CAD Administrator

Agility Robotics•Fremont, CA

21h•$159,000 - $206,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Agility is looking for a dedicated CAD Infrastructure Expert to own, manage, and optimize the organization's Creo, Windchill, and ECAD tools (Altium or equivalent). Key responsibilities include maintaining software servers, licenses, and user accounts, as well as driving, publishing, and enforcing standardized CAD modeling hygiene to ensure cross-team usability and accurate historical design records. Additionally, the role is accountable for continuous team coaching and onboarding, managing ECAD/Altium library integrations, maintaining standard Creo templates, and optimizing CAD data flow into ERP and manufacturing systems.

Requirements

10-15 years of hands-on experience with Creo/ Windchill, including practical ownership of vault structure, workflows, permissions, metadata, custom properties, revision management, release processes, and user support.
Deep expertise in Creo, including advanced parametric part and assembly modeling, large assemblies, top-down design, configurations, manufacturing drawings, and BOM workflows.
Experience defining and enforcing MCAD standards, modeling methodologies, templates, drawing practices, and release workflows in a production or manufacturing environment.
Ability to connect MCAD model structure, data architecture, automation logic, PLM/BOM requirements, and manufacturing deliverables into a reliable end-to-end process.
Strong understanding of design-to-manufacturing workflows, including release packages, manufacturing drawings, BOMs, CAD exports, and downstream production readiness.
Experience leading, mentoring, or technically directing CAD/MCAD engineers, designers, or engineering systems users.
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT teams.
High learning agility and comfort absorbing complex legacy systems through structured knowledge transfer, then converting that knowledge into scalable standards, documentation, and team practices.
Authorization to work in the USA

Nice To Haves

PTC certified Windchill Admin
PLM configuration, customization
management of ECAD and MCAD using tools like Altium CoDesigner or similar
Netsuite experience
0-12 years of experience in CAD administration, PLM administration, engineering systems, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or field/application engineering.
Experience supporting CAD and PLM systems in an engineering environment (Creo andr Windchill preferred).
Strong understanding of engineering documentation, design release processes, revision control, and document lifecycle management.
Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, designers, technicians, and manufacturing teams to gather technical information and resolve documentation issues.
Experience developing technical documentation such as SOPs, work instructions, templates, standards, or engineering guides.
Ability to train and support engineering teams on CAD, PLM, documentation, and release processes.
Knowledge of GD&T and ASME Y14 drafting standards.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.
Proactive, process-oriented mindset with a passion for improving engineering workflows and documentation quality.

Responsibilities

Server upgrades, patches
Creation and maintenance of user accounts
License management - monitoring and maintaining the appropriate license quantity and mix for the team
Own the integration with ECAD
Maintain and improve integration with Altium or equivalent
Maintain library of parts for PCBAs and Harnesses
Windchill PDM (lifecycle, data structures, multi-user environment)
PDM standards and best practices
Product structures (eBOM / mBOM alignment, options / variants)
Develop tools for progress and status reporting
Implement and maintain Change management processes (ECR/ECN)
Own the integration with ERP/Manufacturing
Provide the expertise necessary from the CAD perspective, settings, options, opportunities, limitations, to optimize the integration with ERP/Manufacturing, allowing for efficient data transfer and integrity
Continuous Creo/WC/Altium or equivalent ECAD coaching and training
Stay informed on the latest features and tools from PTC
Keep the team’s CAD skills up to date
On-board and train new hires
Drive the development of CAD Standards, resulting in a database that is a maintainable, efficient, and reliable record of the design, owning the process and the outcome. This applies to both the in-work design and historical releases.
Socialize, train, and implement processes to enforce the standards
Own all templates in Creo
Create enterprise level templates for all CAD file types
Organize and maintain CAD libraries

Benefits

401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Equity: Company stock options.
Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Time Off: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.