Job Description
Job Description
Our client, an established aerospace manufacturer in Troy, MI, has an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled NX Specialist / NX Teamcenter Administrator to support, optimize, and continuously improve their Siemens NX environment. This role combines daily end-user support with strategic customization, integration, and standards development responsibilities. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and experienced with advanced NX capabilities such as Product Manufacturing Information (PMI), Model-Based Definition (MBD), and Check-Mate.
Responsibilities:
- Provide daily end-user support, resolving support tickets and assisting with modeling, assemblies, and workflows.
- Perform general troubleshooting across NX, including part and assembly loading/saving issues.
- Support business migration to PMI and Model-Based Definition (MBD) workflows.
- Configure, run, and maintain NX Check-Mate to support compliance, quality assurance, and design standards.
- Work closely with subject matter experts to develop, maintain, and enforce NX standards and best practices.
- Develop and maintain NX Open customizations (.NET).
- Investigate, test, validate, and deploy NX software upgrades.
- Support and enhance Teamcenter-NX integration, including workflow customization and validation.
- Manage and troubleshoot third-party integrations, including ANSYS, Altium, 3DCS, and DFMPro.
- Maintain and improve Siemens Teamcenter integrations such as Plant Simulation/Tecnomatix and Simcenter.
- Administer and optimize NX license usage.
- Lead evaluations of new NX capabilities and industry trends to identify efficiency improvements, collaborate with SMEs on future standards, build a continuous improvement roadmap, and align with modern CAD/CAE best practices.
- Assist in maintaining, supporting, and customizing Teamcenter.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred; equivalent hands-on experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years of experience with NX customization and administration.
- Strong hands-on experience with Siemens NX, including advanced modeling and assemblies.
- Experience with PMI, MBD, and NX validation tools such as Check-Mate.
- Proven ability to collaborate with SMEs and engineering teams to define and maintain standards.
- Competence developing NX Open customizations (VB.NET preferred).
- Familiarity with multi-system engineering integrations (ANSYS, Simcenter, 3DCS, Altium, DFMPro, etc.).
- Strong troubleshooting skills and a customer-service mindset.
- Experience with software upgrade management and system validation.
- Understanding of CAD/PLM workflows and data management best practices.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, IT, and leadership.
- Self-driven, with the ability to identify improvement opportunities and lead technology evaluations.
- Experience with Jira and Bitbucket/Git (or similar) and working on a team of software engineers.
- Ability to work independently, using analytical skills to identify and anticipate problems.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Must be able to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance if needed; selected candidates may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with engineering design/release/manufacturing processes.
- NX CAM experience.
- Experience writing customizations with Teamcenter's Integration Toolkit (ITK).
- Teamcenter maintenance and support experience, such as Business Modeler IDE (BMIDE), applying updates, and configuration changes.
Compensation: $110,000 - $135,000 per year. Full-time, onsite in Troy, MI.
You should be proficient in:
- CAD/PLM Administration
- Mechanical Engineering
- Software Development
Machines & technologies you'll use:
- Check-Mate
- NX Open
- PMI / MBD
- Siemens NX
- Teamcenter
- VB.NET
- PLM Administration