IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead

Nextpower•Fremont, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead to support the company’s expansion into manufacturing. This role will be responsible for defining, implementing, and integrating the systems, data, and technology capabilities required to support global manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), manufacturing analytics, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), factory automation, industrial controls, and manufacturing data platforms. The role will help establish scalable solutions for production visibility, product traceability, quality management, equipment performance, and operational excellence across global manufacturing sites.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in manufacturing IT, MES, industrial systems, systems integration, or a related discipline.
Strong understanding of manufacturing analytics and OEE metrics, including availability, performance, quality, downtime, yield, and utilization.
Experience designing or implementing manufacturing data warehouses, data lakes, operational data stores, or analytics platforms.
Experience integrating MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, and enterprise data platforms.
Knowledge of manufacturing data models, ISA-95 concepts, equipment hierarchies, production orders, routings, work instructions, genealogy, and traceability.
Experience with data integration technologies, APIs, event-based integration, ETL/ELT, SQL, and industrial data protocols.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, REST APIs, message brokers, or similar industrial integration technologies.
Knowledge of manufacturing quality standards, statistical process control, process capability, and corrective action processes.
Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Oracle Cloud.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar analytics and data platforms.
Familiarity with cybersecurity standards and practices for operational technology and industrial control systems.
Experience leading global MES consolidation, template design, plant rollouts, or manufacturing transformation programs.
Project management experience, including working with system integrators and global technology vendors.

Responsibilities

Define the manufacturing systems and IT architecture supporting production, quality, maintenance, traceability, and supply chain operations.
Lead MES strategy, implementation, integration, enhancement, and global consolidation initiatives.
Partner with manufacturing, engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
Establish manufacturing data standards, governance, master data, and integration patterns across plants and production systems.
Design and support manufacturing data warehouse and analytics initiatives.
Enable end-to-end product and component traceability across materials, processes, equipment, operators, test results, and finished products.
Support quality systems and analytics, including nonconformance, defects, rework, root-cause analysis, and process capability.
Integrate MES and manufacturing systems with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, TMS, data warehouses, and enterprise analytics platforms.
Evaluate and integrate factory automation technologies, including SCADA, PLCs, robotics, industrial equipment, sensors, and IIoT platforms.
Define real-time and batch data integration solutions between shop-floor systems and enterprise applications.
Support technology roadmaps for new manufacturing facilities, production lines, and global plant standardization.
Establish common manufacturing processes, data models, interfaces, and reporting standards across sites.
Lead vendor evaluations, solution design, implementation planning, testing, deployment, and production support.
Ensure manufacturing systems meet requirements for cybersecurity, availability, scalability, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
Develop project plans, architecture documentation, data flow diagrams, integration specifications, and operational procedures.
Drive continuous improvement through automation, digitization, analytics, and standardization of manufacturing processes.