Senior Staff Solution Architect – Teamcenter PLM (Semiconductor)

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Staff Solution Architect – Teamcenter PLM (Semiconductor) is responsible for designing and governing business‑capability‑driven PLM solutions, using Siemens Teamcenter as the enterprise backbone for semiconductor product lifecycle management. This role is critical in the transformation journey of moving from legacy PLM to Teamcenter (SlCM) and focuses on mapping business capabilities, product lifecycle needs, and governance requirements into scalable, sustainable Teamcenter solution designs. The architect owns current‑state PLM solution architecture and defines a future‑state digital thread roadmap, clearly distinguishing between existing capabilities and forward‑looking architectural options. Infrastructure and environment architecture are supporting considerations; the primary focus is on product capabilities, data models, processes, and lifecycle governance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of IT-specific work experience with a Bachelor's degree OR 9+ years of IT-specific work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
• 10–15+ years of experience in IT, engineering systems, or enterprise solution design.
• 10–15+ years in PLM solution architecture and delivery.
• 6–10+ years of Siemens Teamcenter experience in architect or lead roles.
• Proven ability to map business processes and capabilities to Teamcenter designs.
• 8–12+ years supporting semiconductor and complex hardware product lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of design‑heavy, change‑intensive environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Strong business‑to‑technology translation skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and future‑state planning.
• Enterprise‑first, long‑term architectural mindset.
• Excellent executive‑level communication and documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or Engineering Management.
• Infrastructure and environment architecture are supporting considerations; the primary focus is on product capabilities, data models, processes, and lifecycle governance.
• Infrastructure & Environment Considerations (Nice to Have)

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture by translating business capabilities into Teamcenter functional designs, including: Product definition and configuration, Change and release governance, Lifecycle and revision management, Manufacturing readiness and handoff.
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure PLM solutions reflect how the semiconductor business operates, not generic PLM implementations.
• Ensure solution designs balance flexibility, governance, scalability, and long‑term sustainability.
• Act as a Teamcenter product authority, able to explain and defend why specific platform capabilities are used—or consciously not used—for each business need.
• Architect PLM solutions that support semiconductor‑specific realities, including: Silicon and derivative product hierarchies, Long product lifecycles with high change velocity, Complex product structures across silicon, package, test, and system views, Sustaining engineering, errata, and lifecycle traceability.
• Ensure Teamcenter remains the authoritative system for product structure and change governance.
• Define solution patterns for multiple change processes aligned to lifecycle states.
• Architect governance for: Pre‑release vs post‑release changes, High‑impact and high‑risk semiconductor changes.
• Ensure workflows and data models support auditability, traceability, and downstream impact analysis.
• Define and evolve a business‑driven digital thread roadmap spanning: Product definition, Manufacturing readiness, Quality and lifecycle feedback.
• Identify and document future‑state architectural opportunities to improve traceability and system alignment.
• Evaluate potential future PLM touchpoints with: Design‑side systems (e.g., ECAD, MCAD, design metadata), Manufacturing and test systems, Quality, reliability, and analytics platforms.
• Ensure PLM solution designs support effective coexistence with: ECAD systems, MCAD systems, Other engineering authoring tools.
• Architect data models, governance, and metadata strategies that enable: Cross‑discipline alignment, Configuration consistency, System‑of‑systems scalability without tool lock‑in.
• Architect PLM solutions that support closed‑loop quality capabilities, including: Linking quality events to product structures and changes, Traceability for failures and corrective actions.
• Ensure PLM designs support root cause analysis and lifecycle learning, even when execution occurs in downstream systems.
• Define capability‑level integration requirements between Teamcenter and: ERP systems, Manufacturing and test systems, Analytics and reporting platforms.
• Establish clear system boundaries, data ownership, and governance principles.
• Prevent point‑to‑point solutions that undermine lifecycle integrity.
• Act as solution architecture authority for system integrators and vendors.
• Review and challenge solution designs that: Misuse Teamcenter capabilities, Introduce unnecessary customization, Compromise upgradeability or lifecycle governance.
• Ensure PLM architecture remains enterprise‑owned, sustainable, and future‑ready.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure: Solution designs are deployable and operable, Non‑functional requirements are understood.
• Provide guidance on environment strategy, performance expectations, and availability as needed.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• Highly competitive benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior