Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Pleasanton · Pleasanton, CA (HQ) · USD 160,000-220,000 · 3+ years experience · Posted Oct 9, 2026

At a glance

Avathon is hiring an Engineering Lead for Product Lifecycle Management to own the technical delivery of PLM integrations and AI capabilities built on top of them.
This is a hands-on lead role where you will write code, own the integration architecture, and lead a small team of engineers through implementation, go-live, and hypercare.

Own the technical design for integrating customer PLM systems with the Avathon platform
Build and maintain connectors and data pipelines from PLM, CAD/PDM, ERP and MES sources into our Bronze/Silver/Gold data lake
Define canonical data models for parts, EBOM and MBOM structures, variants, effectivity and engineering changes
Set standards for data quality, sync latency and reconciliation between source systems and the platform
Model product structures and change relationships in the Computational Knowledge Graph so any change can be traced to its downstream impact
Build the backend services behind BOM comparison, engineering change impact and clear-to-build views
Work with our ML, data science and agent teams to apply Normal Behavior Models and AI agents to PLM data
Turn one-off customer work into reusable platform components
Run technical working sessions with customer PLM, IT and engineering teams and act as the senior technical contact on the account
Review designs and code, set engineering practices, and mentor engineers on the PLM domain

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineers or technical delivery
Hands-on integration experience with at least one enterprise PLM platform, including its APIs and data model
Strong working knowledge of BOM management, engineering change management, variants and effectivity
Experience integrating PLM with ERP, CAD/PDM, MES and quality systems
Strong backend skills in Python with experience building data pipelines and REST APIs
Experience in manufacturing, automotive, aerospace or defense environments
Comfortable working directly with customers and traveling to customer sites
Clear technical writing and communication

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