Staff Configuration Management Engineer
Location: Mountain View, California
Type: Permanent
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Work Authorization: Unable to sponser H1
Number of Openings: 1
Job Description & Skill Requirement
As part of the S3 organization, act as a Configuration Management (CM) Specialist for a novel type of aircraft development targeting the autonomous UAM (Urban Air Mobility) market.
Responsibilities:
• Define and own the CM plan and processes (configuration identification, baseline management, change control).
• Define, create, and control baselines (development, integration, release) for all software configuration items.
• Standardize Git/GitLab workflows (branching, MR approvals, tagging, releases).
• Ensure reproducible builds and controlled toolchains.
• Govern release configuration items across teams in the S3 organization.
• Establish and support change control (PR/CR/CCB), including logging and reviewing all proposed changes to baselined configuration items, and ensure proper impact assessment and authorization of implementation.
• Ensure traceability across requirements, code, and tests.
• Ensure accurate recording and reporting of the status of all CIs, including approval status, version history, and change implementation progress.
• Prepare and support audits (evidence, configuration records).
• Enable teams via guidelines, training, and automation.
• Drive initiatives to continuously improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and maturity of the CM processes.
Requirements:
• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, with a minimum of 10 years of experience, including at least 5 years in configuration management.
• Experience with CM in safety-critical or regulated environments.
• Solid knowledge of DO-178C (or equivalent).
• Strong Git-based workflow experience (e.g., GitLab).
• Experience defining and governing processes across multiple teams.
• Understanding of traceability, baseline management, and change control objectives.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and able to work with a cross-functional team.
Desired:
• Experience with CI/CD and build reproducibility.
• Experience setting up and managing a CI/CD pipeline for safety-critical systems.
• Familiarity with requirements and life-cycle data management tools.
• Experience working across multiple systems on a single product.
Qualification
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)