As Configuration Lead, you are the central owner of product configuration integrity across the full lifecycle of our semiconductor equipment. You bridge engineering, manufacturing, and service by ensuring that every product variant is defined, controlled, and traceable, from concept through customer delivery and field operation. You are a change driver: you don't just administer processes, you improve them. You lead a team of engineers responsible for configuration management, engineering practices, PLM engineering data management.
You will work on highly complex, precision instruments where configuration errors have real consequences, for yield, for safety, and for customer uptime. You'll have the mandate to mature our configuration practices as we scale, and direct access to the engineers and leaders who make product decisions. This is a role for someone who cares deeply about getting it right, and who can bring others along on that mission.
What you'll do
Configuration Management
Own and maintain the configuration baseline for all assemblies, subassemblies, and top-level product structures
Define and enforce configuration identification, control, status accounting, and auditing (CMII/EIA-649 principles)
Ensure that as-designed, as-built, and as-maintained configurations are consistent and fully traceable
Manage product variants and option structures in collaboration with systems engineering and product management
PLM & Data Governance
Administer and develop the PLM system (e.g. Teamcenter, Windchill, Arena) as the single source of truth for product structure, BOMs, and documentation
Define and govern PLM workflows, naming conventions, numbering schemes, and release processes
Drive PLM adoption across mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams
Identify and resolve data quality issues; continuously improving the health of product data
Change Leadership
Lead the Product Change process end-to-end: intake, impact assessment, approval routing, implementation, and closure
Balance speed and control — ensuring changes reach production and field without causing configuration drift or supply chain disruption
Coach engineers and other stakeholders on writing clear, complete change requests and assessing downstream impact
Cross-functional Collaboration
Work closely with Systems Engineering, D&E system function teams, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Service to align configuration strategy with business needs
Support new product introduction (NPI) by establishing configuration structures early in development
