ABOUT KRAKEN KINETICS

Kraken Kinetics designs and manufactures advanced kinetic solutions that enable modern warfighting capabilities for the United States Armed Forces and its allies. We specialize in mission-tailored warheads and firing systems for unmanned and autonomous weapon platforms, delivering production-ready solutions at speed to address urgent national security challenges.

Our team brings decades of specialized Department of War experience across the full lifecycle of kinetic system development—from concept and design through testing, manufacturing, and operational deployment. Built on a foundation of work that helped lead the DoW into the era of kinetic drones, Kraken Kinetics combines commercial agility with deep technical expertise to deliver DEFINITIVE LETHALITY™ when it matters most.

POSITION SUMMARY

Kraken Kinetics is seeking an Engineering Configuration Management Specialist to coordinate and administer the release, control, and maintenance of engineering documentation throughout product development, production, and sustainment.

This role will serve as the coordinator for engineering releases, engineering change orders (ECOs), and product configuration management, ensuring that technical documentation is complete, properly reviewed, formally approved, and maintained as a controlled product baseline.

The position will play an important role in implementing and maturing Kraken's engineering release and configuration management processes, with Arena PLM serving as the primary system for managing released engineering information.

We are looking for a detail-oriented, process-minded individual who is comfortable taking ownership of day-to-day activities while helping establish practical, scalable workflows. This is a hands-on position that requires strong organizational skills, technical aptitude, and the ability to work effectively across engineering and production teams.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate the preparation, review, approval, formal release, and archival of engineering documentation, including drawings, BOMs, firmware releases, specifications, test procedures, and related technical records.

Help establish, standardize, and improve engineering release, document control, and configuration management practices as the organization grows.

Assemble and administer engineering release packages, verifying completeness of documentation, revision consistency, and required approvals before formal release.

Administer engineering change request (ECR) and engineering change order (ECO) workflows, including change documentation, review coordination, approval routing, and formal closure.

Work with responsible engineers to ensure affected technical documentation is appropriately updated and released following approved engineering changes.

Maintain accurate, traceable product configurations, including relationships between part numbers, revisions, BOMs, firmware versions, and supporting documentation.

Track provisional or limited production releases, coordinating outstanding documentation requirements and closure activities with responsible stakeholders.

Maintain controlled engineering records and administer release and change management activities within Arena PLM.

Coordinate the communication and handoff of released engineering information to Operations, Production, Supply Chain, and other downstream stakeholders.

Identify documentation gaps, configuration discrepancies, incomplete change records, and process breakdowns, coordinating resolution or escalation as appropriate.

Support technical review, change review, and engineering approval processes.

Collaborate with Engineering and Operations to improve the accuracy and flow of engineering information into downstream business systems, including NetSuite ERP.

Coach engineers and operations associates on how the various procedures work and advise them as to which procedures are applicable to the current task.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

Experience in engineering document control, configuration management, product data management, manufacturing documentation, or a related technical support role.