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POSITION SPECIFICS
Your working location will be fully on-site located in State College, PA.
We are searching for a self-motivated Engineering Configuration Manager to join our Project Management and Controls Department within our Undersea Systems Office (USO) at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. USO designs, develops, validates, and maintains a suite of large-scale undersea warfare models and simulations used by technology developers, analysts, the Navy, and its allies. We serve as a research center of excellence in undersea weapons, unmanned undersea vehicles, and advanced sonars. This role will include management and maintenance of hardware and software configuration items and related engineering documentation; support product development, manufacturing handover, takeover, and help guide efforts and product life cycle.
ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.
You will:
Work closely with other stakeholders, both internal and external to the organization; participate in internal and external customer meetings
Provide technical leadership to resolve configuration management issues during product and project lifecycles
Evaluate and facilitate orderly management of technical and/or engineering changes to hardware, software, and technical data
Develop and provide training, advice, and guidance for the integration of new technologies, environment, and processes to the engineering departments
Work regularly with ARL IT personnel to maintain and configure tools on server(s) and clients, manage licenses, establish a level of automation if possible and access controls
Assist in the selection and evaluation of the best technology to support program development, assist in defining processes and standards, and maintain required documentation to be implemented at the Undersea Systems Office level
Additional responsibilities for higher-level position includes:
Facilitate the creation, maintenance, and delivery of complete Technical Data Packages (TDPs), ensuring all required design documentation, specifications, drawings, software artifacts, and supporting records are accurate, complete, and properly controlled
Ensure configuration documentation aligns with sponsor requirements, applicable federal standards, cybersecurity requirements, and internal laboratory policies, including Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) handling where applicable
Utilize and/or recommend configuration management tools and systems to support configuration identification, change control, status accounting, and audit reporting
Conduct configuration audits and reviews (functional and physical) to verify that system configurations, deliverables, and documentation accurately reflect approved baselines and contractual requirements
Develop, maintain, and publish configuration status accounting reports, audit findings, and compliance documentation for internal stakeholders and sponsor reporting
Collaborate with engineers and project teams to ensure configuration items are properly defined, tracked, and updated throughout development, integration, and delivery phases
Review engineering, software, and system…