Global Manufacturing Systems Engineer - Chandler

Isola • Chandler, AZ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Global Manufacturing Systems Engineer bridges process engineering and industrial application development across Isola's manufacturing network. This individual contributor improves how manufacturing processes are designed, standardized, monitored, and supported, while developing reliable Ignition applications that turn equipment and process data into useful tools for operators, engineers, and business partners. The role connects the process expertise of Lamination, Treating, and Compounding subject-matter experts with Automation Engineering's controls and OT architecture and Reliability Engineering's asset-performance requirements.

The engineer develops and improves manufacturing processes, specifications, engineering standards, and technical documentation across global sites. The role designs, builds, tests, deploys, and maintains Ignition views and applications for production, process monitoring, troubleshooting, and decision-making, and supports integration of equipment and data sources with Ignition and related plant systems.

The position provides advanced troubleshooting and data analysis to address issues affecting safety, quality, yield, throughput, and downtime. It leads process optimization across resin compounding, treating, lamination, and other applicable manufacturing operations; supports new-product introduction and scale-up; establishes reusable application and manufacturing-data standards; and manages cross-site projects. The engineer also provides technical recommendations, develops user training and support materials, and shares lessons learned across the manufacturing network.

The role is based onsite in Chandler, Arizona, in industrial manufacturing environments. Global travel of approximately 25–50% is expected, with occasional support outside normal business hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• At least five years of experience in manufacturing, process, controls, automation, or manufacturing-systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience developing and supporting applications on the Inductive Automation Ignition platform.
• Experience integrating manufacturing equipment or controls with plant data and visualization systems.
• Experience developing technical requirements, testing solutions, documenting systems and processes, supporting users, and managing multiple technical workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing-process design, process capability, data acquisition, visualization, and industrial application lifecycle practices.
• Ability to design maintainable Ignition applications and integrations using clear requirements, reusable standards, testing, documentation, change control, and support practices.
• Working knowledge of industrial communications, PLC-connected systems, OPC UA, SQL databases, historians, and MES or ERP integration concepts.
• Strong structured problem-solving and statistical-analysis capability for resolving complex production and process issues.
• Working knowledge of secure and reliable OT support practices, including access, backup, change management, and recovery.
• Strong project-management and prioritization skills across sites and concurrent technical workstreams.
• Clear technical communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence partners without direct authority.
• Ability to work in industrial manufacturing environments around controls, electrical equipment, production machinery, utilities, and capital projects, and to wear site-required PPE.
• Ability to travel globally approximately 25–50% and occasionally provide support outside normal business hours.
• Collaborative, data-driven approach with ownership, curiosity, attention to detail, and the ability to balance global standardization with site needs and operating continuity.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to operators, engineers, business partners, and leaders, and build capability through documentation, training, knowledge sharing, and user support.

Nice To Haves

• Ignition certification or equivalent depth of platform experience.
• Experience with industrial communications, PLC-connected systems, OPC UA, SQL databases, historians, MES or ERP integrations, and reusable application design.
• Knowledge of resin compounding, treating, lamination, or PCB and laminate manufacturing.
• Experience or knowledge in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical process control, Minitab, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, secure OT environments, or multi-site engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and improve manufacturing processes, specifications, engineering standards, and critical technical documentation across global sites.
• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain Ignition views and applications for production, process monitoring, troubleshooting, and decision-making.
• Connect manufacturing equipment and data sources to Ignition and related plant systems, supporting reliable data acquisition, contextualization, visualization, and use.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for process, equipment-data, application, and integration issues affecting safety, quality, yield, throughput, or downtime.
• Analyze process trends and operating data to identify root causes, control risks, and prioritize improvements.
• Lead process optimization and capability improvements across resin compounding, treating, lamination, and other applicable manufacturing operations.
• Partner with process SMEs, Automation Engineering, Reliability Engineering, site engineering, Operations, Quality, R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, and IT/OT teams to translate production needs into sustainable solutions.
• Support new-product introduction and scale-up through procedures, test plans, data collection, validation, and production-readiness activities.
• Establish reusable Ignition and manufacturing-data standards, including documentation, naming conventions, testing, change control, support practices, and knowledge transfer.
• Manage cross-site projects that improve cost, quality, process capability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical recommendations for equipment, controls, tooling, infrastructure, and capital-investment decisions.
• Develop training and support materials for operators, engineers, and other system users, and share lessons learned across the manufacturing network.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time