PLM Engineer

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Chennai, India is seeking a PLM Engineer to manage Windchill PLM and CAD data across the product lifecycle, ensuring accuracy and governance.

You will lead data migration efforts, perform data clean-up, and collaborate with Engineering teams to map requirements, validate data, and train users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on Windchill PLM and Creo experience.
• Knowledge of Windchill configuration and customization.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Windchill PLM data management and CAD data governance.
• Extract data from legacy systems and map migration scope.
• Develop data clean-up processes and verify data quality.
• Review CAD models for completeness and compliance.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to define migration timelines.
• Create migration plans with data mapping, transformation, and validation.
• Provide user training and ongoing Windchill support.

Skills

Windchill PLM

Creo

PLM/PDM concepts

Data migration

Data mapping/validation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering

Job description

The PLM Engineer will play a key role in managing, improving, and migrating engineering data within PTC Windchill. This position supports Engineering and Design teams by ensuring accurate, consistent, and high‑quality CAD and product data throughout the product lifecycle. As a Windchill and CAD data expert, the PLM Engineer will drive data clean‑up initiatives, enable smooth system migrations, and help establish best practices for PLM governance and CAD data management across the organization.

How you’ll make an impact

Serve as a key contributor and subject‑matter expert for Windchill PLM and CAD data management activities.

Extract and collect product and CAD data from multiple design and legacy systems in collaboration with business stakeholders.

Develop, implement, and continuously improve data clean‑up processes and procedures to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data in Windchill.

Review CAD models and assemblies to ensure they are complete, accurate, and compliant with company standards and engineering procedures.

Collaborate closely with Engineering and Design teams to understand requirements and provide hands‑on support for Windchill CAD management. Partner with stakeholders to define data migration scope, requirements, timelines, and success criteria.

Develop and execute detailed migration plans, including data mapping, transformation, validation, and post‑migration verification.

Work with legacy system owners to extract required data while ensuring data integrity throughout the migration process. Identify, analyze, and resolve data quality issues such as missing, incomplete, or inconsistent information.

Create and maintain documentation related to CAD clean‑up and migration activities, including reports, progress summaries, and process improvement recommendations.

Provide training, onboarding, and ongoing support to end users on Windchill usage and data quality best practices.

Actively contribute to improving PLM processes, standards, and automation opportunities.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable internal procedures, engineering standards, and data governance guidelines.

Live the organization’s core values of safety, integrity, and accountability, taking responsibility for your actions while caring for colleagues and the business.

Your background

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering or a related field with 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Strong hands‑on experience with PTC Creo and Windchill PLM. Solid understanding of PLM/PDM concepts and Windchill system architecture.

Experience with data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation techniques. Proven experience in Windchill data migration and CAD data clean‑up projects.

Good knowledge of Windchill PLM configuration and customization.

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a high attention to detail.

Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively in a fast‑paced environment.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Proficiency in both spoken and written English language.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission‑critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.