CHAOS Industries - Principal Configuration Management Specialist

• Establish, maintain, and audit product baselines (functional, allocated, and product) across hardware and software configuration items throughout the program lifecycle. • Manage the Engineering Change Proposal/Request (ECP/ECR) process, including impact assessment coordination, Configuration Control Board (CCB) support, and disposition tracking. • Maintain configuration status accounting and traceability across requirements, design documentation, drawings, software builds, and test/qualification records. • Ensure as-designed, as-built, and as-maintained configurations remain synchronized and auditable. • Support compliance with customer and regulatory requirements relevant to aircraft, missile, or sUAS programs (e.g., AS9100, DO-178C/DO-254 configuration aspects, ITAR/EAR documentation control). • Prepare for and support internal audits, customer configuration audits (Functional Configuration Audits/Physical Configuration Audits — FCA/PCA), and government reviews. • Set up and administer configuration management tools/systems (e.g., PLM/PDM systems such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar; DOORS or other requirements management tools) to control engineering data and change records. • Coordinate cross-functionally with design engineering, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management on change impacts, effectivity, and implementation. • Manage configuration item (CI) identification, numbering schemes, and revision control across hardware, software, firmware, and technical documentation. • Support release management for engineering drawings, specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and software version control. • Serve as the senior CM point of contact for one or more programs, representing CM in program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer engagements. • Support proposal efforts with CM plan development, staffing estimates, and lessons-learned input.