System Architect – Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Apple • Austin, TX

19h

About The Position

The IS&T Product Engineering Systems group is seeking a PLM System Architect to design and develop high-quality enterprise software solutions. The group implements and manages Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Data Services (EDS) applications for Product Information used in Apple's hardware and software product development and innovation.

The architect will work with business partners to define project requirements, develop architecture and detailed designs, and oversee implementation and maintenance. The role owns engineering and product feature work across release cycles and designs solutions for scalability, extensibility, security, and performance. The position requires collaboration with multifunctional IS&T and business groups, self-direction, creativity, strong multitasking, and delivering results on time with minimal direction.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise systems architecture, including deep experience designing scalable, distributed, and highly available environments at large-scale, globally distributed organizations.
• Expertise in designing multi-tiered, service-oriented, and microservice-based application architectures.
• Deep experience with large-scale data architecture, including relational and NoSQL stores, data warehousing and lakes, streaming and event-driven pipelines, caching, and high-volume ETL/ELT.
• Demonstrated technical leadership driving architecture across teams and vendors and translating complex business requirements into system design.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Ability to work with minimal direction, deliver results on time, and manage multiple tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Siemens Teamcenter PLM.
• Experience in Change Management, BOM Management, CAD and ERP, Manufacturing, and other PLM areas.
• Knowledge of enterprise solutions such as ERP, MES, ALM, and MDM.
• Full-lifecycle PLM enterprise application implementation experience, including analysis, design, build, test, implementation, and support.
• Knowledge of big data technologies such as Kafka, Solr, and Cassandra.
• Exposure to containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices; automated build tools such as Maven, Bazel, and CMake; and Git-based source control such as GitHub and GitLab.
• Experience implementing comprehensive observability and telemetry frameworks.
• Familiarity with system security, data integrity, and redundancy best practices.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, from developers to executive leadership, to gather requirements and translate them into robust system architectures.
• Effective interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with business partners to define project requirements.
• Develop architecture and detailed designs.
• Implement and maintain enterprise software solutions.
• Own engineering and product feature work in release cycles.
• Design and develop solutions for scalability, extensibility, security, and performance.
• Communicate and collaborate with multifunctional IS&T and business groups.

What This Job Offers

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