Engineer V, Configuration Management

Location: Rockville, Maryland / Gaithersburg, Maryland; 4–5 days in office. Standard hours are 8:00am–5:00pm ET, Monday–Friday, with up to 10% travel as needed.

Salary: $185,000–$210,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops advanced nuclear energy technology and manages complex engineering and product development programs.

What you will do

• Oversee configuration and data management across multiple projects, including planning, identification, change control, status accounting, verification, audits, and data management.
• Review hardware and software changes and ensure updates are evaluated, approved, documented, and incorporated into controlled configuration baselines.
• Maintain configuration status records, parts and revision lists, product baselines, and lifecycle traceability data, including serial and lot numbers.
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, and data control teams to keep approved design information and released engineering changes aligned.
• Conduct configuration audits and assessments, identify discrepancies, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous process improvement.
• Develop digital tools, databases, and workflow processes to improve configuration data accuracy, accessibility, and visibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in configuration management, engineering change control, document control, product data management, or a related discipline.
• Experience managing configuration records, engineering changes, traceability data, product lifecycles, and systems engineering activities in complex technical environments.
• Strong understanding of configuration baselines, change control, status accounting, audits, traceability, data integrity, and controlled documentation.
• Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations, preferably in regulated or safety-critical industries such as nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, or advanced manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office and digital configuration or enterprise systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with configuration management standards and practices such as ISO, ANSI, or CMII.
• Experience with PLM, especially Teamcenter, as well as ERP systems such as Costpoint or SAP and MES platforms.
• Experience implementing configuration databases, workflow automation, document traceability systems, and cross-functional change adoption.
• Experience in nuclear, aerospace, defense, medical device, or other safety-critical environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with an office-based work schedule.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance and paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development support.