PLM Engineer

Lear For You

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They’re the secret to our success—empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?

Driving the future of automotive. We’re Lear For You.

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lear’s diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Following its establishment in 2012, Plzeň has grown into our fastest-growing Engineering Development Center in Europe. The center focuses on the design and development of Lear products, including complex seating mechanisms and structures, foams, coatings, plastics, and trim components. The vision for Plzen is not to work as an internal supplier for our European business units but to develop into a leading Design and Development Center working on projects for all major European OEM customer groups from concept phase through to delivery.

You support the full lifecycle of automotive product data by managing engineering documentation, change processes, and release packages within PLM systems. You work in Lear’s fast‑growing Engineering Development Center in Pilsen, collaborating closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver compliant, high‑quality solutions for European OEM customers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams on technical documentation, drawings, and product specifications
• Create, maintain, and modify Bill of Materials (BOM) in alignment with engineering requirements
• Analyze engineering changes and assess their impact on products, ERP systems, and related documentation
• Support the Engineering Change Management process, including change requests, approvals, documentation, and coordination with internal teams and suppliers
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of product data across PLM and ERP systems
• Provide support to the Engineering department in managing and optimizing plant systems and related tools

Experience Requirements

• 1+ year of experience in engineering documentation, PLM, or change management in an automotive or manufacturing environment.
• Hands‑on experience with automotive systems and tools such as SAP, PLM platforms, QID, or XPPS.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel for tracking, analysis, and reporting.
• Professional proficiency in English; German language skills are an advantage.
• Experience working in a cross‑functional or matrix organization.

Benefits

• Attractive salary
• Flexible working hours
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Bonuses for life and work anniversaries
• Commuting allowance
• Meal allowance
• Contribution of employer for pension insurance
• Free-time vouchers – Sodexo/Pluxee Flexipasses
• Discounted T-Mobile tariffs for you and family members
• Multisport card and Makro card
• Free tickets (Eishockey, football, theather)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.