PLM Business Analyst (BPIT, North Reading, MA)
$91,800 - $146,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 October 2026 by the employer.
This role connects Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and IT across Teradyne's Siemens Digital Industries landscape.
About the role
The PLM Business Analyst connects Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and IT across Teradyne’s Siemens Digital Industries landscape. This role translates business needs into requirements and processes for product data from design through the shop floor.
What you'll do
- Lead requirements workshops and document business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, functional specifications, and fit-gap recommendations.
- Develop functional designs for Teamcenter PLM and Opcenter MES processes, including BOM and change management, workflows, manufacturing planning, work orders, routings, electronic work instructions, traceability, non-conformance, and quality data collection.
- Collaborate with architects, developers, integrators, and business stakeholders to deliver configuration-first solutions and integrations across Teamcenter, Opcenter, and ERP platforms.
- Build dependable data practices by coordinating mapping, cleansing, migration, governance, master-data standards, reporting, and KPIs for parts, BOMs, documents, and routings.
- Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, release sign-off, upgrades, site rollouts, training, and Level 2/3 functional support through go-live and hypercare.
- Partner with global business owners, plant users, implementation partners, and IT management to prioritize scope, improve adoption, resolve root causes, and continuously simplify, standardize, and automate processes.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in business systems, functional consulting, or solution design roles within a manufacturing environment.
- 5+ years of hands-on functional experience with Siemens Teamcenter, including BOM management, change management, and workflows.
- 3+ years of experience with Siemens Opcenter Execution, Discrete, or Electronics (formerly Camstar/SIMATIC IT), or a comparable MES.
- Experience with at least two full-lifecycle PLM or MES implementations, upgrades, or global rollouts.
- Strong understanding of engineering-to-manufacturing processes, including EBOM, MBOM, BOP, routings, ECO, and the digital thread.
- Experience with PLM/MES-to-ERP integration concepts, data migration, and SQL for data validation, reconciliation, and reporting.
Nice to have
- Experience in electronics, semiconductor test equipment, robotics, or other high-tech discrete manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience with BMIDE, Active Workspace configuration, Teamcenter Manufacturing (Easy Plan), Opcenter Quality or APS, T4S, T4O, MuleSoft, or CAD integrations involving NX, Creo, or SolidWorks.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, traceability, configuration management, or certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, CSPO/PSPO, or Siemens Teamcenter/Opcenter certification.
Skills: PLM Business Analyst, Teamcenter, Opcenter, MES, business needs, solution design
This role has been open 13 days — well below the 50-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
350
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$148k
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| Metric | Teradyne | All employers we track in this specialty (350 roles · 60 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 350 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 106 | 6156 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 21 d | 50 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: PLM Business Analyst, Teamcenter, Opcenter, MES, business needs, solution design
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 35 open roles · median 29 d
- KLA Corporation · 31 open roles · median 119 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 28 open roles · median 205 d
- Micron Technology · 27 open roles · median 42 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 47 d
- Applied Materials · 23 open roles · median 36 d
How we counted: 350 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Systems Software) roles from 60 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.