Product Lifecycle Management; PLM Development & Deployment Specialist

Position: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Development & Deployment Specialist
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In this position...

Ford Motor Company is developing and deploying the next-generation Digital Vehicle Engineering Platform as we continue to build a high-performing Digital Transformation organization that is a key contributor to drive Ford+ forward.

Seeking a highly technical and skilled specialist with expertise in developing, deploying PLM/CAD interactions for Engineering Data Management, Automations, auto-checking engineering requirements utilizing CAT Script, CAA/RADE, EKL, VBA, Java.

This role is crucial in ensuring the accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of our engineering deliverables across various organizations and with our global suppliers.

Job Description:

* The Visionary Expert will be focused on 3

DEXPERIENCE (3DX), Teamcenter (TCe) Product Lifecycle Management solutions, empowering Ford Motor Company engineering and design teams to efficiently manage and deliver innovative hardware systems and components.

* In this role the Specialist Developer will leverage an Agile approach to conceptualize, develop, and implement advanced 3DX/ENOVIA tools, customizations, integrations, and methodologies.

* The successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting our transformation from legacy systems (including Teamcenter) to a modern, object-based 3

DEXPERIENCE environment-ensuring our tools and processes are cutting-edge, reliable, and user-friendly. Teamcenter experience is important for interoperability and migration into 3

DEXPERIENCE; all new development centers on 3DX.

Ford Motor Company is developing and deploying the next-generation Digital Vehicle Engineering Platform as we continue to build a high-performing Digital Transformation organization that is a key contributor to drive Ford+ forward. Seeking a highly technical and skilled specialist with expertise in developing, deploying PLM/CAD interactions for Engineering Data Management, Automations, auto-checking engineering requirements utilizing CAT Script, CAA/RADE, EKL, VBA, Java.

This role is crucial in ensuring the accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of our engineering deliverables across various organizations and with our global suppliers.

What you'll do...

* 3DX PLM Solution Development

* Design, develop, test, and deploy customizations and integrations within the 3DExperience/ENOVIA platform.

* Develop server-side components (Java, REST APIs), CAA/RADE, C++ extensions, client-side 3DX widgets & apps.

* Configure ENOVIA data models, object classes, attributes, business rules, life cycles, revision controls, and access policies per Ford Motor Company standards.

* Data Pipelines, interoperability and migration

* Architect and implement data pipelines to migrate and reconcile CAD datasets and BOMs into 3DX with full metadata mapping and 3

DXML/PLMXML handling.

* Develop tools to move data between Teamcenter/CATIA V5 and 3DX, including utilities for dataset/report extraction and bulk operations.

* Support BOM traversal, metadata mapping, and PLMXML import/export for migration and validation.

* AI and Machine Learning

* Design, develop, integrate AI/ML capabilities into the 3

DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA and CAD toolchain to automate engineering data validation, BOM reconciliation, semantic PMI extraction, part classification, anomaly detection, predictive quality checks, design-rule enforcement; expose inference services via server-side Java/REST APIs, client-side 3DX widgets to deliver real-time, contextual assistance to engineers & reviewers.

* Architect and operate Machine Learning Ops pipelines that consume CAD datasets, 3

DXML/PLMXML, BOMs, and metadata-performing feature extraction from CAD geometry/PMI, model training/validation/versioning, CI/CD for models using Git Hub/Jenkins (or equivalent), automated testing, monitoring for model drift, and secure model deployment with rollback and reproducibility guarantees; ensure integration and data lineage with existing PLM data pipelines.

* CAD automation and efficiency

* Develop CATIA automation tools within 3DX, converting V5 User Defined Features, Power copies, and macros to 3DX equivalents.

* Utilize EKL, CAT Script, VBA, and CAA/RADE to enhance CAD productivity and standardization.

* Platform releases and operations

* Lead 3DX minor releases and major upgrades: identify deprecated APIs, refactor customizations, plan and execute regression testing, manage rollback, publish change documentation and runbooks.

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