read printed and digital material including engineering drawings
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members during normal operations and when responding to safety or operational concern
• Occasional time on the production floor, including use of required personal protective equipment

*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.