Integrated Solutions Release & Configuration Engineer at Wabtec in Melbourne, VIC

Job description

Summary: The Integrated Solutions Release & Configuration Engineer serves as the subject matter expert for release and configuration management across integrated Digital Intelligence solutions. This role is responsible for defining, maintaining, and improving the processes, controls, and technical baselines that govern software, specifications, interfaces, requirements, and deployment artifacts across multiple constituent systems. Working independently and leading through influence, the position partners with Product Management, Program Management, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Quality, Cybersecurity, DevOps, and Field Services to ensure integrated solutions are released with traceability, consistency, and operational readiness. The role provides technical leadership on release planning, configuration integrity, audit readiness, and lifecycle governance while driving continuous process improvement and best practices across the organization. Experience & Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline. Typically 8+ years of experience in release management, configuration management, systems engineering, DevOps, product lifecycle management, or a related technical discipline. Demonstrated experience managing software and documentation baselines throughout an engineering lifecycle. Experience coordinating complex, multi-product releases across cross-functional engineering organizations. Working knowledge of configuration management standards and practices, including SAE EIA-649, ISO 10007, IEEE 828, or equivalent frameworks. Experience with requirements and lifecycle management tools such as IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (DOORS Next), Polarion, Jama Connect, or similar platforms. Experience with source control, build, and release tools including Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, Nexus, or equivalent solutions. Experience with PLM, document control, and service management platforms such as Teamcenter, Windchill, SharePoint, or ServiceNow. Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across a matrixed environment. Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements, establish best practices, and lead initiatives with limited guidance. Experience in transportation, industrial automation, safety-critical systems, or other regulated industries preferred. Advanced degree and/or certifications such as PMP, INCOSE CSEP, CMII, ASQ CQE, ITIL, or SAFe preferred. Responsibilities: Lead the execution and continuous improvement of release and configuration management processes for integrated solutions spanning multiple products and systems. Establish and maintain configuration identification and baseline definitions for software, requirements, specifications, interfaces, architecture artifacts, test assets, deployment packages, and supporting documentation. Maintain traceability across requirements, constituent-system versions, interface revisions, change records, verification evidence, and deployed configurations. Facilitate solution-level change control and release readiness activities, ensuring technical impacts, dependencies, risks, and deployment considerations are appropriately evaluated. Develop and coordinate integrated release plans that align delivery schedules, dependencies, version compatibility requirements, and deployment readiness across participating product teams. Manage controlled release and distribution of technical specifications, requirements, interface definitions, architecture documentation, verification artifacts, and release records. Partner with engineering, quality, cybersecurity, and testing teams to verify release candidates satisfy established technical, quality, and compliance requirements. Publish and maintain authoritative release manifests, solution Bills of Materials (BOMs), compatibility matrices,