CAD Systems Administrator

Job Title

CAD Systems Administrator

Job Description

Administers, supports, and continuously improves Trystar's engineering design-tool ecosystem, with primary responsibility for mechanical CAD (MCAD) systems and engineering data-management environments. Provides technical troubleshooting, deployment, maintenance, licensing administration, and vendor coordination for SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM, and related engineering tools. Partners with Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Automation, ETO, PLM, IT, and other stakeholders to maintain reliable, scalable, and governed engineering systems. Supports ECAD platform rollout, licensing, and support-model development while Electrical Engineering retains ownership of ECAD engineering standards and production use. This role resides within the Engineering Systems & Data pillar of Engineering Automation.

In this role you will

• Administer and maintain SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM, and related MCAD tools and environments.
• Provide technical troubleshooting and user support for MCAD, PDM, configuration, file-management, and performance issues.
• Manage software installation, deployment, upgrades, service packs, configuration changes, testing, and routine maintenance.
• Administer PDM users, groups, permissions, workflows, data cards, revision controls, file structures, and vault health.
• Manage MCAD licensing, subscriptions, renewals, compliance, usage tracking, and budget inputs.
• Serve as the primary contact for CAD software vendors, resellers, and technical-support partners.
• Maintain approved CAD templates, title blocks, drawing formats, materials, libraries, Toolbox content, and shared settings.
• Support engineering-data integrity and connectivity among CAD, PDM, PLM, ERP, automation, and related systems.
• Assist with the rollout, implementation, licensing, and adoption of ECAD platforms in partnership with Electrical Engineering.
• Help define future ECAD support requirements, ownership boundaries, administration practices, maintenance needs, and vendor-support processes.
• Develop and maintain tool documentation, standard work, troubleshooting guides, support procedures, and user training materials.
• Support Engineering Automation initiatives involving DriveWorks, DMT, product platforming, and engineering-system integrations.
• Track support requests, recurring issues, system health, and maintenance activities; communicate priorities and resolution status.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, CAD Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Typically requires 3-7 years of experience supporting CAD, PDM, PLM, or engineering software systems.
• Experience supporting or administering SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM or comparable systems.
• Experience troubleshooting software, licensing, configuration, deployment, and engineering workflow issues.
• Experience managing software licenses, maintenance agreements, subscriptions, and vendor relationships.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical engineering drawings, assemblies, bills of material, revisions, and technical documentation.
• Working knowledge of engineering data-management, configuration-management, and revision-control practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, documentation, and customer-support skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and support users across functions and locations.
• Exposure to AutoCAD Electrical, OrCAD, EPLAN, or similar ECAD platforms is beneficial but not required.

Skills

• SolidWorks administration and technical support
• SolidWorks PDM administration and maintenance
• CAD deployment, upgrades, and configuration management
• Software licensing administration and vendor coordination
• Product data management, revision control, and engineering data integrity
• Technical troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• CAD templates, libraries, shared settings, and standards infrastructure
• Engineering-system documentation, standard work, and user training
• CAD-to-PDM, PLM, ERP, and automation-system awareness
• Cross-functional collaboration, prioritization, and continuous improvement

Career Path and Development

Trystar is deeply committed to the professional development of our employees. The CAD Systems Administrator role provides development opportunities within Engineering Automation, including progression toward Senior CAD Systems Administrator, CAD Systems Engineer, CAD Ecosystem & Tools Lead, Engineering Systems Specialist, and broader Engineering Systems & Data roles. You and your manager will use Trystar's Technical Competency Assessment to evaluate Knowledge, Interpersonal Skills,