Configuration Management - Specialist - Powertrain

<div class="content-intro"><p>Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.</span></p></div><h1><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h1> <p>As the Configuration Manager embedded within the Powertrain engineering group, you will own the configuration integrity of Archer's electric battery-powered propulsion system — from individual components through the aircraft-level assembly. You will be the CM expert that the powertrain team relies on daily, combining deep product familiarity with rigorous configuration management discipline. Your success is measured by the accuracy and traceability of powertrain BOM structures, the quality of change packages entering the Change Review Board, and the reliability of your coordination with supply chain and manufacturing to execute approved changes.</p> <ul> <li>Own and maintain the powertrain BOM structure in the PLM system, including component configurations, assemblies, and sub-assemblies across all build states</li> <li>Define and manage effectivity for propulsion system hardware, aligning component configurations to aircraft serial numbers, block changes, and program milestones</li> <li>Maintain configuration traceability between powertrain items and the aircraft-level BOM, ensuring changes are reflected accurately at the top-level assembly</li> <li>Establish and maintain powertrain configuration baselines for design, development, test, and production</li> <li>Partner with powertrain engineers to plan changes, define scope, identify affected configuration items, and determine appropriate effectivity windows</li> <li>Facilitate change implementation planning with supply chain to address cut-in points, parts disposition, and procurement impacts</li> <li>Coordinate with manufacturing to define retrofit and forward-fit requirements for approved engineering changes</li> <li>Partner with the central Configuration Management team to ensure powertrain data aligns with enterprise CM standards and audit requirements</li> <li>Perform functional and physical configuration audits for propulsion system hardware</li> <li>Generate and maintain configuration status accounting reports for program management and leadership visibility</li> <li>Investigate and resolve BOM discrepancies, effectivity conflicts, and data integrity issues in the PLM system</li> </ul> <h1><strong>What You Need</strong></h1> <ul> <li>3+ years of configuration management experience at an aerospace or automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier</li> <li>Hands-on experience managing hardware BOMs and product structures in a PLM system (Teamcenter, Windchill, Enovia, or equivalent)</li> <li>Understanding of effectivity methods — unit, serial number, and date-based — and their application to hardware change management</li> <li>Experience coordinating change implementation across supply chain and manufacturing stakeholders</li> <li>Familiarity with engineering change processes (CRs, CNs, ECOs, ECNs) from initiation through release and close&