Engineering Configuration & Data Management Specialist

Assured Space Access Technologies, Inc. is a defense and engineering firm delivering phased array, radar, RF payload, and secure communications solutions to government and prime contractor customers. We are headquartered in Irvine, California. The Engineering Support team supports the material, documentation, and coordination work across our engineering organization so engineers can stay focused on engineering.

Team: Engineering Support

Location: Irvine, CA (on-site)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. An active clearance is preferred.

Base Salary Range: $85,000 – $100,000

Position Summary

Assured Space’s engineering data — part numbers, revisions, drawings, bills of material, and the documents that define them — is growing faster than the controls around it. Across two product lines and a supplier base of machine shops, PCB fabricators, and component distributors, the cost of a supplier building to the wrong revision or a program planning against a stale bill of material is measured in weeks. This role exists to make the released data the trusted data.

As Engineering Configuration & Data Management Specialist, you own part master data and document integrity in the company’s ERP, PLM, or document control system, administer the engineering change process, and control released engineering documentation so that what a supplier is quoting or building to is what engineering released. You are the person engineers ask when they need to know which revision is current, and the person who makes sure they do not have to ask.

This is not a design role and not a quality engineering role. Engineers own technical content; you own that the content is controlled, released, and reaches the right people in the right revision.

Key Responsibilities

• Own engineering part master data and document integrity — part numbers, descriptions, revisions, drawings, bills of material, lead times, and associated records — held to a published data standard, with accountability for accuracy.

• Administer the engineering change process: log engineering change requests and orders, route for review and approval, update affected baselines and bills of material, notify affected suppliers and internal stakeholders, and verify implementation.

• Control released engineering documentation — revision control, release, distribution, and archive — and maintain the authoritative record of what is released, to whom, and when.

• Reconcile bills of material against drawings and against purchased material so that mismatches between what was released, what was ordered, and what arrived are caught before they reach a build.

• Maintain supplier-facing technical data packages and ensure suppliers are working from current released revisions; coordinate with the expediting function on revision-related discrepancies.

• Handle export-controlled technical data in accordance with company ITAR and EAR procedures, including marking, access control, and distribution.

• Define and document the data standard, the change process, and the release procedure as written work instructions, and train engineers and support staff to them.

• Produce configuration status reporting — open changes, pending releases, baseline status — for engineering leads and program reviews.

• Support audits and customer data requests with traceable, retrievable configuration records.
  

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years in configuration management, product or item data management, document control, or a comparable role with direct accountability for data integrity across multiple systems.

• Demonstrated ownership of item, product, or part master data held to a published data standard, with accountability for accuracy.

• Experience defining or enforcing a data standard across teams that do not report to you.

• Experience managing a high-volume queue against accuracy metrics and deadlines.

• Strong Excel skills; working proficiency in a BI or reporting tool such as Tableau or Power BI.

• Clear written communication, including authoring procedures and training material.

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent additional experience.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.

• Ability to work on site in Irvine, CA.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace, defense, or electronics manufacturing environment.

• Experience with a PLM or document control system such as Arena, Windchill, Teamcenter, or an ERP with engineering data modules (NetSuite, Epicor, Costpoint).

• Familiarity with engineering drawings, ASME Y14.100 drawing practices, bills of material, and revision control.

• Experience administering an ECR / ECO process under formal configuration management.

• Working familiarity with AS9100 / ISO 9001 document control requirements and ITAR / EAR technical data handling.

• CM2 or CMPIC certification.
  

What We Offer

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) with company matching.

• Paid time off and company-observed holidays.

• Professional development support, including certification and training relevant to your specialty.

• Company-sponsored security clearance processing.
  

Equal Opportunity

Assured Space Access Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.