Configuration & Product Definition Engineer (Motor Systems)

About the role

The Configuration & Product Definition Engineer owns the technical definition, configuration, and product data for our UAV propulsion motors. They work closely with motor design, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and sales teams to manage product variants, engineering bills of materials, winding configurations, approved component options, material selections, and customer-specific motor configurations.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering configuration management for UAV propulsion motors and motor component assemblies.
• Maintain engineering bills of materials, approved material selections, approved component options, winding configurations, and product configuration records.
• Own motor datasheets, technical specifications, winding databases, product definition documents, and released engineering records.
• Work with engineering teams to define and manage motor variants, product families, and customer-specific configurations.
• Support sales teams and customers by rapidly standing up new motor configurations and product variants.
• Participate in customer discussions to help define custom propulsion system requirements and configuration options.
• Evaluate proposed supplier, material, component, and process changes from an engineering perspective.
• Act as the primary engineering representative for supplier substitutions, component approvals, material changes, and alternate source qualification activities.
• Carefully coordinate validation activities required to qualify alternate suppliers, materials, components, and manufacturing processes.
• Work closely with supply chain teams to ensure engineering intent is correctly implemented within procurement and manufacturing systems.
• Support maintenance of manufacturing bills of materials alongside supply chain and production teams.
• Maintain product structures, part numbering systems, specifications, and configuration records supporting production and customer programs.
• Manage product data, engineering change workflows, and release processes within Arena PLM.
• Help establish scalable product definition and configuration management processes that support both standard catalog products and rapidly customized customer solutions.

Requirements

• 3-5 years industry experience in mechanical engineering, product engineering, configuration management, engineering operations, or a related technical discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering field.
• Strong understanding of mechanical systems, manufacturing processes, materials, and engineering documentation.
• Experience working with engineering bills of materials, product structures, engineering changes, and product configuration management.
• Experience maintaining technical specifications, product datasheets, engineering documentation, or released product definitions.
• Ability to evaluate technical tradeoffs involving performance, manufacturability, cost, quality, and supply chain risk.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across engineering, sales, manufacturing, quality, procurement, and supply chain teams.
• Practical engineering mindset with the ability to make sound technical decisions while supporting business objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience with electric motors, UAV propulsion systems, rotating machinery, or precision electromechanical products.
• Experience managing configurable products with multiple product variants, winding options, or customer-specific configurations.
• Experience with Arena PLM or similar product lifecycle management systems.
• Experience supporting engineering change processes, supplier qualification activities, or component approval workflows.
• Experience evaluating suppliers, materials, manufacturing processes, or quality improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with global supply chains and contract manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to aerospace, defense, robotics, UAV, or other high-reliability industries.
• Experience supporting new product introduction and rapid customization of engineering products.

Skills

• Strong mechanical engineering judgment.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and supply chain realities.

Benefits

• Equity is included for all exempt positions.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits.
• 401(k).
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid Holidays.
• Daily Catered Lunches.