Hardware Sustaining & PLM Engineer — Arena Expert

American Innovations; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

American Innovations seeks a hands-on Hardware Sustaining & PLM Engineer to own Arena PLM for hardware scope, BOM/ECO management, obsolescence and EOL mitigation, and cost-reduction initiatives across field-deployed industrial products. This sustaining-first role collaborates with Operations, Procurement, Quality, and Program teams to keep shipped products buildable and well-documented.

In addition to sustaining duties, the role provides backup for manufacturing test and executes schematic/BOM

Qualifications

• BSEE or equivalent with credible bench / hardware debug experience.
• 4–7 years in sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, or related hardware roles.
• Ownership of BOM, ECO, obsolescence, EOL mitigation, cost reduction, and alternate-part workflows.
• PLM systems experience (Arena preferred; Windchill or equivalent acceptable).
• Manufacturing support and lifecycle management — production sustaining and contract manufacturing coordination.
• Manufacturing test literacy with ECO regression on production test.

Responsibilities

• Own Arena PLM for hardware scope, revision control, and release documentation.
• Maintain sustaining visibility.
• Production support, failure analysis, and field issue resolution.
• Cost reduction initiatives and alternate vendor qualification.
• Execute manufacturing and production test sustaining tasks.
• Build documented backup.
• Escalate changes or test strategies as needed.
• Execute directed schematic/BOM/support tasks - test point additions, sustaining HW changes, prototype support.
• Collaborate on manufacturing-testable design inputs.
• Partner with Operations, Procurement, Quality, ME, and Program Managers on sustaining intake, PAC visibility.

Skills

Hardware debugging

Sustaining engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Lifecycle ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Electronic hardware domain knowledge

Education

BSEE or equivalent

Tools

Arena PLM

Windchill or equivalent

Jira

Altium CAD exposure

Job description

American Innovations seeks a hands-on Hardware Sustaining & PLM Engineer to own Arena PLM for hardware scope, BOM/ECO management, obsolescence and EOL mitigation, and cost-reduction initiatives across field-deployed industrial products. This sustaining-first role collaborates with Operations, Procurement, Quality, and Program teams to keep shipped products buildable and well-documented.

In addition to sustaining duties, the role provides backup for manufacturing test and executes schematic/BOM