Configuration Management

About Us:

At MRA Systems, our employees have amazing opportunities to work on advanced technologies and systems that support thousands of customers and millions of people worldwide every day. From the first flight across the Pacific Ocean to developing highly complex structures for the most popular aircraft in the world, we have come a long way always with a can-do approach to problem solving while delighting customers with our high say-do ratio. We are looking for people with innovative ideas and the drive to help us grow into the future.

Job Summary:

This role involves leading configuration management activities and managing configurations of nacelles and aerostructures throughout the product lifecycle.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide configuration management of nacelle and aerostructure assemblies and components.
• Develop, maintain, and ensure adherence to configuration management plans in support of the design development and production processes.
• Interface with customers, partners, suppliers, and internal functions to establish configuration baselines.
• Coordinate and track configuration changes and compliantly process engineering changes.
• Chair program Configuration Change Boards to review change requests, determine change classifications and impacts to the business, and drive the engineering change process.
• Execute product processes to ensure configuration control throughout the product lifecycle.
• Perform and support configuration management audits as required.
• Generate, control, and maintain documentation of configuration management data relative to configuration changes and audits.
• Drive team to meet the KPIs for Configuration Management Processes.
• Review configuration management process effectiveness and efficiency and drive continual process improvement with internal functions as well as with customers and suppliers, to meet product and program requirements.
• Facilitate and ensure proper implementation of CM process in Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) system.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, business, IT or Information/Data Management with a minimum of 5 years relevant work experience.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong analytical and organization ability with attention to details and thoroughness with documentation.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work with Integrated Product Teams and interact with customers.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
• Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Ability to address and manage conflict.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite like Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated experience in a PLM system to manage configurations.

MRAS is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value.