Senior PLM & PDM Architect: SOLIDWORKS, ERP & MES

parallel; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Systems is seeking a Senior PLM & Manufacturing Systems Engineer to own how our hardware definitions, releases, and builds are managed, with initial focus on SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional administration and implementation of release workflows.

You will integrate PDM with Odoo, design data cards and permissions, and work with engineering and production to scale MES, quality, and serialized traceability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years administering PDM or PLM systems in hardware engineering or manufacturing.
• Deep hands-on SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional administration, including workflows and dispatch.
• Ownership of engineering release and change control processes beyond just the tooling.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP data, BOMs, and routings and how data lands in it.
• Scripting or light development ability to build system integrations (Python, C#/.NET, SQL).
• Experience translating process requirements into system configurations with engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own administration of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional environment, including archive and database servers, vault configuration, replication, backup and restore testing, upgrades, and license administration.
• Design and maintain data cards, workflows, revision schemes, and state-driven permissions reflecting engineering and production workflows.
• Define and implement engineering release and change control, including ECR/ECO workflows and revision control that align with production BOMs.
• Govern CAD and product data standards—part numbering, file naming, templates, Toolbox management, and downstream properties.
• Maintain integration between PDM and Odoo so item masters, engineering BOMs, revisions, and released drawings reach manufacturing without manual re-entry.
• Automate routine administration and data movement using Dispatch, scripting, and APIs.
• Support engineers and production staff—triage issues, onboarding, and documenting system processes.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to deploy MES, quality management, and traceability.

Skills

PDM administration

PLM systems

Scripting

ERP/MRP knowledge

Engineering collaboration

Tools

SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional

Odoo

Python

C#/.NET

SQL

Job description

Parallel Systems is seeking a Senior PLM & Manufacturing Systems Engineer to own how our hardware definitions, releases, and builds are managed, with initial focus on SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional administration and implementation of release workflows.

You will integrate PDM with Odoo, design data cards and permissions, and work with engineering and production to scale MES, quality, and serialized traceability.