Windchill Solution Architect

Tasks

Role: Sr Windchill Solution Architect

Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany

Position Type: This is a remote role with minimal travel (1-2 visits/Month) to the client location as required.

Must be a German Speaker

Role Summary

The Senior Solution Architect will define the enterprise architecture for the PLM platform and ensure that engineering data, workflows, and integrations are implemented in a scalable and sustainable manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Define overall PLM solution architecture supporting multiple business divisions.
• Design scalable system architecture supporting multiple organizational environments within the PLM platform.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and data governance guidelines.
• Guide system configuration decisions including product structures, lifecycle states, and access models.
• Review solution designs to ensure maximum use of standard platform capabilities.
• Support performance optimization and system scalability planning.
• Define integration strategies between PLM, enterprise resource planning, and manufacturing systems.
• Support architectural decision reviews for major system changes.

Collaborate with business process leaders to ensure system capabilities support operational requirements.

• Provide technical leadership to implementation and configuration teams.

Requirements

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep experience designing enterprise PLM architectures using modern PLM platforms.
• Strong understanding of product data management, bill-of-materials management, and engineering workflows.
• Experience integrating PLM systems with enterprise resource planning and manufacturing systems.
• Ability to balance system standardization with business flexibility.
• Experience leading solution architecture in large global implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
• Extensive experience with enterprise PLM implementations.
• Industry experience in manufacturing or automotive engineering environments.