PTC Windchill Software Engineer

PDDN INC.•Menlo Park, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced PTC Windchill Software Engineer to design and build AI-native, agentic workflows that automate Product Lifecycle Management and New Product Introduction processes. This role supports a Priority 2 initiative aligned to O1/KR6 focused on using AI agents to automate critical engineering activities, including part creation, Bill of Materials generation, and engineering change workflows. The engineer will also build the integration layer required to connect the rebooted PTC Windchill platform with enterprise Master Data Management, sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, and downstream order-execution systems. The PLM platform supports more than 120,000 parts and an increasingly complex product portfolio. The successful candidate will combine deep Windchill engineering expertise, enterprise integration skills, and practical experience with AI-enabled workflow automation to deliver scalable and production-ready solutions.

Requirements

Experienced PTC Windchill Software Engineer
Deep Windchill engineering expertise
Enterprise integration skills
Practical experience with AI-enabled workflow automation
Experience with Java
Experience with Windchill APIs, services, workflows, and event frameworks
Experience configuring parts and product structures
Experience configuring lifecycle templates
Experience configuring object types and attributes
Experience configuring workflows
Experience configuring change-management processes
Experience configuring access controls
Experience configuring business rules
Experience configuring validation logic
Experience developing reusable components and technical frameworks
Experience optimizing application performance and scalability for large PLM datasets
Experience automating creation of new part records using approved engineering and business data
Experience integrating with MDM systems
Experience developing intelligent workflows to create, validate, and update engineering BOMs
Experience generating BOM structures from approved source data, engineering inputs, templates, or prior product configurations
Experience validating component relationships, quantities, revisions, alternates, effectivity, and usage rules
Experience detecting missing, duplicate, obsolete, or incompatible components
Experience supporting comparison of existing and proposed BOM configurations
Experience enabling controlled handoff from engineering BOMs to manufacturing and execution systems
Experience building automated workflows for Engineering Change Requests, Engineering Change Notices, and related change objects
Experience automating impact analysis across affected parts, BOMs, documents, products, suppliers, and downstream systems
Experience routing changes based on product, risk, cost, ownership, and organizational rules
Experience generating recommended reviewers and approvers
Experience supporting change validation, approval, implementation, and closure
Experience providing status visibility and exception management

Nice To Haves

AI-native, agentic workflows
Automate Product Lifecycle Management and New Product Introduction processes
AI agents to automate critical engineering activities
Integration layer to connect PTC Windchill platform with enterprise Master Data Management, sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, and downstream order-execution systems
Human-in-the-loop controls for high-risk or business-critical decisions
Explainable recommendations and traceability for AI-generated actions
Agents operate within approved business rules, permissions, and governance controls
Proactive and event-driven automation across PLM workflows
Ensure customizations remain supportable and aligned with PTC-recommended architecture
Prevent duplicate or incomplete part creation
Apply required attributes, lifecycle states, classifications, and compliance metadata
Implement exception handling and approval workflows for ambiguous or incomplete requests
Maintain end-to-end auditability of automated part-creation decisions
Validate component relationships, quantities, revisions, alternates, effectivity, and usage rules
Detect missing, duplicate, obsolete, or incompatible components
Support comparison of existing and proposed BOM configurations
Enable controlled handoff from engineering BOMs to manufacturing and execution systems
Ensure BOM automation supports increasing product and configuration complexity
Automate impact analysis across affected parts, BOMs, documents, products, suppliers, and downstream systems
Route changes based on product, risk, cost, ownership, and organizational rules
Generate recommended reviewers and approvers
Support change validation, approval, implementation, and closure
Provide status visibility and exception management

Responsibilities

Design and develop agentic workflows that automate high-volume PLM and NPI activities.
Build AI-enabled capabilities for part creation, part classification, part metadata enrichment, Bill of Materials generation, BOM validation, engineering change creation, engineering change impact analysis, and workflow routing and approval.
Implement human-in-the-loop controls for high-risk or business-critical decisions.
Develop explainable recommendations and traceability for AI-generated actions.
Ensure agents operate within approved business rules, permissions, and governance controls.
Support proactive and event-driven automation across PLM workflows.
Design, configure, customize, and enhance PTC Windchill applications.
Develop Windchill extensions using Java, Windchill APIs, services, workflows, and event frameworks.
Configure parts and product structures, lifecycle templates, object types and attributes, workflows, change-management processes, access controls, business rules, and validation logic.
Develop reusable components and technical frameworks.
Ensure customizations remain supportable and aligned with PTC-recommended architecture.
Optimize application performance and scalability for large PLM datasets.
Automate creation of new part records using approved engineering and business data.
Integrate with MDM systems to validate part numbers, classifications, naming standards, and ownership.
Prevent duplicate or incomplete part creation.
Apply required attributes, lifecycle states, classifications, and compliance metadata.
Implement exception handling and approval workflows for ambiguous or incomplete requests.
Maintain end-to-end auditability of automated part-creation decisions.
Develop intelligent workflows to create, validate, and update engineering BOMs.
Generate BOM structures from approved source data, engineering inputs, templates, or prior product configurations.
Validate component relationships, quantities, revisions, alternates, effectivity, and usage rules.
Detect missing, duplicate, obsolete, or incompatible components.
Support comparison of existing and proposed BOM configurations.
Enable controlled handoff from engineering BOMs to manufacturing and execution systems.
Ensure BOM automation supports increasing product and configuration complexity.
Build automated workflows for Engineering Change Requests, Engineering Change Notices, and related change objects.
Automate impact analysis across affected parts, BOMs, documents, products, suppliers, and downstream systems.
Route changes based on product, risk, cost, ownership, and organizational rules.
Generate recommended reviewers and approvers.
Support change validation, approval, implementation, and closure.
Provide status visibility and exception management.