Configuration & Design Engineer

Job Title/Code:
Configuration & Design Engineer

Department:
Engineering

Reports To:

Engineering Manager

Job Type: Full Time, Exempt

Location:

Concord, CA (On-Site)

At EMCORE LLC, we're committed to attracting and nurturing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about their work. Our employees share a common purpose-supporting our customers' missions while pursuing their own professional growth. We foster an inclusive and engaging workplace culture where innovation, collaboration, and work-life balance thrive. Core to our values is a steadfast commitment to excellence, community engagement, and integrity in everything we do.

EMCORE LLC is a leading independent provider of advanced inertial navigation solutions for the aerospace, defense, commercial, and industrial sectors. As pioneers in fiber optic gyros and Quartz MEMS technologies, we drive innovation across a wide range of navigation applications.

The Configuration & Design Engineer leads EMCORE's change control process, ensuring end-to-end visibility of change activity and accurate, traceable configuration information for all hardware and software products. Working with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, this role releases parts, BOMs, and technical documentation through Windchill (PLM) and Infor Syteline (ERP) in a structured, consistent manner, and drives the development of unified configuration management processes across business units.

The role is critical to product integrity and to scaling the organization efficiently and includes hands-on design engineering support for both next-generation product development and proven production hardware for precision inertial navigation products.

This in-office role is intended for the Quartz MEMS (QMEMS) facility in Concord, CA. However, we are open to filling this position at the Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) facility in Tinley Park, IL. (NOTE - the posted salary range reflects Concord, CA. If filled at Tinley Park, IL, the salary range will be adjusted accordingly). Regardless of office location, functional duties will support both Concord, CA and Tinley Park, IL sites.

Occasional travel (