Principal Application Engineer
Mar 14, 2026 Pune, India
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- Industry: Technology: Manufacturing
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• Define and propose integrated ELM solutions covering customer processes, ensuring strategic alignment and technical feasibility• Collect, formalize, and analyze business requirements, translating them into detailed technical and functional specifications for ELM systems• Design system architecture addressing data management, process automation, integration with systems like PLM/ERP/MES, and scalability for future requirements• Oversee implementation phases, including stakeholder communication, technical governance, risk mitigation, and delivery to the business roadmap• Facilitate workshops, blueprinting sessions, and user acceptance testing with customers to ensure adoption and change management• Mentor consulting teams, lead presales activities (demos, effort estimation), and support sales with solution options and implementation proposals• Work with Product Management and R&D to bring field specific improvements into product roadmaps• Review and establish quality improvement process in the entire implementation lifecycle• Actively contribute to the culture of this dynamic teamQUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE • 4 to 7 Years of Experience in PLM / ERP Implementation and Solution Architecture• Post Graduation or Graduation in computer science or mechanical engineeringCOMPETENCIES REQUIREDTechnical/Functional Competencies• At least 4 years of proven experience as a Solution Architect, technical consultant, or in similar roles, ideally in an enterprise software implementation environment• Good understanding of Engineering Process and Workflows in typical manufacturing companies• Hands-on consulting experience with PLM / ERP or an enterprise software implementation, integration, and roll out• Strong English skills, written and spoken. Proven ability to communicate with a range of people of different technical and experience levels and the ability to be self-directed as well as to work in a team• General knowledge and experience in distributed collaborative multi-tiered enterprise applications• Experience on following technologies is expectedoWeb application development technologies like Java, JS, spring boot, Perl, XML, XSLToStorage infrastructure like SAN / NAS / NFS etc.oAuthentication and email systems - LDAP / SMTPoRelational database - Oracle, Postgres etc.oCloud technologiesoArtificial Intelligence and Machine LearningoOperating Systems - Linux and Windows• Production use of Git, GitLab, GitHub or Azure DevOps• Good understanding of process related software tools like Jira, Confluence etc. • Familiarity with CAE process and tools will be an advantage• Understanding of High-Performance Computing and queuing systems like SLURM• Strong problem-solving skills• Willing to travel at least 50% of the time
We're doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can't.
• Define and propose integrated ELM solutions covering customer processes, ensuring strategic alignment and technical feasibility• Collect, formalize, and analyze business requirements, translating them into detailed technical and functional specifications for ELM systems• Design system architecture addressing data management, process automation, integration with systems like PLM/ERP/MES, and scalability for future requirements• Oversee implementation phases, including stakeholder communication, technical governance, risk mitigation, and delivery to the business roadmap• Facilitate workshops, blueprinting sessions, and user acceptance testing with customers to ensure adoption and change management• Mentor consulting teams, lead presales activities (demos, effort estimation), and support sales with solution options and implementation proposals• Work with Product Management and R&D to bring field specific improvements into product roadmaps• Review and establish quality improvement process in the entire implementation lifecycle• Actively contribute to the culture of this dynamic teamQUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE • 4 to 7 Years of Experience in PLM / ERP Implementation and Solution Architecture• Post Graduation or Graduation in computer science or mechanical engineeringCOMPETENCIES REQUIREDTechnical/Functional Competencies• At least 4 years of proven experience as a Solution Architect, technical consultant, or in similar roles, ideally in an enterprise software implementation environment• Good understanding of Engineering Process and Workflows in typical manufacturing companies• Hands-on consulting experience with PLM / ERP or an enterprise software implementation, integration, and roll out• Strong English skills, written and spoken. Proven ability to communicate with a range of people of different technical and experience levels and the ability to be self-directed as well as to work in a team• General knowledge and experience in distributed collaborative multi-tiered enterprise applications• Experience on following technologies is expectedoWeb application development technologies like Java, JS, spring boot, Perl, XML, XSLToStorage infrastructure like SAN / NAS / NFS etc.oAuthentication and email systems - LDAP / SMTPoRelational database - Oracle, Postgres etc.oCloud technologiesoArtificial Intelligence and Machine LearningoOperating Systems - Linux and Windows• Production use of Git, GitLab, GitHub or Azure DevOps• Good understanding of process related software tools like Jira, Confluence etc. • Familiarity with CAE process and tools will be an advantage• Understanding of High-Performance Computing and queuing systems like SLURM• Strong problem-solving skills• Willing to travel at least 50% of the time
We're doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can't.
Additional Information
- Posted: Mar 14, 2026