CAD Administrator

The role

You will own the configuration, maintenance, optimization, and user support for CAD tools and standard libraries centered on PTC Creo and Windchill. You will support engineers, designers, scientists, and technicians to ensure engineering productivity.

What you will do

• Administer, configure, and maintain CAD software tools (Creo Parametric)
• Manage CAD software licensing, user accounts, access permissions, server deployments, and software updates
• Establish, standardize, and maintain standard CAD libraries, seed files, drawing templates, start parts, and COTS component catalogs
• Develop, document, and enforce CAD modeling best practices, layer standards, parametric modeling conventions, and drawing standards
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for design engineers
• Onboard and train design engineers, technicians, and contractors on company CAD standards, modeling workflows, and Windchill CAD integration
• Optimize CAD environment performance
• Spearhead the campaign to fully automate drawing creation and initial checking

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in CAD Administration, CAD System Engineering, or CAD/PLM Application Support in a hardware design/manufacturing environment
• Deep administrative expertise with major CAD platforms (e.g., PTC Creo Parametric, SolidWorks, Altium) and their system configuration tools
• Hands-on experience managing CAD-to-PLM integrations, specifically PTC Windchill CAD Data Management (PDMLink / Workgroup Managers)
• Demonstrated experience building and managing CAD part libraries, start parts, design templates, and modeling standards
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to resolve complex client-side CAD crashes, file dependencies, and dataset integrity issues
• Proactive, "DOer," and self-starter capable of navigating the ambiguity of a first-of-a-kind research project
• Excellent communication and customer-service mindset

Nice to have

• Experience with CAD automation, scripting (e.g., Creo Toolkit, Python, VB.net), or macro development
• Experience managing CAD/PLM environments in a high-complexity hardware startup or national laboratory environment (e.g., SNL, LANL, LLNL)

Benefits

• Industry-Competitive Salary
• Equity Plan
• 6% Employer 401k Matching
• Generous Paid Time Off (including sick leave, vacation, paid family leave)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Before you apply

• This position may require access to information or technology that is subject to U.S. export control laws
• Access is provided only to individuals who are classified as 'U.S. Persons' (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending)

About the company

Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy. The company is designing and building a pulser-driven inertial fusion system.