Senior Analyst, Calibration and Configuration

Mach Industries is seeking a Senior Analyst, Calibration and Configuration to make measurement equipment accurate, traceable, and ready for use. You will build and deploy Mach's calibration framework, including an accurate equipment inventory, calibration records, service-provider coordination, and a risk- and data-informed approach to calibration intervals. You will also support configuration management across growing programs by helping teams understand BOM status and track upcoming changes by serial-number effectivity. The common thread is data integrity: equipment and product records should have a known status and a clear history. This role works across Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Test, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and external calibration laboratories. The work is hands-on and requires regular engagement with measurement equipment, calibration certificates, engineering change records, and technical users in Huntington Beach, Victorville and San Luis Obispo. This is not a role focused on adding layers of process for process's sake. We are looking for someone who can keep records clean and controls simple, so teams can trust their equipment and their configuration data while the organization keeps moving quickly. Key Responsibilities Calibration • Build and deploy Mach's calibration program for measurement tools used across engineering, manufacturing, test, inspection, and operations. Establish the initial inventory, ownership, status, traceability, and recordkeeping workflow. • Manage the equipment lifecycle from selection, procurement, registration, and deployment through calibration, repair, retirement, and replacement. • Develop a practical framework for recommending calibration intervals, methods, traceability requirements, and status controls based on intended use, risk, environment, measurement needs, stability, and historical performance. Intervals should be evidence-based and need not default to one year; coordinate acceptance criteria with the responsible technical owners. • Review calibration certificates and historical results to identify drift, recurring failures, out-of-tolerance trends, overdue equipment, and opportunities to improve calibration intervals. • Review out-of-tolerance results and assemble equipment history, affected measurements, and traceability data. Partner with Design Engineering and Quality to support impact assessment and track actions; Design Engineering retains technical disposition authority. • Define equipment-selection criteria based on intended use, measurement range, accuracy, environment, resolution, reliability, maintainability, and total cost of ownership. • Coordinate internal and external calibration activities, including scheduling, vendor qualification, service-level expectations, certificate review, and issue resolution. • Create and deploy a controlled calibration register and workflow, then maintain equipment identification, location, ownership, use, status, history, certificates, and traceability within the evolving quality and asset-management environment. Configuration Analysis • Support visibility into the product-definition baselines for two programs of record by reviewing drawings, specifications, and BOM status and reporting discrepancies to the accountable engineering owners. • Track engineering change requests and orders through review, approval, release, and implementation. Develop a lightweight tool to show upcoming changes by serial-number effectivity and overloaded BOM. Design Engineering retains technical approval and configuration-release authority. • Support change-control forums by preparing agendas, capturing decisions and minutes, tracking open actions, and reporting upcoming changes to the responsible program and engineering teams. • Support configuration audits and reconciliations between engineering records, manufacturing records, and as-built or as-delivered hardware; document discrepancies and route them to the accountable owners for resolution. • Maintain traceability between requirements, product definition, released documentation, and serialized or lot-controlled hardware. • Support document and data-control workflows in the PLM/PDM and QMS environment as it is developed, keeping revision and status information accurate without assuming technical release authority. • Coordinate document-control support for customer deliverables by tracking accountable owners, due dates, required formats, revision status, and release readiness. Provide guidance on document-control expectations; technical content and approval remain with the responsible teams. Reporting and Cross-Functional Support • Develop dashboards and reports that communicate calibration health, equipment availability, calibration cost, certificate trends, interval effectiveness, configuration status, and open change activity to technical and operations leaders. • Partner with Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Test, Quality, and Operations to resolve calibration and configuration issues and keep records current. • Support investigations into calibration, configuration, and product-quality findings by gathering records, history, and evidence. Provide relevant measurement data to Design Engineering and Quality, including context for understanding GD&T against functional requirements; technical dispositions remain with the accountable engineering owners. • Travel 35% a month Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical science, manufacturing, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience. • 5+ years of relevant experience in calibration, metrology, measurement systems, hardware quality or test, configuration management, or a related technical role in a hardware environment. Candidates are not expected to have 5+ years in both calibration and configuration management; meaningful calibration and measurement-system experience is important for this calibration-first role. • Knowledge of calibration principles, measurement traceability, equipment suitability, and calibration certificate interpretation. • Experience analyzing calibration and equipment-history data to identify drift, recurring failures, out-of-tolerance trends, and measurement risk. • Experience selecting, qualifying, maintaining, and controlling measurement tools and equipment based on intended use and technical requirements. • Working knowledge of configuration management practices, including baselines, engineering change control, document and drawing release, and revision control. • Strong attention to detail and the ability to keep accurate records and work with minimal supervision. • Ability to coordinate technical users, external laboratories, suppliers, and cross-functional teams while maintaining timely program execution. Preferred Qualifications • Experience managing calibration programs in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical, automotive, or other regulated manufacturing environments. • Familiarity with AS9100 and measurement traceability practices. • Experience building or improving calibration registers, asset-management workflows, or quality-system processes. The calibration system and PLM/PDM/QMS environment are being developed; prior experience with Mach's current platform is not expected. • Hardware configuration-management experience, including BOM status, serial-number effectivity, change tracking, or configuration audits. • Configuration management certification (for example, CMPIC or an equivalent). • Strong written communication and document-management skills. • Experience building calibration processes or controls from the ground up in a startup, high-growth manufacturing, or rapidly changing hardware environment. Additional Requirements • Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed. ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. Engineer $100,000-$120,000 USD