Lead PLM & Configuration Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

• Own end-to-end configuration control for CAD models, BOMs, and technical documentation within the PLM system.
• Ensure accurate revision management, baselining, effectivity, lifecycle states, and release readiness across all engineering artifacts.
• Maintain alignment between CAD structures, EBOMs, MBOMs, and released documentation.
• Serve as the authoritative source for released product data, ensuring integrity, traceability, and audit readiness.

• Own and enforce ECR/ECN workflows, ensuring changes are properly reviewed, approved, and traceable.
• Manage as-designed versus as-built alignment across product variants and lifecycle phases.
• Coordinate engineering release activities across mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, quality, and documentation teams.
• Drive resolution of configuration, release, and data quality issues to support program schedules and business objectives.

• Lead release readiness reviews, change control boards, and cross-functional working sessions.
• Facilitate prioritization, action-item tracking, and issue resolution across engineering teams.
• Identify and remove blockers, manage dependencies, and drive accountability without direct supervisory authority.
• Apply Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or similar execution methodologies to improve engineering workflow efficiency and predictability.

• Define and enforce naming conventions, metadata standards, classification structures, and release criteria.
• Resolve configuration discrepancies, duplicate records, and data integrity issues.
• Continuously improve PLM, configuration management, and release processes to increase engineering velocity and data quality.
• Develop and maintain configuration management standards, best practices, and governance procedures.

• Ensure PLM data structures support customer audits, compliance requirements, and quality management systems.
• Maintain traceable records linking requirements, designs, changes, configurations, and released products.
• Support customer, regulatory, and internal audits through configuration history, impact analysis, and documentation retrieval.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of experience in PLM, configuration management, or product data governance within complex engineering environments.
• Deep understanding of PLM systems, engineering change processes, and release workflows.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional engineering activities across multiple disciplines.
• Strong understanding of CAD, BOM, document control, and lifecycle relationships.
• Proven ability to drive technical execution, prioritize work, and achieve closure without formal management authority.

• Experience supporting complex electromechanical products, such as cooling systems, power distribution equipment, or industrial infrastructure.
• Background in NPI and sustaining engineering environments with frequent design changes.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Jira, Azure Dev Ops, or similar…