Aras PLM Engineer & Agile Delivery Lead

Rheem Manufacturing Company; Fort Smith (AR); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Rheem Manufacturing Company seeks a PLM Systems Engineer to lead the development and implementation of Aras PLM solutions across Rheem North America. You will manage the backlog, write user stories, and coordinate with engineering, quality, and project teams to deliver PLM capabilities spanning design to service.

The role requires PLM leadership in an agile environment, experience with Aras Innovator, and strong collaboration skills to align PLM with manufacturing workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of hand on experience in PLM Platforms – preferably in Aras Innovator.
• Knowledge of product lifecycle management principles and agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe).
• Experience with software development processes and competencies in programming languages like C#, .Net, Java script, and SQL.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
• Familiarity to design and develop integrations/ APIs to and from the PLM platform (Aras Innovator)
• Familiarity with manufacturing or industrial products environments and engineering change processes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the PLM Product Owner and business stakeholder to execute Roadmap for PLM and Engineering Systems.
• Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to gather and validate requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams.
• Architect Aras Innovator PLM solutions include data model design, workflows, lifecycle management, permissions, business rules, upgrade strategies and system configuration.
• Coordinate with development teams on sprint planning, delivery, and release management.
• Ensure PLM solutions align with Rheem’s product lifecycle processes, engineering change management, and manufacturing workflows.
• Ensure enterprise integrations are designed, developed and executed across PLM, ERP, PIM, CAD, MES, and Quality systems using APIs, middleware, and data exchange frameworks.
• Partner with Aras developers, solution architects, and integration teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in solution design discussions and review technical approaches for new PLM capabilities, integrations, and enhancements.
• Support development teams by clarifying requirements, validating technical designs, and removing functional roadblocks during sprint execution.
• Collaborate with developers to define data models, business rules, workflows, lifecycles, forms, and security requirements within the Aras platform.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

C# / .NET

JavaScript

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS

Tools

Aras Innovator

Job description

Rheem Manufacturing Company seeks a PLM Systems Engineer to lead the development and implementation of Aras PLM solutions across Rheem North America. You will manage the backlog, write user stories, and coordinate with engineering, quality, and project teams to deliver PLM capabilities spanning design to service.

The role requires PLM leadership in an agile environment, experience with Aras Innovator, and strong collaboration skills to align PLM with manufacturing workflows.