Job Description:

The Engineering Applications Analyst is a key figure, tasked with supporting the Product Lifecycle Management system – maintaining awareness of changes in business processes and providing expertise where needed. They are instrumental for successful management and ownership of this essential software program., Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software, and Computer Aided Design (CAD) software systems.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate administration and subject matter expertise for engineering application software including the PLM, PPM, and CAD systems.

• Assist with configuring, testing, updating, and maintaining CAD and PLM systems including customized templates, user guides, and best practices.

• Work closely with the Engineering Applications Developer to design, build, and manage the PPM system in support of automating business and project operations within the new product development team. Integrate internal platforms within the PPM system.

• Work closely with users to understand PLM, CAD, and drafting concerns, troubleshoot issues, and propose process improvements to increase user efficiency and experience.

• Train engineering staff to use software and systems efficiently and effectively. Encourage a strong understanding of engineering file relationships between parts, drawings, solid models, bill of materials ﴾BOM﴿ and the database structures that house them to ensure time efficient use. • Act as a liaison between the Engineering and IT departments for any specialized software that is unique to the Company’s Engineering department needs. • Stay up to date with CAD/CAM and other engineering application software. Test new software releases in the current use environment to ensure usability and lack of downtime.

• Create, modify, maintain, analyze, and distribute customized reports to multiple audiences for a variety of potential data elements, such as project status, go‐live forecasts, time tracking and actual/forecast revenue. Create and modify custom views and fields as needed within programs.

• Focus priority on systems that keep the engineers working and the systems their data feeds up and running.

• Perform other duties as required within the nature and level of work.

Qualifications :

• Associates degree or equivalent and one ﴾1﴿ year of experience with the implementation, management, and scaling of CAD, PLM, or PPM systems is required.

• Familiarity with supporting CAD/CAM and Solid Modeling software is required.

• Experience with Solidworks CAD, Agile PLM, and Clarizen PPM systems is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Computer Systems, or Computer Science degree is a plus.

• Must have strong communications skills, verbal and written. This includes basic knowledge using Microsoft Office Suite.

• Strong team focus and ability to work with others, both internal and external to the organization