Opening For Windchill Development Lead

Varroc; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Varroc seeks a hands-on Windchill Development Lead to own the technical delivery of PDMLink customizations, workflows, and PLM-SAP integration. You will drive MPMLink enablement, release automation, and governance to reduce external dependency while building internal Windchill capability.

Ideal candidates bring Java/J2EE, REST APIs, and SQL expertise, plus CI/CD in Agile environments. You will mentor engineers, review designs, and ensure upgrade impact across PLM environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Windchill PDMLink customization and development.
• Strong Windchill 12.x experience; exposure to 13.x is a plus.
• Proficient with Java/J2EE, REST APIs, XML, and scripting.
• Experience with SAP integration and PLM data models is preferred.
• G iti Azure DevOps and CI/CD in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery of Windchill PDMLink customizations, workflows, and PLM-SAP integration.
• Lead MPMLink enablement and release automation.
• Govern technical handover, knowledge transfer, and closure of gaps.
• Establish Git practices, branching, tagging, and release discipline across environments.
• Mentor developers and support engineers; maintain reusable assets.
• Assess upgrade impact, technical debt, and remediation.
• Collaborate with SAP teams and implementation partners.

Skills

Windchill PDMLink

Java/J2EE

REST APIs

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Git

Azure DevOps

Tools

Windchill APIs

QuerySpec

OIRs/Lifecycles

SAP integration (ESI/REST/SOAP)

Job description

Role Purpose

The PLM team is building strong in-house technical ownership of the Windchill platform. We are looking for a hands-on Windchill PLM Development Lead to:

• Own technical delivery of customizations, workflows, business rules, and PLM-SAP integration.
• Lead MPMLink enablement and release automation.
• Reduce dependence on external partners through effective technical governance and knowledge transfer.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design

• Translate approved functional requirements into scalable, maintainable, and upgrade-compatible technical designs.
• Assess feasibility, performance, security, integration, and upgrade impact.
• Evaluate standard Windchill capability before proposing extensions or customizations.

Windchill Development

• Build and maintain PDMLink customizations, including workflows and robots, listeners, validators, Data Utilities, form processors, OIRs, lifecycles, business rules, reports, loaders, and UI components.
• Develop and enhance Change Management processes covering ECR, ECO, ECN, deviations, waivers, release workflows, approval routing, and escalations.

PLM-SAP Integration

• Support and improve PLM-SAP integration through ESI, REST/SOAP services, or middleware.
• Troubleshoot interfaces, resolve failed transactions, validate mappings, and improve data-synchronization reliability.

MPMLink Enablement

• Contribute to MPMLink and EBOM-MBOM initiatives, including plant-specific MBOMs, manufacturing structures, process plans, and related integration requirements.

Vendor Governance and Handover

• Review partner-developed code, technical designs, documentation, build and deployment instructions, rollback procedures, and test evidence.
• Ensure complete source-code handover, knowledge transfer, and closure of technical gaps.

DevOps and Release Discipline

• Establish Git practices, branching and tagging standards, build automation in Azure DevOps, source-to-build traceability, and controlled deployment across Dev, QA, Pre-Prod, and Production.

Quality and Technical Debt

• Perform technical RCA, debugging, code review, SQL and API optimization, performance improvement, and release hypercare.
• Assess upgrade impact and maintain the technical debt and remediation register.

Capability Building

• Mentor developers and support engineers, maintain reusable technical assets, and grow internal Windchill capability.

Required Skills

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Windchill PDMLink customization, configuration, and development experience.
• Strong experience with Windchill 12.x; exposure to Windchill 13.x is an advantage.
• Core Java, J2EE, JSP/JSPF, JavaScript, XML, REST APIs, web services, and scripting.
• Windchill APIs, including QuerySpec, persistence, Info*Engine, and Windchill UI frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with workflows, events and listeners, validators, Data Utilities, form processors, lifecycles, OIRs, and Windchill Business Rules.
• SQL on Oracle or SQL Server, including queries, joins, indexes, sequences, functions, procedures, and query tuning.
• Experience with SAP integration through ESI, REST/SOAP services, or middleware.
• Functional understanding of BOM, Part, Document, Change, Lifecycle, Classification, CAD, Publishing, and Visualization processes.
• Git and Azure DevOps, or an equivalent CI/CD toolchain.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong debugging, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Good to Have

• MPMLink and EBOM-MBOM experience.
• Classification, IBAs, and enumerations.
• SUMA or Supplier Collaboration.
• ThingWorx Foundation or Navigate.
• Windchill upgrades, CPS updates, rehost, or data-migration experience.
• Automotive-domain knowledge, including APQP, PPAP, engineering change, and plant-specific BOMs.
• AI-assisted development tools used with appropriate technical review and governance.

Role Success Measures

• Quality and on-time delivery of Windchill enhancements.
• Reduction in production defects and workflow failures.
• Improved PLM-SAP interface reliability and faster failed-transaction resolution.
• Compliance with technical-design, code-review, source-control, and release-governance standards.
• Reduction in technical debt and dependence on external partners.
• Successful vendor code handover and internal knowledge transfer.
• Improved build, deployment, and release traceability across PLM environments.

Why This Role

• Technical ownership of an enterprise PLM platform during a multi-year transformation.
• Direct influence on solution architecture, development standards, release discipline, and engineering ways of working across sites.
• Exposure to PLM-SAP integration, MPMLink, Change Management, DevOps automation, and an upcoming Windchill upgrade.
• Opportunity to build Varrocs internal Windchill technical capability and reusable solution framework.

Who Can Apply

This opportunity is open to internal employees with relevant hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Windchill customization, configuration, or development.
• Java/J2EE enterprise applications.
• PLM or engineering applications.
• ERP (SAP, or enterprise-system integration)

Candidates should demonstrate strong technical problem-solving skills, an understanding of software-development practices, and the ability to work with business teams, infrastructure teams, SAP teams, and implementation partners.