Teamcenter Application Engineer

At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.

Vast is looking for a Teamcenter Application Engineer reporting to the Director of Information Systemsto support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

You will support the development deployment and support of enterprise PLM and CAD systems that are critical to the engineering lifecycle of our human-rated space stations. This individual will lead feature development and implementation of Teamcenter PLM with associated business applications working closely with the Engineering Applications team and cross-functional stakeholders including Design Manufacturing Supply Chain and R&D.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain a reliable performant PLM platform (Teamcenter) to support mechanical design and engineering workflows.
• Develop configure and support integrations between Teamcenter NX and related business systems (ERP ECAD MCAD AWS).
• Anticipate tool and infrastructure needs work with multiple organizations and develop and implement processes workflows and customizations to enable successful and rapid development.
• Capture user requirements and translate them into technical solutions including workflows business rules and data models.
• Manage PLM tool customization BMIDE configuration and server-side development using ITK and Teamcenter APIs.
• Support and troubleshoot issues related to CAD data management change control workflows and user access.
• Collaborate with engineering software and IT teams to automate processes improve data quality and support scalability across systems.
• Design deploy and maintain infrastructure solutions using cloud platforms like AWS.
• Provide training documentation and user support for Teamcenter and NX features.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in PLM DevSecOps and software development to continually improve tools and infrastructure.
• Support deployment pipelines and DevOps practices to streamline updates and ensure system reliability and compliance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related fieldor equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience administering and developing within PLM/PDM environments particularly Teamcenter and NX.
• Proficiency with Teamcenter applications such as Workflow Designer Structure Manager Change Management and Access Manager.
• Experience with BMIDE ITK development and NX Open API.
• Understanding of engineering data lifecycle 3D modeling Bill of Materials (BOM) and product configuration.
• Strong background in system and data integration technologies (e.g. middleware MCAD/ECAD integrations).
• Hands-on experience configuring and supporting AWS-based infrastructure and cloud-native application development.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automating engineering workflows.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Multiple years of experience customizing PDM/PLM/CAD workflows and processes.
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux servers scripting (Batch PowerShell Bash) and system administration tasks.
• Experience with LDAP SAML and other authentication protocols.
• Understanding of network and infrastructure fundamentals (routing switching firewalls).
• Familiarity with FlexLM license servers license usage monitoring and license optimization.
• Strong documentation and communication skills with the ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prior experience in a high-growth startup or aerospace environment is highly desirable.

Pay Range:

• Senior PLM Application Engineer: $121700 - $164600
• Staff PLM Application Engineer: 144800 - $195900

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