Windchill Solution Architect -Implementation

Job Description

Define the enterprise PLM strategy and Windchill architectural blueprint for greenfield environments. Lead PLM discovery, maturity assessments, and process harmonization across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and service. Develop the PLM roadmap, conduct technical reviews, and phased deployment architecture. Present architectural recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders. Create end‑to‑end process architecture including workflows, lifecycles, versioning, and product structure definitions. Ensure the solution adheres to industry best practices. Lead full lifecycle implementation from requirements capture to production rollout. Drive system installation, environment setup, configurations, customization scope, and integration strategy. Oversee data modeling, metadata framework design, and security/ACL architecture. Successfully led at least one (preferably multiple) large-scale greenfield Windchill implementations. Strong domain familiarity in engineering, manufacturing, and product development. Own Windchill solutioning and guide team including: PDMLink, PartLink, MPMLink, and Supplier Management Change management, configuration management, BOM management CAD data management and visualization Architect integrations between Windchill and: CAD tools (Creo, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor) ERP/MES Systems (SAP, etc.) ThingWorx, Navigate, and IoT/digital thread environments WBM (Windchill Bulk Migrator) Define APIs, middleware flows, and integration patterns. Expert-level proficiency in: Windchill architecture & clusters Java/J2EE, Info*Engine, OData, REST APIs Database systems (Oracle/SQL Server) Apache/Tomcat, directory services (LDAP/AD) Establish DevOps/CI-CD approaches for Windchill deployments.

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