Computer Aided Design Director Jobs in California

About The Role

Agility is looking for a dedicated CAD Infrastructure Expert to own, manage, and optimize the organization's Creo, Windchill, and ECAD tools (Altium or equivalent) Key responsibilities include maintaining software servers, licenses, and user accounts, as well as driving, publishing, and enforcing standardized CAD modeling hygiene to ensure cross-team usability and accurate historical design records. Additionally, the role is accountable for continuous team coaching and onboarding, managing ECAD/Altium library integrations, maintaining standard Creo templates, and optimizing CAD data flow into ERP and manufacturing systems.

About The Work

• CAD Infrastructure Management
• Maintenance - Server upgrades, patches
• Creation and maintenance of user accounts
• License management - monitoring and maintaining the appropriate license quantity and mix for the team
• Own the integration with ECAD
• Maintain and improve integration with Altium or equivalent
• Maintain library of parts for PCBAs and Harnesses
• Windchill 
• Windchill PDM (lifecycle, data structures, multi-user environment)
• PDM standards and best practices 
• Product structures (eBOM / mBOM alignment, options / variants)
• Develop tools for progress and status reporting
• Implement and maintain Change management processes (ECR/ECN)
• Own the integration with ERP/Manufacturing
• Provide the expertise necessary from the CAD perspective, settings, options, opportunities, limitations, to optimize the integration with ERP/Manufacturing, allowing for efficient data transfer and integrity
• Continuous Creo/WC/Altium or equivalent ECAD coaching and training
• Stay informed on the latest features and tools from PTC
• Keep the team's CAD skills up to date
• On-board and train new hires
• CAD standards
• Drive the development of CAD Standards, resulting in a database that is a maintainable, efficient, and reliable record of the design, owning the process and the outcome.  This applies to both the in-work design and historical releases.  
• Socialize, train, and implement processes to enforce the standards
• Own all templates in Creo
• Create enterprise level templates for all CAD file types
• Organize and maintain CAD libraries

About You

• 10-15 years of hands-on experience with Creo/ Windchill, including practical ownership of vault structure, workflows, permissions, metadata, custom properties, revision management, release processes, and user support.
• Deep expertise in Creo, including advanced parametric part and assembly modeling, large assemblies, top-down design, configurations, manufacturing drawings, and BOM workflows.
• Experience defining and enforcing MCAD standards, modeling methodologies, templates, drawing practices, and release workflows in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to connect MCAD model structure, data architecture, automation logic, PLM/BOM requirements, and manufacturing deliverables into a reliable end-to-end process.
• Strong understanding of design-to-manufacturing workflows, including release packages, manufacturing drawings, BOMs, CAD exports, and downstream production readiness.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or technically directing CAD/MCAD engineers, designers, or engineering systems users.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT teams.
• High learning agility and comfort absorbing complex legacy systems through structured knowledge transfer, then converting that knowledge into scalable standards, documentation, and team practices.
• Authorization to work in the USA

Bonus Points

• PTC certified Windchill Admin
• PLM configuration, customization
• management of ECAD and MCAD using tools like Altium CoDesigner or similar
• Netsuite experience
• 0-12  years of experience in CAD administration, PLM administration, engineering systems, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or field/application engineering.
• Experience supporting CAD and PLM systems in an engineering environment (Creo andr Windchill preferred).
• Strong understanding of engineering documentation, design release processes, revision control, and document lifecycle management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, designers, technicians, and manufacturing teams to gather technical information and resolve documentation issues.
• Experience developing technical documentation such as SOPs, work instructions, templates, standards, or engineering guides.
• Ability to train and support engineering teams on CAD, PLM, documentation, and release processes.
• Knowledge of GD&T and ASME Y14 drafting standards.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.
• Proactive, process-oriented mindset with a passion for improving engineering workflows and documentation quality.

This a hybrid position based out of one of our Fremont, CA office.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.