Summary
What you’ll impact
The Principal Master Data Architect & PLM Owner at the organization will serve as the chief custodian and strategic designer of the organization’s product data, creating scalable master data governance and leading the implementation of an enterprise cloud PLM system. This high‑impact technical leadership role requires deep expertise in data schema design, systems integration, and cross‑functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain, and finance.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- Data Schema Design: Design and enforce Bolt Graphics’ Enterprise Item Master, including part-numbering strategies (smart or sequential), component categorization frameworks, custom attributes, and lifecycle state definitions.
- Digital Thread Integration: Architect the data mapping, pipelines, and API integrations between engineering CAD/EDA environments, the PLM system, and downstream ERP/MES platforms to ensure a single source of truth
- Data Quality & Cleansing: Establish data-quality automation rules and validation scripts to proactively catch duplicate components, formatting errors, or incomplete metadata before data hits production.
- Data Stewardship: Act as the ultimate authority on data governance, leading the Data Governance Council to align cross-functional stakeholders on data standards and impact analysis.
- End-to-End Deployment: Lead the cross-functional evaluation, selection, and deployment roadmap of our enterprise PLM platform (e.g., Arena, Agile).
- ETL & Migration: Own the Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) strategy to migrate legacy data, disparate engineering spreadsheets, and silicon/hardware designs into the centralized PLM repository
- Configuration & Workflow Management: Architect and manage robust Engineering Change Order (ECO), Manufacturing Change Order (MCO), and deviance workflows, optimizing for both engineering velocity and operational rigor.
- Multi-Tier Ecosystem Alignment: Establish secure, automated data-sharing protocols to syndicate approved vendor lists (AVL), manufacturer part numbers (MPNs), and release packages down to external foundries, ODMs, and EMS partners.
- Audit & Compliance: Conduct routine integrity audits on the Bill of Materials (BOM) data stack to ensure strict compliance, traceability, and readiness for high-volume manufacturing.
Requirements
What you’ll bring
- 7–10+ years of experience in Master Data Management (MDM), Configuration Management, or Product Data Architecture within a complex hardware development environment (Silicon, HPC, ASIC, or Server architecture highly preferred).
- PLM Implementation: Proven track record of leading at least one full-lifecycle, ground-up implementation or major migration of an enterprise PLM platform (Arena or Oracle Agile preferred).
- Systems Integration: Direct experience mapping schemas and scoping APIs for PLM-to-ERP integrations (e.g., connecting Arena/Agile to systems like NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle). Experience with middleware/iPaaS tools (Celigo, Workato, MuleSoft) is a major plus.
- Technical Literacy: Strong proficiency in data analysis and validation techniques. Experience writing SQL queries, utilizing advanced Excel, or leveraging Python/data visualization tools (Tableau/PowerBI) to audit and report on data health metrics.
- Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of how hardware engineering data is generated, specifically managing EDA data (Cadence, Altium, Synopsys) and mechanical CAD databases (SolidWorks, Creo).
- Education: BS/BA in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Operations, or a related technical discipline. Master's degree or relevant data governance certifications preferred.