Senior Application Engineer, PLM/Teamcenter

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors. Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members. We are seeking a highly experienced PLM / Teamcenter Architect with 10 - 15 years of experience in Siemens Teamcenter configuration/customization to join our PLM/CAD team. This team sits at the intersection of engineering systems, configuration management, manufacturing systems integration, and IT/PLM strategy at Archer Aviation. What You’ll Do At Archer Perform advanced configuration and customization of existing Teamcenter modules (Foundation, Change Management, NX Integration, MPP/Easy Plan, Active Integration, Dispatchers etc). Collaborate directly with end-users and stakeholders to gather, refine and document system requirements. Follow, support and enhance existing Archer Teamcenter code management process, utilizing Bitbucket (Git), Jira, TeamCity. Guide technical activities of additional members of the team, such as offshore developers or junior members of the PLM/CAD team. Support non-configuration tasks such as data migrations, Teamcenter and NX upgrades, AI integration and SOA layer usage. Contribute when required to performance tuning, scalability, security, and system monitoring efforts. Work with technical project managers to plan, estimate and break down projects into measurable and manageable work sprints. Lead periodic architecture reviews, performance audits, and PLM health checks. Drive innovation in PLM: explore scalable digital thread solutions, cloud (on-prem/hybrid) PLM deployment, integration of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and simulation data. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field (Masters preferred). 10–15 years of experience working with Siemens Teamcenter (or equivalent PLM system) in aerospace, defense, or complex manufacturing environment Demonstrated success designing and implementing PLM architectures, data models, interfaces and integrations. Hands-on programming/configuration experience: e.g., BMIDE, ITK, Workflow Manager, SOAP/REST APIs, Active Workspace customization, scripting (Java, C#, Python, etc.). Strong experience integrating PLM with CAD/CAE, ERP, MES, digital simulation/analysis systems, supplier portals. Solid understanding of configuration management,…