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# PLM/ PDM Systems Architect at Parallel Systems

- **Company:** Parallel Systems
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$190k
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/parallel/jobs/5230761007?gh_jid=5230761007

## Job description

Parallel Systems is pioneering autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles designed to transform freight transportation by shifting portions of the $900 billion U.S. trucking industry onto rail. Our innovative technology offers cleaner, safer, and more efficient logistics solutions. Join our dynamic team and help shape a smarter, greener future for global freight.

Senior PLM & Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Parallel Systems is seeking a Senior PLM & Manufacturing Systems Engineer to own the systems that control how our vehicle is defined, released, and built. The immediate priority is our SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional environment — administration, release and change control process design, and the engineering data handoff into Odoo. As the production organization scales, this role will expand into the broader manufacturing systems stack, including MES, quality management, and serialized traceability. Ideal candidates have administered PDM and PLM in a hardware environment and have built the engineering release and configuration management process on top of it, not simply maintained the tool.

This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role. We expect the function to grow and additional headcount to follow as production scales; we are hiring the person who will build its foundation and set its technical direction.

Responsibilities:

- Own administration of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional environment, including archive and database servers, vault configuration, replication, backup and restore testing, upgrades, and license administration.
- Design and maintain data cards, workflows, revision schemes, and state-driven permissions that reflect how engineering and production actually work.
- Work with engineering to define and implement engineering release and change control, including ECR/ECO workflow, released-state protection, effectivity, and revision control that holds up against a production BOM.
- Govern CAD and product data standards — part numbering, file naming, templates, Toolbox management, and the custom properties that drive downstream systems.
- Maintain the integration between PDM and Odoo so that item masters, engineering BOMs, revisions, and released drawings reach manufacturing without manual re-entry.
- Automate routine administration and data movement using Dispatch, scripting, and the PDM and Odoo APIs.
- Support engineers and production staff directly — triage issues, onboard and train new users, and document the processes the systems enforce.
- Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to evaluate, select, and deploy additional production systems as the organization scales, including MES, quality management, and serialized traceability.
- Act as the technical authority on product data management and configuration control, influencing how Parallel Systems maintains as-designed, as-planned, and as-built configuration across a growing fleet.

What Success Looks Like:

- 30 days: You've mapped the current PDM and ERP environments. You will have started to map out a desired workflow for engineering data through conversations with engineering and procurement teams. You will have a burn down list of issues to fix and features to add.
- 60 days: You've made meaningful progress burning down the issues on that list. PDM data cards and simple release workflows will be working as desired. Dispatch scripts will be cleaned up.
- 90 days: You've implemented production release and ECR workflows that are tested and function as intended. You will begin to work with the manufacturing team to scope out their MES and other infrastructure, at least as it relates to engineering data from PDM.

Basic Requirements:

- 5+ years administering PDM or PLM systems in a hardware engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Deep hands-on SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional administration, including workflow, data card, permission design, and Dispatch.
- Demonstrated ownership of an engineering release and change control process, not only the system that hosts it.
- Working knowledge of ERP/MRP manufacturing data — item masters, BOMs, and routings — and how engineering data must land in it.
- Scripting or light development ability sufficient to build and maintain system integrations, such as Python, C#/.NET, or SQL, with comfort working against REST or XML-RPC APIs.
- Experience working directly with engineers and production staff to translate process requirements into system configuration.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Hands-on experience with Odoo, or with another ERP/MRP implementation, integration, or migration.
- Experience evaluating or deploying MES or electronic quality management (eQMS) platforms.
- Background in rail, aerospace, automotive, or another environment where serialized traceability and configuration control are required.
- Familiarity with SOLIDWORKS Manage, or with migration from PDM to a broader PLM platform.
- Broader IT infrastructure experience, including identity and SSO, Windows Server, virtualization, backup strategy, and software license management.
- Startup or small-team experience, with the ability to build process and documentation from nothing.

We are committed to providing fair and transparent compensation in accordance with applicable laws. Salary ranges are listed below and reflect the expected range for new hires in this role, based on factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, and location. Final compensation may vary and will be determined during the interview process. The target hiring range for this position is listed below.

Target Salary Range: $150,000—$190,000 USD

Parallel Systems is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any discriminatory factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We work to build an inclusive environment in which all people can come to do their best work.

Parallel Systems is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Parallel Systems will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your recruiter.

## About Parallel Systems

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Parallel Systems develops autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles to convert freight from truck to rail, enabling railroads to serve new markets with a cleaner, more flexible, and cost-effective alternative to short-haul trucking.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Matt Soule (Founder and CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Railroad Equipment Manufacturing, Autonomous Freight, Clean Logistics
- **Target Customers**: Railroads, freight operators, ports, distribution centers, and logistics companies (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To provide a safer, more efficient, and sustainable alternative to short-haul trucking by seamlessly integrating autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles with existing rail operations, decongesting highways, and reducing shipping costs and pollution.

## Products & Services
- **[Autonomous, Battery-Electric Rail System](https://moveparallel.com/product/)**: A fleet of self-propelled, autonomous rail vehicles designed to haul intermodal containers up to 500 miles on a single charge. Key features include:
  - **No couplers**: Vehicles self-sort and assemble into platoons, eliminating manual coupling and enabling instant rerouting.
  - **Platooning & Aerodynamics**: Patented technology yields unprecedented range and energy efficiency.
  - **Advanced Braking**: Self-contained, adaptive braking with automatic parking brakes for shorter stopping distances.
  - **Integrated Systems**: Software platform seamlessly integrates with existing railroad train control and business systems, providing real-time data via APIs.
- **Solutions for Rail**: New line hauls (city-to-city), port shuttles (reducing drayage), and direct-to-customer service (small-footprint terminals at warehouses).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – **USD 91,349,995** ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems))
- **Funding History**:
  - Seed Round (June 2020): $3.8M – led by Congruent Ventures
  - Series A (Jan 2022): $49.5M – led by Anthos Capital
  - Series B (May 2025): $38.0M – led by Anthos Capital
- **Notable Investors**: Anthos Capital, Congruent Ventures
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Employee headcount grew **44.7% year-over-year** to 45 employees (as of mid-2025)
  - **First commercial pilot** launched in April 2025 after receiving Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approval ([Pulse 2.0](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems))
  - Currently in **second phase of testing on Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) in Georgia** ([Railway Age, July 2025](https://www.moveparallel.com/))
  - **14 active job postings** as of July 2025, with 75% year-over-year growth in listings

## Competitive Advantages
- **Autonomous, battery-electric technology** purpose-built for rail, offering a direct alternative to short-haul trucking (a massive market consuming 45 billion gallons of diesel annually).
- **No couplers** – enables instant, automated rerouting and packetized freight, greatly improving operational flexibility compared to traditional trains.
- **Long range (500 miles) on one hour of charge** via patented platooning aerodynamics.
- **Seamless integration** with existing railroad systems, reducing adoption barriers.
- **Small footprint** allows direct service to warehouse docks and small terminals, unlocking new low-density, short-haul lanes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Commercial deployment**: Moving from testing to revenue-generating pilot operations with partner railroads.
- **Scaling manufacturing and operations**: Growing the team (especially engineering and sales) to support commercial expansion.
- **Expanding market share**: Target shorter and lower density routes currently dominated by trucking, while also enabling port shuttles and direct-to-customer rail service.
- **Sustainability-driven growth**: Position rail as a lower-emission, cost-competitive alternative to reduce the 7% of U.S. emissions from trucking.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "A team of curious, committed problem-solvers" with a focus on inclusion, ownership, and technical excellence ([Greenhouse careers page](https://boards.greenhouse.io/parallel)).
- **Impact**: Directly influence the future of freight by building autonomous, clean rail technology that can decongest highways and cut pollution.
- **Engineering Focus**: 45% of employees are in technical roles (robotics, autonomy, ML, mechatronics) – a strong engineering-led environment.
- **Location**: Based in Los Angeles, CA (Factory Place), with a small presence in India.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Rapidly scaling (44.7% headcount growth, new Series B funding, commercial pilot underway) offering significant career development opportunities.
- **Notable alumni destinations**: SpaceX, Tesla, Vast, Rivian, Anduril – reflects a high-caliber talent pool.

## Sources
1. [Parallel Systems Website](https://www.moveparallel.com)
2. [Parallel Systems Careers (Greenhouse)](https://boards.greenhouse.io/parallel)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems)
4. [Parallel Systems Product Page](https://moveparallel.com/product/)
5. [Pulse 2.0 on Series B](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems)

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