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Senior PLM Windchill Solution Architect

Techridge, Inc.United States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 17 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Position Overview
We are looking for a Senior PLM Windchill Solution Architect to lead a strategic, customer-facing PLM engagement for a leading Medical Device / Life Sciences organization.
The ideal candidate will be a senior techno-functional architect with strong PTC Windchill PLM expertise and experience owning end-to-end architecture, technical governance, integrations, migration, validation, AMS, and customer stakeholder management.
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Lead end-to-end PTC Windchill PLM solution architecture and technical governance.
  • Act as a senior customer-facing architect and trusted technical advisor.
  • Work with IT, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and business stakeholders.
  • Lead architecture/design discussions, solution walkthroughs, estimation, scope discussions, and technical reviews.
  • Provide architecture oversight for Windchill PDMLink, ThingWorx/Navigate, Change Management, Document Management, BOM Management, CAD integrations, migration, and validation.
  • Govern Windchill AMS/support, incident management, RCA, recurring issue reduction, and SLA improvement.
  • Lead integration, migration, upgrade, enhancement, and production support initiatives.
  • Guide distributed/offshore technical teams and ensure delivery governance.
  • Identify opportunities for automation, AI-assisted support, operational improvement, and PLM modernization.
  • Support proposals, CR estimation, account planning, renewals, and solution presentations.
 
Must-Have Technical Skills
  • 10+ years of hands-on PTC Windchill experience.
  • 5+ years in Solution Architect / Technical Architect / Lead Architect roles.
  • Strong expertise in Windchill PDMLink.
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • Change Management
    • Document Management
    • Part Management
    • BOM Management
    • Workflow & Lifecycle
    • Type & Attribute Management
    • Access Controls
    • Teams & Preferences
    • Business Administration
  • Strong understanding of Windchill architecture including MethodServer, Web Server, database, vaults, queues, file servers, clustering, load balancing, and Solr.
  • Experience with ThingWorx/Navigate, CAD integrations, WVS/publishing, and visualization is highly preferred.
  • Experience supporting DEV, TEST, QA, VAL, PROD, training, migration, and sandbox environments.
  • Strong experience with integration, migration, upgrade, implementation, AMS, and validation.
 
Industry Experience
Candidates with experience in the following industries are strongly preferred:
  • Medical Devices / Life Sciences
  • Pharma / Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Automotive
  • Aerospace / Aeronautics
  • Other regulated industries
Medical Device / Life Sciences experience is particularly valuable for this engagement.
 
Regulatory / Validation Experience
Experience with regulated environments and knowledge of FDA QMSR, ISO 13485, GxP, CSV, 21 CFR Part 11, UDI, EU MDR/EUDAMED, audit readiness, and traceability is highly preferred.
 
Preferred Qualifications
  • PTC Windchill certification
  • AWS or Azure certification
  • ITIL certification
  • ISO 13485 / CSV / GxP / Medical Device validation training
  • AI/GenAI or automation experience
 

Skills

AWS
Load Balancing
Azure
Stakeholder Management

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