Configuration Management Engineer F/H

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Update on 07/09/2026

  • Contract type:  Permanent contract

  • Work time:  Full time

  • Location Rennes

The company

Founded in 2013, Cailabs designs, manufactures, and develops innovative photonic solutions for the space, industry, telecommunications, and defense sectors. A global specialist in laser shaping, the company has accelerated its growth in the space field with turnkey optical ground stations that integrate atmospheric turbulence compensation technology. This makes it one of the first companies to harness very high data rates enabled by optics in a commercial ground station.

Cailabs currently has more than 200 employees, including 41PhDs. With 29 patent families filed, the company is one of the most innovative companies in France. It is headquartered in Rennes, with offices in Paris and Washington (USA).

Post description

Join Cailabs’ Systems Engineering team and play a key role in maintaining product configuration control throughout the entire product lifecycle. 

As a Configuration Management Engineer, you will be at the heart of the interfaces between Engineering, Industrial Operations and Support Functions, with responsibility for ensuring consistency across product configurations, versions and changes. 

This is a newly created position offering the opportunity to build, structure and continuously improve configuration management practices, working closely with teams with complementary areas of expertise. 

Reporting to the Head of Systems Engineering, you will work in a multidisciplinary environment.

Your role will be to ensure consistency across different functions and facilitate effective control of product changes throughout the product lifecycle.

You will be responsible for structuring, deploying and coordinating product configuration management activities. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and implement configuration management rules and processes. 
  • Drive the adoption and application of these rules across the relevant functions. 
  • Ensure consistency across the Sales, Design, Manufactured and Maintained product baselines and repositories. 
  • Manage product versions, baselines and product instances. 
  • Lead product change processes, including Engineering Change Requests (ECRs). 
  • Lead and coordinate impact analyses related to product changes and evolutions. 
  • Deploy and maintain the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. 
  • Ensure consistency and effective interfaces between design and production repositories. 
  • Ensure the accuracy, consistency and ongoing maintenance of technical databases related to product configuration. 

Profile required

You have a technical background and solid professional experience that has enabled you to develop a strong understanding of industrial products and their development lifecycles. 

  • Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Industrial Systems Engineering or a related field, with at least 5 years of experience in an industrial environment, or a technical degree (Bac+2) with more than 10 years of industrial experience. 
  • Strong product and systems engineering knowledge, ideally covering optics, electronics, mechatronics and software. 
  • Strong expertise in product configuration management, Bills of Materials (BOMs) and version control systems. 
  • Proficiency with PLM / ERP tools. 
  • Experience working in multidisciplinary environments. 
  • Experience in systems architecture would be an advantage. 
  • Advanced English proficiency is required. 

Beyond your technical expertise, you are recognized for: 

  • Your rigor in managing and structuring technical information. 
  • Your ability to work effectively with stakeholders from different technical and functional backgrounds. 
  • Your excellent cross-functional communication skills. 
  • Your ability to influence, build consensus and drive topics forward. 
  • Your understanding of both R&D and industrial environments. 
  • Your ability to step back, assess situations objectively and propose pragmatic solutions.

Benefits

  • Regular opportunities for team bonding and social events (annual seminar, team lunches, group games, sports activities, etc.);
  • 100% employer-covered health insurance;
  • A bonus scheme rewarding both collective and individual performance;
  • Joining Cailabs also means having the assurance that everything will be put in place to help you perform, grow, and take on new challenges.

Required languages

  • English English - Level advanced

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Configuration Management Engineer F/H

Permanent contract
Full time
Rennes

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