Configuration Management Engineer

Position:
Configuration Management Engineer

Company:
Optics11

Location:
Netherlands

Employment type:
On-site

Short Summary:
We are looking for a Configuration Management Engineer to ensure our product baselines, engineering data, and released configurations remain accurate, traceable, controlled, and ready for development, manufacturing, and product release.

Responsibilities:
- Own and maintain the Product Baseline and Configuration Baseline throughout the product development lifecycle, from concept through release and manufacturing readiness.
- Manage product structures, configuration baselines, BOMs, CAD packages, assemblies, drawings, engineering documentation, released design data, and configuration records.
- Ensure approved engineering outputs, technical decisions, design changes, and release data are accurately reflected in controlled product documentation and released baselines.
- Maintain consistency, traceability, release status, and data integrity across product structures, BOMs, CAD models, assemblies, drawings, engineering documentation, and configuration records.
- Support engineering change processes by assessing change impact, implementing approved changes, resolving conflicts, and ensuring accurate documentation and release.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve inconsistencies, documentation gaps, baseline integrity issues, configuration conflicts, and configuration-related risks.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to support configuration reviews, release activities, integration work, and timely technical decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvements in configuration management, engineering data quality, baseline control, design integration practices, product development workflows, and overall engineering execution.

Requirement:
- BSc or MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in product development, configuration management, design integration, engineering data management, or multidisciplinary engineering environments.
- Strong experience with CAD systems, product structures, and large multidisciplinary assemblies.
- Strong understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), configuration management principles, and baseline control.
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Eligible for EU/NATO security clearance.
- Currently residing in the Netherlands with the legal right to work without requiring visa sponsorship or a work permit.

Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Enjoy regular team activities and company events.
- Fresh team lunches provided 3 times/week.