PLM Change Analyst

San Jose · USD 135,000-170,000 · 3-5 years experience · Posted Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

Astera Labs is seeking a hands-on PLM Analyst to own the day-to-day administration, configuration, and continuous improvement of Arena Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
This role will be the internal subject-matter expert for Arena configuration and governance, partnering with engineering, manufacturing, Quality, and operations teams.

Serve as the primary administrator and functional owner for Arena PLM.
Configure and maintain Arena workflows, approval routes, lifecycle states, forms, fields, roles, permissions, notifications, dashboards, and reports.
Design and implement system changes that support product-development without compromising data integrity or compliance.
Manage Arena releases, enhancements, regression testing, issue resolution, and configuration documentation.
Establish and maintain Arena governance standards, including change control, naming conventions, metadata requirements, access controls, and configuration baselines.
Partner with IT on integrations, system security, user provisioning, data exchanges, and synchronization with ERP and other business systems.
Own product records, part and item masters, Bills of Materials (BOMs), product structures, specifications, drawings, and controlled product documentation in Arena.
Configure and administer Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), release workflows, effectivity controls, and implementation tracking.
Support New Product Introduction (NPI) readiness through part setup, BOM validation, document release, configuration checks, and product-data completeness reviews.
Serve as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, Quality, operations, supply chain, and IT for Arena requirements and process improvements.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, Quality, information systems, or a related technical field.
3–5 years of hands-on experience administering or configuring PLM, QUALITY, or related enterprise systems.
Demonstrated Arena experience at a configuration and administration level—not only end-user or reporting experience.
Experience configuring workflows, forms, fields, permissions, lifecycle states, notifications, approvals, and reports in Arena or a comparable platform.
Experience managing PLM and QUALITY processes in the same system or across integrated systems.
Strong working knowledge of BOM management, product structures, revision control, document control, configuration management, ECO/ECN processes, and NPI.
Practical experience with CAPA, nonconformance/MRB, audit support, Quality records, and controlled documentation.
Experience with ERP integration or data synchronization, preferably with Oracle ERP or a similar platform.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to train users and influence process adoption.

Arena PLM implementation, redesign, migration, or major enhancement experience.
Experience supporting semiconductor, electronics, optical, or other hardware product-development environments.
Familiarity with ISO 9001 or comparable Quality-management requirements.
Experience with PLM data governance, system validation, audit trails, and change-impact analysis.
Experience creating operational dashboards, metrics, and analytics from Arena, PLM, or ERP data.
Experience leading cross-functional process-improvement or system-configuration projects.