Strategic PLM Architect: Digital Product Lifecycle

East Penn Manufacturing - Deka Batteries; Lyons (Berks County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance and benefits

Retirement Savings Plan with company 3

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

East Penn Manufacturing seeks a seasoned PLM Solution Architect to lead the design, deployment, and governance of PLM systems across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT. You will drive digital engineering initiatives to support the full product lifecycle from concept through retirement.

The role partners with Product Management, Operations, and Data Governance to standardize processes, optimize change management, and deliver scalable PLM solutions enterprise-wide.

Qualifications

• Typically, with more than 10 years of Engineering experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of product development processes and engineering change management.
• Experience working in manufacturing and product development environments preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner and architect of the PLM ecosystem.
• Define and maintain PLM strategy, roadmap, standards, and governance.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and IT to align PLM capabilities with business objectives.
• Lead enterprise PLM implementations, upgrades, migrations, and optimization initiatives.
• Design and maintain system architectures supporting product structure, BOM, document management, change management, and configuration management.
• Define integration strategies between PLM and ERP/MES/CAD/CRM and data warehouses.
• Develop and maintain PLM data models, workflows, security, and business rules.
• Support engineering change management processes, including change requests and releases.
• Establish data governance practices for accuracy, consistency, traceability and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

PLM Systems

Engineering Change Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt

Business Process Analysis

Data Governance

Project Management

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Technical Leadership

MS Office Proficiency

Education

Engineering/Computer Science degree

Tools

Teamcenter

Windchill

3DEXPERIENCE

Arena

Propel

CAD/ERP Integration

SQL/Data Modeling

Job description

East Penn Manufacturing seeks a seasoned PLM Solution Architect to lead the design, deployment, and governance of PLM systems across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT. You will drive digital engineering initiatives to support the full product lifecycle from concept through retirement.

The role partners with Product Management, Operations, and Data Governance to standardize processes, optimize change management, and deliver scalable PLM solutions enterprise-wide.