CAD Administrator

General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is a supplier of advanced electromagnetic systems, related power equipment and other high technology products for a variety of government and commercial applications. These include products such as the design and fabrication of linear motors, superconducting and conventional rotating motors, power inverters, high-energy capacitors, radiation monitoring systems, high-voltage direct current power distribution systems, and numerous other products.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a CAD Admin support Engineer in our Electromagnetic Systems (EMS) Group located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES:

• The scope of the CAD Admin support Engineer is to be the primary technical administrator for the Configuration and Data Management and the Engineering department.
• The engineering tools are complex in nature and include (at a minimum): CAD, Modeling, PLM, ETC
• The primary responsibility of the CAD Admin support Engineer is Windchill PLM and tools that integrate with Windchill PLM (CREO, Solid Works, Windchill, Workgroup Manager
• Windchill PLM provides the core data management and workflow capabilities for all program functions throughout the product life cycle Familiar with Creo, SolidWorks, and ECAD applications
• A successful candidate will be one who proactively looks after the health of the engineering software applications, plans for the future and quickly and thoroughly addresses issues.
• Must proactive and be able to work with little direction.
• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing effectively.
• Must be able to work with people effectively.
• Must be familiar with enterprise software architectures and large software application architectures, installation and maintenance.
• Strong problem solver.
• Manage user accounts & privileges
• Setup and maintain projects
• Create custom reports & queries
• Helps engineering with tool problems and questions
• Create and give training sessions on how to use the tool to the engineering team adhering to engineering policy.
• Create user accounts, change passwords and terminate previous user accounts
• Add users to programs and set privileges
• Implement new process workflows & update process work flows for program unique requirements
• Help users with technical issues and train if necessary
• Support IT with client installations & trouble shooting
• Plans, coordinates and performs software updates for engineering applications
• Familiar with databases and database administration
• Familiarity with web software, such as Java, PHP, Perl, etc. is a plus
• Familiarity with writing and editing HTML web-pages
• Address issues with the tools from the engineering team and work support tickets with application vendors & IT to resolve issues.
• Manage the security rules within the application and tailor them for unique program
• specific needs, work with ITAR, FSO and IT to ensure compliance
• Manage the data, create backups as needed and support programs
• Manage database data items and properties, manage the uniform dataset for all programs
• Monitor tool performance
• Manage maintenance renewals
• Work with Tool supplier to resolve issues & plan updates
• CAD Admin support Engineer supporting all the above-mentioned Projects and products.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related discipline and three or more years of progressive professional applications administration experience. Equivalent professional experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in IT or as an Application Administrator
• Experience with Windchill PLM v.10 or later
• SolidWorks and Creo CAD integration to Windchill PLM
• Must be familiar with installing and maintaining applications on Windows Operating
• Must Understand Network basics
• Experience with other PLM integration a plus.
• Some business travel may be required.