Connected Worker Engineer - Decatur, IL

Archer Daniels Midland•Decatur, IL

About The Position

The Connected Worker Engineer serves as the technical resource for Connected Worker solutions across ADM manufacturing operations. The role partners with Operations, Global Technology (GT), vendors, and development teams to translate operational needs into scalable digital solutions, guiding solution design, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement. Solutions must align with enterprise architecture, security, supportability, and long-term sustainability. The engineer translates business and operational requirements into functional and technical requirements and works with GT design and engineering teams to implement Connected Worker applications and integrations. The role participates in technical discussions about integrations, system dependencies, and architecture decisions; supports tablet and mobile deployments; and helps resolve identity and access management (IAM), connectivity, and role-based security issues. It also supports testing, user acceptance, release activities, deployment planning, solution validation, and ongoing improvement across OT, IT, cloud, and third-party SaaS environments. The position requires an understanding of enterprise data flows, relational databases, industrial historians, data platforms, industrial data architecture, and Purdue Model concepts. Relocation assistance is available. ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. The listed pay range is blank in the posting.

Requirements

Ability to translate business requirements into functional and technical requirements and technical concepts into business language.
Experience developing requirements documentation, user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria, functional specifications, and solution documentation.
Experience facilitating requirements gathering, solution design, testing, and deployment activities.
Experience developing and executing test plans and test scripts, and supporting user acceptance testing (UAT).
Understanding of how systems, data, identities, and applications interact across OT, IT, cloud, and third-party SaaS environments.
Understanding of relational databases, industrial historians, enterprise data platforms, and enterprise data flows.
Understanding of how data is collected, ingested, transformed, stored, and consumed across systems.
Understanding of Purdue Model concepts and industrial data architecture.
Familiarity with database types, data acquisition methods, communication protocols, and common data structures.
Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Experience managing requirements, backlogs, priorities, and release activities.
Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders, operations teams, developers, vendors, and Global Technology teams.
Ability to participate in technical discussions about integrations, system dependencies, and architecture decisions.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and understanding of Connected Worker platforms.
Knowledge and understanding of EAM / CMMS system integrations.
Knowledge and understanding of ERP platforms.
Knowledge and understanding of Industrial IoT platforms.
Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing data platforms, including AVEVA PI and other historians, SQL, and NoSQL.
Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate.
Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Dataverse and Azure Services.
Knowledge and understanding of MSSQL Server.
Knowledge and understanding of REST APIs and API management platforms.
Knowledge and understanding of authentication and identity solutions.
Knowledge and understanding of SaaS application integrations and hybrid on-premises / cloud architectures and services.
Knowledge and understanding of relational databases, data warehouses, industrial historians, enterprise reporting and analytics platforms, data movement protocols, and CRUD operations.
Candidates who do not meet every listed requirement are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Translate business requirements into functional and technical requirements, user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria, and solution documentation.
Facilitate requirements gathering, solution design, testing, and deployment activities.
Write functional specifications and partner with GT design and engineering teams to implement Connected Worker applications and supporting integrations.
Develop test scripts and support user acceptance testing (UAT).
Define integration requirements and validate that delivered solutions meet operational needs.
Participate in technical discussions with GT regarding integrations, system dependencies, and architecture decisions.
Support tablet and mobile device deployments and work with GT to resolve IAM, connectivity, and role-based security issues.
Identify opportunities to improve solution design, reduce technical debt, and increase long-term supportability.
Support deployment planning, solution validation, release activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
Manage requirements, backlogs, and priorities in support of solution delivery.
Communicate and collaborate with business stakeholders, operations teams, developers, vendors, and Global Technology teams.

Benefits

Relocation assistance.
Medical/Rx, dental, and vision coverage.
On-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement, as applicable.
Flexible spending accounts and health savings account.
401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan.
Discounted employee stock purchasing program.
Life insurance and disability coverage.
Workers’ compensation, legal assistance, and identity theft protection.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).
Paid time off, including paid holidays.
Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
Tuition assistance.
Company-sponsored training and development resources, including LinkedIn Learning, language training, and mentoring programs.