Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Technical Architect

SubcontractorSubcon - Windchill Technical Architect Area(s) of responsibility Empowered By Innovation Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company’s consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group’s 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities. Location: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Noida Immediate joiners preferred Windchill Technical Architect Birlasoft is looking for Windchill Technical Architect who will be responsible for defining, governing, and delivering the technical architecture for PTC Windchill PLM solutions across implementation, upgrade, migration, integration, and enhancement programs. Key Responsibilities • Own the end to end technical architecture for Windchill PLM programs • Define architecture covering: Windchill system landscape (App, DB, File Vaults, Clusters), Data model, objects, lifecycles, workflows, and access controls, Customization vs OOTB strategy • Ensure solutions are PTC compliant and upgrade friendly • Provide technical direction to Developers, Functional Consultants, and Migration teams • Review and approve: Technical design documents, Customization approaches and integrations, Migration and upgrade strategies • Conduct architecture and code reviews to ensure quality and performance • Architect and govern: Windchill customizations (Actions, Validators, Workflows, UI), Integrations using REST/OData, Info•Engine, ESI, middleware • Define performance, scalability, and security standards • Troubleshoot complex production and integration issues • Define upgrade and migration architecture (Windchill → Windchill / non Windchill → Windchill) • Ensure customizations are compatible with newer Windchill versions and Windchill+ • Support architecture decisions for rehost and cloud (AWS/Azure) deployments • Lead technical discussions and architecture workshops with customer IT and business stakeholders • Explain architectural decisions, trade offs, and risks to non technical audiences • Support UAT sign off, go live readiness, and hypercare stabilization Required Skills & Experience • Deep hands on expertise with PTC Windchill PLM • Strong experience across multiple Windchill modules: PDMLink (mandatory), MPMLink / Change Management / PartsLink / ProjectLink (as applicable) • Strong understanding of: BOM, Part, Document, and Change management, CAD integrations and publishing • Strong experience with: Windchill Java APIs and customization framework, REST/OData services, Info•Engine, Oracle / SQL Server databases • Ability to design and review high scale Windchill architectures • Experience defining security, performance, and availability standards • Typically 12–18+ years of PLM experience with senior Windchill architectural ownership • Experience with enterprise scale programs and global deployments • Strong technical leadership and mentoring capability • Excellent communication with architects, developers, and clients • Structured problem solving and decision making skills • Ownership mindset for quality and delivery. Experience Level Senior Level