Configuration Manager - Teamcenter

The posting, as Apptronik wrote it

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

The Configuration Manager owns the rules that govern product data in Teamcenter. Every part number, revision, BOM structure, and release state across Apptronik's robot programs runs through the configuration framework this role defines and maintains.

This position is the authority on what a revision means, how configuration maturity is defined, and how configuration status is controlled from engineering development through procurement, manufacturing, delivery, and service. Engineering owns technical design approval; Supply Chain owns sourcing and procurement execution; Manufacturing owns build execution; Quality owns applicable quality controls; and Configuration Management owns the governance, traceability, baselines, and configuration controls that connect these functions..

The role sits within Operations/Supply Chain because configuration control connects engineering release to sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and delivered product. The Configuration Manager ensures that the configuration Engineering releases is the configuration Supply Chain procures, Manufacturing builds, Quality validates, and Apptronik ultimately delivers and supports.

The Configuration Manager is the process and governance owner within Apptronik's Teamcenter environment, partnering with IT Teamcenter administration on system implementation and with Engineering Teamcenter administration on CAD data management and authoring practice. Design velocity is high and will remain high as programs move from prototype to production; this role builds configuration control that supports that pace without imposing unnecessary process on early-stage development.

This is not a Teamcenter system administrator role. The Configuration Manager owns product configuration policy, process, governance, data requirements, and configuration-control practices. IT owns Teamcenter platform administration and technical infrastructure.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Own the configuration management framework in Teamcenter, including part numbering and configuration-suffix schemes, revision rules, working-revision policy, effectivity, and baseline definition.
• Define and administer release-state logic and the item release-to-production workflow, including the attribute completeness requ

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eability through manufacturing, field retrofit, and service.

• Experience managing hardware, embedded firmware, software, and calibration compatibility within a complex product architecture.
• Comfort querying and reporting against PLM data using SQL, Python, or Teamcenter reporting tools.
• A bias toward lean, fit-for-purpose processes.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Information Systems, or related field
• At least 8 years of experience in configuration management, PLM administration, or product data management in a complex hardware environment
• Experience establishing or materially improving configuration-management processes in an NPI-to-production environment strongly preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to periodically work in manufacturing, lab, warehouse, and robot operating environments.
• Periods of sitting at a workstation and working on a computer
• Ability to safely lift and/or move approximately 15 pounds at times.
• Ability to move throughout operational areas and maintain awareness of surrounding people, equipment, and robotic systems.
• Visual ability necessary to operate equipment, monitor robotic systems, and read printed and digital material including engineering drawings
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members during normal operations and when responding to safety or operational concern
• Occasional time on the production floor, including use of required personal protective equipment

*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.