Senior Staff Solution Architect – Teamcenter PLM (Semiconductor)

Company:

Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:

Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Architect

General Summary:

The Senior Staff Solution Architect – Teamcenter PLM (Semiconductor) is responsible for designing and governing business‑capability‑driven PLM solutions, using Siemens Teamcenter as the enterprise backbone for semiconductor product lifecycle management.

This role is critical in the transformation journey of moving from legacy PLM to Teamcenter (SlCM) and focuses on mapping business capabilities, product lifecycle needs, and governance requirements into scalable, sustainable Teamcenter solution designs. The architect owns current‑state PLM solution architecture and defines a future‑state digital thread roadmap, clearly distinguishing between existing capabilities and forward‑looking architectural options.

Infrastructure and environment architecture are supporting considerations; the primary focus is on product capabilities, data models, processes, and lifecycle governance.

This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).

**This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.**

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of IT-specific work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
OR
9+ years of IT-specific work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Capability–Driven PLM Solution Architecture

• Lead solution architecture by translating business capabilities into Teamcenter functional designs, including:

  • Product definition and configuration

  • Change and release governance

  • Lifecycle and revision management

  • Manufacturing readiness and handoff

• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure PLM solutions reflect how the semiconductor business operates, not generic PLM implementations

• Ensure solution designs balance flexibility, governance, scalability, and long‑term sustainability

2. Teamcenter Product Capability Mastery (Core Requirement)

This role requires deep mastery of Teamcenter’s product capabilities, with the ability to deliberately and correctly apply them to complex semiconductor use cases.

Expected capability mastery includes, but is not limited to:

• Product Structure & BOM Management

  • Item and Item Revision modeling

  • Multi‑view BOMs (design, manufacturing, test, system)

  • Variant and effectivity strategies

  • Long‑lifecycle and derivative product structures

• Lifecycle & Configuration Management

  • Lifecycle state design

  • Revision and release strategies

  • Governance patterns for long‑running semiconductor products

• Change Management

  • Change objects, workflows, and impact analysis

  • Multiple change processes aligned to lifecycle states

  • Auditability and traceability for high‑impact changes

• Workflow & Process Orchestration

  • Business‑driven workflow modeling

  • Alignment of workflow automation to decision ownership

  • Avoidance of over‑customization

• Classification, Metadata & Information Modeling

  • Attribute strategies supporting reuse, reporting, and analytics

  • Data standardization across products and generations

• Security & Access Control (Business Perspective)

  • Role‑based access aligned to functional responsibilities

  • Protection of sensitive product and roadmap information

The architect is expected to act as a Teamcenter product authority, able to explain and defend why specific platform capabilities are used—or consciously not used—for each business need.

3. Semiconductor Product Lifecycle Enablement

Architect PLM solutions that support semiconductor‑specific realities, including:

• Silicon and derivative product hierarchies

• Long product lifecycles with high change velocity

• Complex product structures across silicon, package, test, and system views

• Sustaining engineering, errata, and lifecycle traceability

Ensure Teamcenter remains the authoritative system for product structure and change governance.

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