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Principal Windchill Developer

BAE Systems

Sterling Heights, MIFull-time$118–201K/yrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$118–201K/yr
Location
Sterling Heights, MI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The role involves building and supporting PLM capabilities, enhancing environments for AS9145 processes, providing customer support, integrating CAD systems with PLM databases, and upgrading PLM environments. Responsibilities include analyzing infrastructure, installing new releases, and developing integrated models using various technologies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PTC WindchillJavaJavaScriptRESTful ServicesSQLCode ManagementApplication DebuggingSoftware Testing MethodologiesRV&SCodebeamerThingWorxModel-Based Systems EngineeringTcl

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree6 Years ExperienceExperience Developing in PTC Windchill

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

What s it like to work on a team driven to make a big impact? Empowering. We believe your career should always be growing. And that s exactly what it will do at BAE Systems. You'll join a company truly devoted to your growth as you enjoy a special camaraderie on a team devoted to protecting what really matters.

We are looking for highly experienced PLM (Windchill) Developer to work with our Digital Technologies team to develop applications that support the development of advanced technology and help optimize the processes to bring those products to market.

As a Principal PLM Developer, you will:

  • Build and support PLM capabilities, such as Bill of Material (BOM) management and change management. Create new capabilities and extend those from the PLM vendor.

  • Enhance the environment to support AS9145 processes and unite engineering development artifacts as a digital thread bringing to life a Model Based Engineering (MBE) capability. All to support and present a complete product information set.

  • Provide customer support to a diverse population ensuring the system can meet their requirements.

  • Develop an integrated model between Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems and the PLM central database.

  • Integrate systems using a variety of techniques including web services and database connections.

  • Upgrade PLM environments to maintain supportability, compliance and take advantage of the latest software developments.

  • Install new releases exploring new features and analyzing and planning an upgrade process.

  • Analyze infrastructure components and the various services underpinning the PLM environment, including RHEL servers, TomEE, Javascript, REST APIs, Java programs, and log mining.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Bachelor s degree and 6 years experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • This position requires experience developing in PTC Windchill; it's not a Windchill Administrator position.

  • Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, RESTful services, SQL, code management, application debugging, and software testing methodologies.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • RV&S or Codebeamer experience

  • ThingWorx experience

  • Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) experience

  • Tcl experience#LI-Remote #LI-JR1

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Principal Windchill Developer

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How this job compares

Set against the 726 open Developer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$118–201K/yr
  • US median$103–188K/yr542 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $159K, is 10% above the US median midpoint ($145K) — in the top quarter of Developer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 15 open Developer jobs in Michigan and 726 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience — more than three in four Developer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 631 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 507 of the 726 open Developer jobs (70%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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