PLM Platform Architect — Windchill & Migrations Lead

Hunter Fan

Memphis (TN)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Hunter Fan in Memphis, TN seeks an IT Engineering Platforms Architect to lead strategy, architecture, delivery, and sustained operations of our PLM and related engineering platforms centered on Windchill products. You will own the PLM platform architecture and roadmap, translate requirements into scalable Windchill designs, and lead upgrades, performance tuning, and data migrations.

This role demands 10+ years in IT for Engineering/R&D, strong program management, and the ability to run

Qualifications

10+ years in IT for Engineering/R&D, with progressive responsibility across platform architecture and program/project management.
8–10+ years hands‑on PTC product utilization (Windchill, PDMLink, SolidWorks, Creo) covering configuration and targeted customization (lifecycles, workflows, OIRs, policies, data utilities).
Proven leadership of end‑to‑end data migrations into Windchill (Bulk Migrator/Loader; PL/SQL or equivalent), including reconciliation and validation plans.
Integration experience with ERP/CAD/MES; strong understanding of BOM/part structures, change management, and release processes.
Strong stakeholder management and executive communication; ability to lead onsite/offshore teams.

Responsibilities

Own the PLM platform architecture and roadmap; define reference architectures, system boundaries, integration patterns, security/role models, and SLAs across dev/test/prod.
Translate engineering and manufacturing requirements into scalable Windchill designs (PDMLink, ProjectLink), including object model, lifecycles, workflows, and versioning strategies.
Lead Windchill upgrades (e.g., patches, feature packs), performance tuning, and capacity planning.
Run the PLM program as a portfolio: build business cases, budgets, and multi‑release plans; manage vendors/SIs and an onsite–offshore delivery model.
Establish governance, KPIs/OKRs, and change‑control; provide clear status, risk/issue management, and executive communications, aligning to defined IT process and procedures, where applicable.
Architect and oversee integrations
Lead engineering data migrations (assessment, extraction, cleansing/transform, validation, cutover).
Drive ITIL‑aligned operations (incident, problem, change), user administration, license optimization, and compliance (e.g., SOX, export/ITAR as applicable).
Mentor admins/developers; establish best practices, standards, and documentation.