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Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management. With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.\nCutting-Edge AI Innovation -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future. High-Growth Environment -- Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm. Meaningful Impact -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.\nLearn more at: avathon.com\nWe are hiring an Engineering Lead for Product Lifecycle Management to own the technical delivery of Avathon's PLM integrations and the AI capabilities built on top of them. You will work alongside our Forward Deployed Design Leads and customer engineering teams to connect PLM, CAD/PDM, ERP and MES systems to the Avathon platform, model product structures and engineering change flows in our Computational Knowledge Graph, and ship the BOM comparison, change impact and digital thread features customers use every day. This is a hands-on lead role. You will write code, own the integration architecture, and lead a small team of engineers through implementation, go-live and hypercare.\nYou Will\nPLM Integration Architecture\nOwn the technical design for integrating customer PLM systems (Teamcenter, Windchill, 3DEXPERIENCE, SAP PLM, Oracle Agile) with the Avathon platform\nBuild and maintain connectors and data pipelines from PLM, CAD/PDM, ERP and MES sources into our Bronze/Silver/Gold data lake\nDefine canonical data models for parts, EBOM and MBOM structures, variants, effectivity and engineering changes\nSet standards for data quality, sync latency and reconciliation between source systems and the platform\nKnowledge Graph and AI Features\nModel product structures and change relationships (ECR, ECO, MCA, MBOM, BOP) in the Computational Knowledge Graph so any change can be traced to its downstream impact\nBuild the backend services behind BOM comparison, engineering change impact and clear-to-build views\nWork with our ML, data science and agent teams to apply Normal Behavior Models and AI agents to PLM data, such as flagging unusual ECR patterns or change-driven supply risk\nTurn one-off customer work into reusable platform components\nDelivery and Technical Leadership\nHands on lead to through discovery, build, go-live and hypercare on customer deployments\nRun technical working sessions with customer PLM, IT and engineering teams and act as the senior technical contact on the account\nOwn go-live readiness: integration testing, data validation, performance and security review\nReview designs and code, set engineering practices, and mentor engineers on the PLM domain\nPartner with design, product and customer success to scope work, call out risk early and keep delivery on plan\nYou'll Have\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field\n8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineers or technical delivery\nHands-on integration experience with at least one enterprise PLM platform (Teamcenter, Windchill, 3DEXPERIENCE, SAP PLM or Oracle Agile), including its APIs and data model\nStrong working knowledge of BOM management, engineering change management, variants and effectivity\nExperience integrating PLM with ERP, CAD/PDM, MES and quality systems\nStrong backend skills in Python with experience building data pipelines and REST APIs\nExperience with graph data models or graph databases is a strong plus\nFamiliarity with digital thread concepts; MBSE exposure (SysML, Cameo, Rhapsody) is a plus\nExperience in manufacturing, automotive, aerospace or defense environments\nComfortable working directly with customers and traveling to customer sites\nClear technical writing and communication\nCompensation\nPay Range: $160,000-$220,000 salary annually. 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