PTC Windchill Technical Architect

Accenture; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 55,104 - 88,166; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a PTC Windchill Technical Architect in Canada. You will provide technical and domain expertise on Windchill projects, help define requirements, and configure applications per the technical design. Expect significant interaction with English-speaking stakeholders across Canada and travel up to 50%.

The role requires 5+ years with Windchill/PTC products and a Computer Science degree. Strong communication and team leadership are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience programming with Windchill or other PTC products, including Java.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• English required for cross-Canada stakeholders across Canada.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and domain expertise on complex Windchill projects.
• Participate in requirements gathering and specifications creation.
• Design support, develop: configure applications based on design.
• Deployment/Implementation: diagnose defects and implement plan details.
• Documentation: document the configuration and architecture.
• Validation tests: conduct unit, functional and integration tests.
• Meet travel requirements, up to 50%.

Skills

Windchill programming

Java programming

English communication

Team management

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Tibco

WebSphere

SOA

Job description

About us

We embed innovation, intelligence and sustainability in the way the world makes things and the things it makes. Industry X enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future. We define Industry X as digital reinvention of manufacturing / engineering and believe that smart, sustainable, connected digital products and assets are about to create hyper-personalized industrial experiences, completely new levels of operational efficiency, transparency and traceability, tangible impact on sustainability and brand-new sources of revenue growth. Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.

Our role

In your role within our Industry X team, you’ll help clients take advantage of significant market opportunities as digital technology moves into the core of industry in product development and manufacturing environments. You’ll help them transform their product, manufacturing and product related services value chains in Products, Communications, Media, High Tech, Aerospace & Defense, Chemicals, Mining, Oil & Gas and Utilities. As part of Accenture Digital, you’ll benefit from tailored career management and specialist skills that will fuel your ambitions in the Industry X space.

Responsibilities of the PTC Windchill Technical Architect

• Provide Technical- and Domain-Expertise on complex projects.
• Participate in requirements gathering and specifications creation.
• Participate in the technical design, supporting the technical architect.
• Development: configure the applications based on the functional and technical design.
• Deployment / Implementation: Diagnose and resolve defects. Contribute to, and prepare, implementation plan details. Execute the implementation plan.
• Documentation: Document the configuration and architecture.
• Validation Tests: Conduct unit testing and functional and integration testing, including preparation of test cases/scenarios and test data.
• Maintenance: Analyze, design and produce solution enhancements.
• Coaching of workstream team(s).
• Successfully supporting the management team in different project workstreams.
• Programming: Write new, or modify existing, process extension based on physical design and/or programming specifications. This includes documenting the code.
• Reporting: Progress status and issues.
• Meet travel requirements, up to 50%.

Basic Qualifications

• 5 + years of professional experience programming with Windchill or other PTC products, including programming with JAVA.
• Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science or related degree.
• English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders across Canada. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• API development.
• Systems Implementation methodology knowledge (Agile Methodology, Waterfall).
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) concepts and solutions.
• Internet of Things (IoT) concepts and solutions.
• (PLM) PTC Windchill, PDMLink, ProjectLink and MPMLink.
• (PLM) Integration experience with other enterprise applications like SAP / Salesforce ERP, etc. using Tibco, WebSphere, SOA, or other enterprise application integration solutions.
• (PLM) Windchill Bulk Migration and/or Data integration experience.
• (IoT) IoT Technologies including: RFID, Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Cisco, Axeda, ThingWorx, WindRiver, SCADA, M2M, AI, 2lemetry, AWS, Azure.
• (IoT) IoT Field Tech Device/sensors, M2M SCADA, edge computing, Wireless comm protocols.
• Able to comfortably manage multiple tasks, communicate status, elevate issues and juggle competing priorities.
• Strong team player with a “can do” attitude, and the flexibility to jump in wherever needed.
• Self-starter with a bias toward action and the ability to produce results.
• Team management experience.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Collaboration skills.
• Flexibility.
• Time management skills.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full‑time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Information on benefits is here:

• Role Location Hourly Salary Range
• British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $39.71 to $63.75