Celestica

Staff Engineer, Product Development PLM Specialist

Celestica$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in PLM/PDM engineering data management or a related field.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
  • Proven experience with PLM Tools like Teamcenter or Windchill for engineering workflows.
  • Strong technical understanding of CAD tools and their integration with PLM systems.
  • Knowledge of industry-specific standards such as ISO 9001 and FDA compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical administration of the company's PLM platform to support engineering workflows.
  • Manage Engineering Change Requests and Orders for timely approvals.
  • Create and maintain complex Bills of Materials and item master data.
  • Analyze technical product data issues and ensure CAD model integrity within PLM.
  • Train cross-functional teams on PLM best practices and procedures.
  • Regularly audit system data for accuracy and compliance with standards.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance CAD-PLM integration and automate data flow.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for continual improvement and AI enhancements in processes.
  • Collaboration with diverse engineering and manufacturing teams.
  • Access to advanced PLM tools and technical resources.
Full Job Description
Req ID: 140930
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Austin

Job Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Specialist with strong technical expertise to drive PLM-CAD integration, optimize engineering workflows, and support product development from concept through manufacturing. In this role, you will work closely with engineering teams as the subject matter expert for our PLM platform, ensuring complex product data integrity, streamlining engineering change processes, and enhancing cross-functional engineering collaboration across the product lifecycle. In this role, you will lead PLM operations for New Product Introduction (NPI) across Celestica's Hyperscale, AI, and Datacenter hardware portfolios. You will partner with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, component engineering, and supply chain teams to ensure seamless Bill of Materials (BOM) maturity, component readiness, and rapid transition from design to full-scale production.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead the technical administration and optimization of the company's PLM platform (e.g., Teamcenter, Windchill, Arena, Agile, or Enovia) in direct support of engineering design workflows.
  • Manage and process Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), and Document Change Orders (DCOs) to ensure timely approvals and implementations.
  • Create, structure, and maintain complex Bills of Materials (BOMs) and item master data across PLM and ERP systems.
  • Analyze and resolve complex technical product data issues, ensure seamless CAD model integrity within PLM, and support engineering release cycles.
  • Train cross-functional users (Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality) on PLM best practices and standard operating procedures.
  • Audit system data regularly to ensure accuracy, compliance with regulatory standards, and proper revision control.
  • Partner closely with design, systems, and hardware engineering teams to deepen CAD-PLM integration and enable efficient automated data flow to ERP systems.
  • Drive continual improvement and identify opportunities for AI enhancements and process automation.


Skills:
  • Proven experience implementing/administering PLM Tools (Teamcenter, Windchill, Arena, Agile, Enovia, etc.) in direct support of engineering design workflows.
  • Deep understanding of document control, BOM structures, and engineering change management processes.
  • Strong technical understanding of CAD tools (e.g., SolidWorks, Creo, Cadence, Allegro) and their integration with PLM and ERP systems.
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with a high degree of technical aptitude.
  • Experience with CAD data migration and legacy product data restructuring into modern PLM environments.
  • Knowledge of industry-specific compliance and quality standards (e.g., ISO 9001, FDA, AS9100).
  • Demonstrated success driving engineering process improvements, technical change management, and design collaboration workflows.
  • Experience managing component approved vendor lists, component lifecycle management, and documentation.
  • Familiarity and willingness to use AI to automate processes and improve efficiency.


Typical Experience:
  • 5+ years of experience in a PLM/PDM engineering data management, configuration management, or product structure role

Typical Education:
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or a related field.

Notes:

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

About Celestica

Celestica is a Canadian multinational electronics manufacturing services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company provides a range of services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise computing, healthcare, industrial, semiconductor, and smart energy industries. Celestica's services include design and engineering, supply chain management, assembly and testing, and after-market services. The company operates in North America, Europe, and Asia and has manufacturing facilities in over 10 countries. Celestica was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of IBM Canada and became an independent company in 1997.
Learn more about Celestica
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23,915 employees
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Founded
1994
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