CAD Systems Administrator

Trimble • Contract • Morgan Hill, CA, US • 1d ago

Job Title: CAD Systems Administrator

Location: Morgan Hill, CA (4 Days Onsite)

Duration: Long Term

Job Overview

:The ideal candidate combines Technical CAD/PLM administration, automation/scripting, and enterprise system management with the ability to train users, drive continuous improvement, manage vendors, and support engineering teams worldwide. They should have experience operating at an enterprise scale rather than primarily as a product design engineer

.Senior CAD/PLM Systems Administrator or CAD Engineering Manager with deep expertise in PTC Creo and Windchill (or equivalent PLM platforms) who can own the global CAD ecosystem, including system administration, standards governance, integrations, upgrades, licensing, and user support

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Roles & Responsibiliti

esAdminister and maintain the enterprise CAD platform and its integration with the PLM system for a globally distributed engineering tea
m.Diagnose and resolve failed models, broken references, corrupt assemblies, and CAD-PLM integration errors as the primary escalation poin
t.Plan, test, and deploy software upgrades, patches, and rollouts across all region
s.Define and enforce global CAD standards, assembly structures, drawing templates, BOM configurations, naming conventions, configuration files, defaults, and startup setting
s.Govern hybrid CAD workflows integrating surface modelling tools with the primary platfor
m.Conduct design-phase quality audits and lead quarterly continuous improvement initiatives via Agile sprint
s.Own the full software licensing lifecycle, utilization tracking, renewals, contracts, and vendor management across multiple tools and geographie
s.Deliver CAD and PLM system training globally (1:1, group, onsite workshops); produce tutorials and maintain the engineering knowledge bas
e.Own new teammate onboarding end-to-end: license provisioning, environment setup, training, and ramp-up plan
s.Drive strategic NPI time-to-market initiatives; evaluate emerging CAD platforms and technologies (cloud CAD, VR/AR, generative design, AI-assisted workflows

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. Key Skills, Toolsets & Experience Requir

ed12+ years administering PTC Creo Parametric (or equivalent) at enterprise scale: configuration, customization, scripting, and deploymen
t.Strong working knowledge of an enterprise PLM system (Oracle Agile, PTC Windchill, or equivalent) Engineering Change workflows, CAD-PLM integration, lifecycle managemen
t.Proven ability to troubleshoot complex CAD failures (regeneration errors, broken references, workspace sync issues) under time pressur
e.Multi-vendor software licensing management (Creo, Autodesk suite, KeyShot, SolidWorks, Onshape, Rhino, Minitab, or similar
).Agile/sprint-based project delivery using Jira, Confluence, or equivalen
t.Scripting and automation (Pro/TOOLKIT, J-Link, Python, PowerShell) for deployment and configuration managemen
t.Global training delivery and technical communication skill
s.Familiarity with complementary design tools: Alias, Rhino, SolidWorks, Onshape, KeyShot, 3ds Ma
x.Exposure to VR/AR design review, generative design, or AI-assisted CAD workflows is a plu

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