Sr. Principal PLM Systems Architect - 19873*

Description

The company develops and sustains hardware and system modifications for the Air Force's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ground and airborne launch control systems, launch facilities and related infrastructure.

The role sits in the Defense Systems business in Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel program.

You will join a team that works on defense programs where the systems have a long service life.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve product lifecycle management infrastructure for defense system programs across the design, build and delivery phases.
• Work with senior leaders and configuration management to shape system architecture around business goals.
• Use JIRA, CPLM and scripting to find process gaps and drive improvements.
• Build a working understanding of how PLM, ERP and manufacturing systems connect.
• Learn PLM from the as-designed, as-built and as-delivered views.
• Explain PLM workflows and advise defense program managers on how to structure the business and why.
• Take part in senior leadership discussions on evaluating and making architecture changes.
• Contribute substantive input on strategy and operational decisions alongside configuration management and program management teams.
• Review department objectives and improve processes with internal tools, including JIRA, CPLM and scripting languages where suitable.
• Understand the integrated architecture across PLM, enterprise resource planning and manufacturing engineering.

Requirements

• Hold a STEM bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience, or 6 years with a master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD.
• Be a US citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance when you apply, and an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
• Be able to obtain and keep Special Access Program approval within the timeframe the company sets for its business needs.
• Be able to obtain and keep a DoD Top Secret clearance within the timeframe the company sets for its business needs.
• Have 3 years writing, managing and tracking complex requirements in DOORS, Jama or Polarion, defining verification plans and test procedures, and running system-level verification to show hardware and software accountability.
• Have 5 years applying systems engineering and model based engineering (MBSE) methods, processes and theory.
• Have 5 years handling engineering change proposals, design structure and configuration item traceability in PLM tools, including hardware serialization.
• Have 5 years in configuration and data management, with working knowledge of best practices, tools and procedures, including JIRA, Confluence, DOORS, Cameo, CPLM, SAP and MES.
• Have 5 years in project management, with strong principles, clear communication, adaptability, and experience leading, mentoring, developing people and assigning tasks.
• Preferred: hold a current DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Preferred: have 5 years as a data scientist building, scaling and deploying production machine learning models and predictive analytics pipelines.
• Preferred: hold a configuration and data management certification dated within the last 3 years.
• Preferred: hold a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or higher, dated within the last 3 years.
• Preferred: hold a Certified Systems Engineering Professional or higher, dated within the last 3 years.
• Preferred: have 10 years in defense or aerospace engineering, including maintenance and modification records.
• Preferred: have 10 years of proven process improvement experience.
• Preferred: have 10 years running programs under the AGILE framework.
• Preferred: have 10 years of direct configuration and data management domain knowledge.
• Preferred: have 10 years writing Standard Operating Procedures and/or Configuration Management Plans aligned with EIA Standard 649-1, MIL-HDBK-61B, ASME Y14, SAE GEIA-859, GEIA-HB-649 or best industry practice.
• Preferred: have 10 years managing and supporting software configuration management.
• Preferred: have 10 years supporting the company's program lifecycle and milestones.
• Preferred: have 10 years with company and industry configuration management standards, software CM, tools, processes and software, including SAP, CPLM, MES, Cameo, DOORS, JIRA and Confluence.
• Preferred: have 10 years of proven experience with baseline management and effectivity logic in a PLM system.

Conditions

This is a full-time role that requires a Secret clearance to start.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

The standard schedule is 9/80: nine-hour days Monday through Thursday, with every other Friday off.

The primary level base salary range is $111,700.00 to $167,500.00, a guideline that depends on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Relocation assistance may be available for the selected candidate.

Applications are estimated to stay open 20 days from the posting date, and this may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• 401k savings plan.
• Educational assistance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs and work/life solutions.
• Paid time off and company paid holidays.
• Health and wellness resources.
• Employee discounts.
• Possible eligibility for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus, with annual bonuses that reward individual contributions and company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for long term incentives.