The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale. SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations.
Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.
About the team The PLM team runs product data and configuration control for our AI systems and semiconductor hardware programs, sitting between Hardware and System Engineering, Silicon, NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality. It owns the PLM platform, the change control board, the release schedule against NPI gates, and the EBOM to MBOM handoff into ERP for products spanning silicon, PCBAs, racks, thermal and power subsystems, cables, firmware, and enclosures.
The team is small and each person owns a product line end to end, so you will hold decisions rather than route them. About the role The PLM Configuration Principal owns product lifecycle and configuration management at the product level — running PLM the way a technical program manager runs a program, not the way a helpdesk runs a ticket queue. This role is the single accountable owner for how a product's data is structured, released, changed, and audited from first schematic through end of life.
It is a dual-hat position. Roughly half is platform ownership: you hold administrator rights in the PLM system and personally configure object models, item and document types, BOM structures, lifecycle phases, change workflows, roles, and privilege masks. The other half is program execution: you chair the change control board, hold the release schedule against NPI gates, keep the EBOM-to-MBOM handoff clean into ERP, and unblock cross-functional decisions across Hardware/System Engineering, Ops PM, Supply Chain, Quality and Contract Manufacturer.
The environment is high-mix, fast-revision AI systems and semiconductor hardware — L5-L12 (silicon, active/passive components, PCBs, PCBAs, racks, thermal and power subsystems, cables, firmware, and mechanical enclosures) — where a single mis-scoped ECO can strand inventory, slip a build, or ship a non-conforming rack. Precision is the job. Responsibilities PLM Platform Administration & Configuration (~40%) Serve as the named functional administrator for the PLM application — configure and maintain object and subclass models, item and document types, attributes and page-three fields, autonumber schemes, lifecycle phases, revision and effectivity rules, and part numbering standards.
Build and maintain change workflows (ECR, ECO, ECN, MCO, deviation and waiver, stop-ship, and NCMR routings) including approval matrices, escalation timers, notification rules, and conditional routing logic. Administer roles, privilege masks, and criteria-based access controls; enforce least privilege and segregation of duties across internal users, contract manufacturers, ODMs, and foundry or OSAT partners.
Own the PLM-to-ERP and PLM-adjacent integrations at the functional level: EBOM-to-MBOM transfer, item and AML/AVL synchronization, change-order publication, and reconciliation of failed transactions. Partner with IT on middleware and API-level defects. Manage sandbox-to-production promotion, regression testing, patching and upgrade validation, and configuration documentation. Maintain a written configuration baseline of the PLM system itself.
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