CAD PLM Engineer Solutions Architect

The CAD PLM Engineer Solutions Architect is responsible for designing, maintaining and continuously improving the CAD/PLM solution landscape, with a strong focus on 3DEXPERIENCE, CATIA, SAP integration and other engineering data flows.

The role translates business, engineering, race operations and manufacturing requirements into robust, scalable and supportable technical solutions. It provides user support on PLM and CAD topics, provides trainings and ensures that CAD/PLM processes, integrations and system configurations support fast, reliable product development in a high-performance motorsport environment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert support to designers, engineers and key-users for PLM and CAD issues, working methods, data quality and process related issues
• Administrate, configure and continuously improve the CAD/PLM system and related processes, methods, workflows and system capabilities across 3DEXPERIENCE, CATIA and related engineering platforms
• Independently execute projects related to the CAD/PLM system, processes and interfaces
• Coordinate internal stakeholders and external suppliers, define technical concepts, define integrations and automation requirement
• Provide specifications and implementation approaches in alignment with engineering, race operations, manufacturing, SAP and IT architecture
• Support and/or independently execute 3DExperience platform release upgrades (including upgrade of customizations, testing, deployment and hyper-care activities) ensuring stable operation and minimal business disruption

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Informatics or a comparable discipline
• At least 5-10 years of experience in minimum two of the following CAD/PLM fields: user support, administration, continuous improvement, design/engineering, solution architecture in complex engineering environments
• Strong practical knowledge of modern CAD/PLM platforms, ideally 3DExperience (or CATIAV6), including configuration, working methods, workflows, CATIA knowledge for CAD related methodologies and issues
• Experience with CAD/PLM integrations, engineering data management, release processes, change processes, release upgrades and supplier-led implementations
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience working with engineering, manufacturing, IT and vendor stakeholders
• Knowledge of PLM integration with ERP systems (ideally SAP), BOM management, data migration
• Custom 3DExperience 3D Dashboard widgets development and familiarity working with REST APIs (plus if experience developing using 3DExperience native APIs.)
• Structured, analytical and pragmatic approach to problem solving and decision making
• Strong ownership, follow-through and ability to drive topics from concept to implementation
• Comfortable in working in a dynamic, high-pressure environment with competing priorities and short delivery cycles
• Fluent in English; German knowledge will be beneficial