# PLM & Configuration Manager at Zipline

- Company: Zipline
- What the company does: Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
- Company website: https://flyzipline.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-29
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8031502003?gh_jid=8031502003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-plm-and-configuration-manager/

## About the role

As the PLM & Configuration Lead on our Configuration & Change Management team, you will define and own the configuration management framework that ensures product integrity from early engineering development through mass production and field operations. You will set the strategic direction for how we identify parts, structure bills of materials, manage complex configurations, and govern product releases so hardware changes are accurate, traceable, and ready for implementation. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Establish and enforce configuration identification standards, part-numbering schemas, naming conventions, and revision control practices across engineering and manufacturing teams
- Define multi-level BOM structures and the relationships between engineering BOMs, manufacturing BOMs, and service BOMs
- Establish standards for BOM accuracy, revisions, alternates, effectivity, and traceability across design, manufacturing, and service engineering
- Work closely with the PLM Technical Lead and development team to provide functional requirements, product-data structure definitions, and business logic that guide custom development
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), validate that delivered capabilities meet the original business intent, and lead functional troubleshooting
- Identify and resolve product-data integrity issues across PLM, ERP, and related systems, partnering with Software Engineering when resolution requires tooling changes

Tags: Hardware

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-plm-and-configuration-manager/