Job Description

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.

TheLeadPLM Configuration Engineer is anindividual contributor responsible for disciplined configuration control and lifecycle governance of all CAD models, BOMs, and technical documentation within the PLM system. This role acts as the system authority ensuring data integrity,traceabilityand alignment across mechanical, electrical, and documentation domains throughout concept, NPI, production and sustaining phases.

The position owns revision management, baselining, effectiveness, and ECR/ECNworkflows, preventing data divergence while enabling scalable, repeatable engineering operations. The role is critical to supporting customer audits, compliance requirements, and product lifecycle traceability in complex,configurationdrivenproduct environments.

Job Title Lead PLM Configuration Engineer

Organization Data Center Infrastructure Team

Location Austin, TX - or Remote *

*Requires up to 25% domestic and/or international travel (rare)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PLM Ownership & Configuration Control

• Own and executeend-to-endconfiguration control for CAD models,BOMsand technical documentation within the PLM system.
• Act as the authoritative source and gatekeeper for released product data, preventing uncontrolled changes, orphanedrevisionsor data misalignment.
• Ensure consistent application of revision rules, lifecyclestatesand releasecriteria across all engineering artifacts.
• Maintain tight synchronization between CAD structures,EBOMsand released documentation.

Engineering Change & Lifecycle Execution

• Own and enforce ECR/ECNworkflows, ensuring changes are properly justified, reviewed, approved and traceable.
• Manage effectivity,as‑builtvs.as‑designedalignment and revision applicability across programs and product variants.
• Support rapid yet disciplined execution of engineering changes without compromising configuration integrity or audit readiness.
• Ensure historical traceability of changes across the full product lifecycle.

Librarian & Data Governance Functions

• Perform PLM librarian functions, including structure management, metadata accuracy, accesscontroland data hygiene.
• Define and enforce naming conventions, numberingschemesand classification rules.
• Identifyand resolve configuration discrepancies, duplicate records and data integrity risks.
• Serve asescalationpoint for complex configuration or releaseconflicts.

Cross‑DomainAlignment

• Partner closely with mechanical and electrical CAD engineers to ensure alignment between designs, BOMs and documentation at release
• Work with manufacturing, quality, supplychainandproductionteams to ensure released data supports downstream execution and traceability.
• Participate as a technical contributor in design reviews, releasereadiness reviews, and change control boards.

Audit Readiness & Traceability

• Ensure PLM data structures support customer audits, compliance reviews and internal governance requirements.
• Provide traceable, auditablerecordslinking requirements, designs, changes and released configurations.
• Support customer andthird-partyaudits by producingaccurateconfiguration histories andimpactassessments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years ofhands-onexperience in PLM, configuration management or product data governance in complex engineering environments.
• Deep working knowledge of PLM systems(e.g., Windchill, Teamcenter, Agile,etc.),releaseworkflowsand engineering change processes.
• Demonstrated experience enforcing configuration discipline across multi-domain engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of CADBOMdocument relationships and lifecycle alignment.
• Ability tooperateindependently as aseniortechnical authority.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting complexelectromechanicalsystems (e.g., cooling systems, CDUs, industrial infrastructure).
• Background in NPI and sustaining engineering environments with frequent design change.
• Experience supporting customer, regulatory or quality audits.
• Familiarity with configuration challenges associated with product variants,optionsand regional differences.

Core Competencies

• Seniorlevel handson PLM execution
• Relentless discipline around configuration integrity
• High attention to detail and procedural rigor
• Strong systems thinking across mechanical, electrical and documentation domains
• Ability to enable speed without sacrificing governance
• Independent technical ownership without managerial responsibility​

About the Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) Team:

The DCI team consists of technical subject matter experts who specialize in end-to-end large scale physical infrastructure that powers and enables modern data centers. This includes power distribution systems such as transformers, substations, generators, switchgear, switch panels, busways, ATS units, EDPM, BMS systems, and control panels, as well as cooling solutions ranging from traditional evaporative and indirect cooling systems to emerging liquid cooling technologies including chillers, heat exchangers, CDUs, pumps, and secondary fluid networks. The team also addresses the mechanical structures that house these systems - hot aisle containment, steel enclosures, blanking panels, cable trays, and fiber and networking infrastructure.

The DCI team operates as a cross-industry center of excellence, partnering primarily with various cloud providers across the industry. Team members function as deeply technical subject matter experts who engage directly with customers and supply chain partners to assess requirements, identify challenges, and design infrastructure solutions end-to-end. The ideal contributor brings engineering-level expertise in either power or cooling disciplines, a working knowledge of the full infrastructure dependency chain, and the ability to translate that expertise into clear recommendations and collaborative problem-solving with both technical and business stakeholders.

The pay range for this role is $105,100 - $189,200. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: June 01, 2026.As part of the total rewards package, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on performance. In addition, Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health, wealth, and resilient self. These include medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment; 4 weeks of paid parental leave; in 2026, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly; 401(k) retirement plan; and employee stock purchase plan.BE AWARE OF FRAUD: When applying for a job at Jabil you will be contacted via correspondence through our official job portal with a jabil.com e-mail address; direct phone call from a member of the Jabil team; or direct e-mail with a jabil.com e-mail address. Jabil does not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. Jabil will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number, birth certificate, financial institution, driver’s license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail. If you believe you are a victim of identity theft, contact the Federal Bureau of Investigations internet crime hotline (www.ic3.gov), the Federal Trade Commission identity theft hotline (www.identitytheft.gov) and/or your local police department. Any scam job listings should be reported to whatever website it was posted in.

Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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