Senior PLM & PDM Systems Architect

Parallel Systems; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Systems is hiring a Senior PLM & Manufacturing Systems Engineer in Los Angeles to own the PDM environment and release control. You will design data cards, workflows, and permissions that reflect how engineering and production work together.

The role expands to MES, quality management, and serialized traceability as production scales, while you drive automation and system integrations. You will guide engineering data movement from PDM to Odoo, ensure accuracy of item masters and BOMs,

Qualifications

• 5+ years administering PDM or PLM systems in hardware engineering or manufacturing.
• Deep hands-on SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional administration, including workflow and Dispatch.
• Ownership of engineering release and change control processes.
• Experience with ERP/MRP data: item masters, BOMs, routings and how engineering data lands in it.
• Scripting or light development to build/maintain integrations (Python, C#/.NET, SQL) and REST/XML-RPC APIs.
• Translate process requirements into system configuration with engineers and production.

Responsibilities

• Own administration of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional environment, including archives, vaults, replication, backups, upgrades, and license administration.
• Design and maintain data cards, workflows, revision schemes, and state-driven permissions.
• Define and implement engineering release and change control, including ECR/ECO workflows and released-state protection.
• Govern CAD and product data standards — part numbering, file naming, templates, Toolbox, and custom properties.
• Maintain integration between PDM and Odoo so item masters and BOMs move to manufacturing without manual re-entry.
• Automate routine admin tasks via Dispatch, scripting, and PDM/Odoo APIs.
• Support engineers and production staff: triage issues and train new users.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Eng, Quality, and Supply Chain to deploy MES and other infrastructure.
• Serve as technical authority on PDM and configuration control for as-built and as-designed data.

Skills

SOLIDWORKS PDM

Scripting

Python

C#/.NET

SQL

ERP/MRP data

Change control ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Odoo

PDM

SOLIDWORKS

REST APIs

Job description

Parallel Systems is hiring a Senior PLM & Manufacturing Systems Engineer in Los Angeles to own the PDM environment and release control. You will design data cards, workflows, and permissions that reflect how engineering and production work together.

The role expands to MES, quality management, and serialized traceability as production scales, while you drive automation and system integrations. You will guide engineering data movement from PDM to Odoo, ensure accuracy of item masters and BOMs,