CAD Systems & Standards Architect

Laitram LLC

United States

Remote

USD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Intralox, a division of Laitram LLC, seeks an experienced CAD Administrator to manage and continuously improve our enterprise CAD environment. This role serves as the primary liaison between Engineering and Digital Technologies (DT), ensuring stability and data integrity across the product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will bring expert Autodesk Inventor experience, CAD standards, PLM/PDM integration skills, and a focus on automation.

Qualifications

CAD drafting and design certification or equivalent experience.
Minimum 10 years expertise with CAD software.
Experience supporting enterprise CAD environments.
Working knowledge of PLM and CAD integrations.
Experience with CAD standards development, implementation, and governance.
Strong understanding of revision control, document management, and engineering change processes.
Experience creating and maintaining CAD templates, symbol libraries, and design standards.
Experience with Inventor iLogic and CAD automation technologies.
Knowledge of engineering drawing and documentation standards.

Responsibilities

Administer, configure, maintain, and support CAD software.
Coordinate with DT on software deployments, updates, licensing, hardware, network performance, and system reliability.
Troubleshoot complex CAD modelling issues and provide advanced recommendations and industry best practices.
Support CAD implementations, upgrades, integrations, and system enhancements.
Develop and maintain CAD drafting, modeling, and documentation standards.
Manage templates, title blocks, drawing formats, symbols, notes, component and material libraries.
Establish CAD data exchange standards for customers, suppliers, and external partners, including STEP and IGES.
Ensure compliance with ISO, ASME, AWS, and company engineering standards.
Support CAD integrations with PLM/PDM systems, including Windchill.
Manage engineering data structures, naming conventions, revision control, and file storage strategies.
Support engineering release, document control, and change management processes, including ECRs and ECNs.
Collaborate with DT and PLM teams to maintain data integrity and system reliability.
Develop and maintain automation solutions using Inventor iLogic, VB net, AutoLISP, and other scripting technologies.
Automate repetitive tasks and improve engineering productivity through standardized workflows.
Identify and implement opportunities to improve engineering processes, data quality, and system efficiency.
Evaluate emerging technologies and support digital engineering and transformation initiatives.
Serve as the primary technical liaison between Engineering, DT, PLM/PDM, and Project Management for CAD-related initiatives.
Provide technical leadership for CAD implementations, upgrades, and process improvements.
Support engineering configurators and related digital engineering tools.
Represent engineering requirements in CAD strategy, governance, and technology decisions.
Develop and maintain CAD standards, user guides, SOPs, and best practices.
Provide onboarding, training, and mentoring for CAD users.
Promote consistent adoption of CAD standards, workflows, and efficient design practices.
Support mechanical drawings and assemblies, electrical schematics, pneumatic diagrams, and P&IDs.
Support design validation, including Autodesk Inventor FEA workflows and best practices.
Ensure engineering documentation meets applicable technical and quality requirements.