Windchill Solution Architect

Location:

Bengaluru

Experience:

15+ Years

Key Responsibilities
Define the enterprise PLM strategy and Windchill architectural blueprint for greenfield environments.
Lead PLM discovery, maturity assessments, and process harmonization across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and service.
Develop the PLM roadmap, conduct technical reviews, and phased deployment architecture.
Present architectural recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
Create end‑to‑end process architecture including workflows, lifecycles, versioning, and product structure definitions.
Ensure the solution adheres to industry best practices.
Lead full lifecycle implementation from requirements capture to production rollout.
Drive system installation, workplace setup, configurations, customization scope, and integration strategy.
Oversee data modeling, metadata framework design, and security/ACL architecture.
Partner with infrastructure teams for sizing, scaling, and performance optimization.

Technical Expertise
Engineering degree with 15+ years of experience in PLM with a minimum of 10+ years in PTC Windchill.




Successfully led at least one (preferably multiple) large-scale greenfield Windchill implementations.
Solid domain familiarity in engineering, manufacturing, and product development.
Own Windchill solutioning and guide team including:
PDMLink, PartLink, MPMLink, and Supplier Management
Change management, configuration management, BOM management
CAD data management and visualization
Architect integrations between Windchill and:
CAD tools (Creo, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor)
ERP/MES Systems (SAP, etc.)
ThingWorx, Navigate, and IoT/digital thread environments
WBM (Windchill Bulk Migrator)
Define APIs, middleware flows, and integration patterns.
Expert-level proficiency in:
Windchill architecture & clusters
Java/J2EE, Info*Engine, OData, REST APIs
Database systems (Oracle/SQL Server)
Apache/Tomcat, directory services (LDAP/AD)
Establish DevOps/CI-CD approaches for Windchill deployments.
Drive UAT, cutover planning, hypercare, and post‑go‑live optimization.

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