Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Architect

Location: Groton, CT, US

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Overview

Opportunity Summary:General Dynamics Electric Boat, the world’s foremost designer and builder of nuclear submarines, is seeking a PLM Architect within the Information Technology Department.

 

The ideal candidate brings an enterprise mindset and the ability to align IT solutions with business-driven objectives. Strong candidates will have broad knowledge of information systems, architecture frameworks, engineering processes, and cross-functional solution design. This role requires an active learner capable of operating independently and balancing multiple priorities.

 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:• Interpreting business needs to define functional and nonfunctional architectural requirements.• Communicating architectural concepts through clear, compelling narratives for diverse stakeholders.• Driving progress and resolving issues when faced with incomplete or conflicting information.• Collaborating closely with application architects, data architects, developers, system engineers, and infrastructure teams.• Designing and governing application solution architectures that meet internal and external business needs.• Managing formal and informal communications to strengthen stakeholder relationships.• Coaching non-architects to adopt architectural thinking, frameworks, and processes.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering
• 5+ years of post-graduate engineering 

Preferred:

• Strong understanding of product structures, configuration management, and BOM/BOP/MBOM concepts, change management, and release processes.
• Deep knowledge of product structure management (variants, configurations, snapshots, revision rules).
• Familiarity with integrating PLM systems with ERP, MES, ALM, and CRM platforms.
• Working knowledge of Visualization/Teamcenter integrations with Active Workspace, NX, and other Siemens tools.
• Experience leading PLM roadmaps, governance frameworks, and organizational change management.
• Working knowledge of JT/PLMXML export formats.
• Working knowledge of Digital Twin / Digital Mockup concepts.

Skills

• Ability to understand enterprise-wide impacts of day-to-day architectural decisions.
• Comfortable collaborating within a senior architecture team.
• Promotes modern delivery best practices.
• Strong communication skills to translate technical designs into business-friendly language.
• Able to effectively engage, influence, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; able to navigate complex situations and adapt to new information.
• Blends technical depth with practical business insight.
• Experience with Siemens toolsets (e.g., NX, Teamcenter Visualization).
• Ability to map complex engineering processes to Teamcenter capabilities.
• Understanding of fundamental PLM processes.
• Ability to translate business processes into scalable PLM workflows.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, manufacturing, IT, quality, and supply chain teams.

Physical Qualifications

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