Configuration Manager - Military Flight Controls Division

Position Summary

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient and increasingly sustainable flight for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people with deep engineering expertise, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

As a member of our team, you are instrumental in fulfilling our mission: ‘Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.’ Pursuing a career at Parker presents unlimited opportunities for both professional and personal development. Working with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, your contributions will be pivotal in developing innovative technologies and products, significantly contributing to Parker’s goal of addressing the world’s most pressing engineering challenges.

At Parker, our team members belong, matter and make a difference.

Supporting aircraft worldwide, Parker Aerospace’s Military Flight Controls Division (MFCD) provides primary and secondary flight control systems that make flight possible. Tested, proven and trusted in commercial and military applications for decades, MFCD provides precise position-control actuation solutions for military aircraft across the United States and with foreign partners. The division’s Jet Pipe electrohydraulic servo valve (EHSV) technology is used across commercial and military aircraft around the world.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, the Military Flight Controls Division is the global leader in fly‑by‑wire flight control systems and electrohydraulic products and offers the world’s most advanced motor design capabilities for flight controls.

Ensures timely and efficient completion of engineering projects to achieve company, customer, and product reliability and cost objectives. Has overall responsibility for leading configuration management of projects, including development and legacy projects. Is responsible for technical scope, cost and schedule management of assigned projects/tasks. Plans, schedules, and coordinates efforts of the configuration management team and is accountable to track team performance metrics and make plans to meet operational targets.

Serves as a technical advisor on configuration and data control, in alignment with AS9100 and industry standards. Must leverage project management and leadership skills to gain a thorough understanding of the organization’s processes and customers in order to maintain configuration and data compliance across all project platforms.

Have indirect or matrix responsibility to guide the technical work of a high performing team to achieve engineering operations metrics. Has regular and frequent internal interface to present project status; may be the primary contact with other divisions or groups in the same Community of Practice.

• Primary technical resource for configuration management of all new development and legacy products.

• Define and control product configuration baselines during product development, qualification, and production. Ensure only approved product configurations are released to the production and operations functions.

• Supports Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCA).

• Manages the Change Control Board for all part affecting documents. Is the subject matter expert for all configuration and change control issues.

• Lead the document control team using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools.

• Ensures consistent engineering standards, processes, and documentation methods are used in project deliverables.

• Uses a lean mindset to identify process and procedure gaps by reviewing technical project requirements and creating process maps.

• Develops or updates processes and coordinates process implementation teams.

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