Configuration Manager (all genders)

Beyond Gravity
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, French, German, Swedish
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Tech stack

Configuration Management
SAP Applications
Software Requirements Analysis
Enovia
Software Version Control
Teamcenter (Software)

Job description

  • Define, implement, and maintain Configuration Management plans, processes, and procedures in accordance with customer requirements and regulatory standard (e.g., ECSS, EN9100).
  • Manage configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.
  • Maintain configuration baselines and ensure traceability between system requirements, design, manufacturing, testing, and delivery documentation.
  • Chair Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) and ensure proper documentation of changes.
  • Work closely with Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Project Management to ensure product integrity and compliance.
  • Ensure that product structures (BOMs, As-Designed, As-Built, As-Planned) are correctly maintained in PLM/ERP tools (e.g., Teamcenter, SAP).
  • Support project reviews (e.g., PDR, CDR, TRR, QR, DRB) by providing configuration and documentation status reports.
  • Establish and maintain the connection between CAPA, nonconformity management, and configuration/change management processes across the entire product life cycle to ensure consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Main Tasks:

  • Receive, control, and process product configuration change requests
  • Coordinate Change Review and Change Control Boards for evaluation and approval
  • Assess technical, schedule, and cost impacts of product changes
  • Verify implementation and effectiveness of approved configuration changes
  • Monitor and report configuration change performance (KPIs)
  • Maintain and improve CM policies, processes, and procedure
  • Deliver training and awareness on configuration and change management

Most important output:

  • Preparation of Change Review Board and Change Control Board agendas, facilitation of meetings, and issuance of minutes of meeting (MoM)
  • Maintenance and update of product configuration data ensuring full traceability
  • Approve product Design Packages and Logistic Packages
  • Definition and tracking of product configuration and change management KPIs
  • Development and maintenance of Product Change Instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Delivery of training and awareness sessions on product configuration and change management processes

Requirements

Do you have experience in SAP?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, Aerospace, or related field.

  • At least 3-5 years of experience in Configuration Management or related areas in aerospace, defence, or complex engineering environments.
  • Experience with PLM/ERP tools (e.g., Teamcenter, SAP, ENOVIA).
  • Strong understanding of engineering documentation, product structures, and version control principles.

Nice to have's:

  • Good knowledge of ECSS-M-ST-40 and ECSS-Q-ST-10 standards.
  • Experience in other Space companies
  • Any further language (German, French and Swedish) beyond English is a strong asset

Benefits & conditions

  • We live a hands-on mentality and take suggestions for improvement seriously
  • Attractive employment conditions (contribution to public transport, trainings and development opportunities, full paid maternity/paternity leave and many more)
  • Flexible and mobile working and at least 5 weeks of vacation with possibility to buy additional vacation

About the company

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we're helping to improve life on earth. Your crew: Join our Quality department and collaborate with a dynamic team where curiosity, continuous improvement, and a passion for space drive everything we do. With colleagues from six different nationalities, we bring diverse perspectives and a collaborative mindset to our work. Together, we embrace challenges, innovate, and grow every day. In this dynamic environment, you'll be able to contribute from day one and help shape the future of space. Workplace is in our Site at Emmen & Zurich-Circle

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