Operational Technology (OT) Engineer (HYBRID)
About The Position
The Operational Technology (OT) Engineer is a core member of the OT Product Line team, responsible for designing, implementing, standardizing, and supporting resilient manufacturing technology platforms across global plants. Working within a product-based operating model, this role partners closely with the Product Manager, Product Owner, Architects, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Plant Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-availability OT solutions that improve uptime, safety, and operational performance. This role extends beyond a project-based controls function, encompassing full lifecycle accountability—from architecture and deployment to ongoing support, optimization, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 6-9 years of experience in manufacturing OT environments
- Excellent communication skills and a desire to collaborate openly within a fast-moving team
- Hands-on experience with PLC and SCADA systems
- Experience with industrial networking concepts (VLANs, network segmentation, firewalls)
- Understanding of high-availability and disaster recovery principles
- Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices in industrial environments
Responsibilities
- Leads the design and deployment of standardized OT solutions, including PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems, while supporting MES integration and plant-level data frameworks.
- Participates in commissioning, cutover, and hypercare activities, and contributes to the development of global deployment playbooks.
- Drives standardization and lifecycle management of industrial automation platforms (e.g., Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric), ensuring consistent configuration baselines and version control.
- Supports structured patching and upgrade cycles while reducing technical debt across legacy plant environments.
- Contributes to continuous improvement by providing technical input to product backlogs, identifying automation opportunities to enhance performance and reduce costs, and recommending architecture improvements based on plant feedback.
- Also supports pilot initiatives under Transform funding, including areas such as predictive maintenance.
- Focuses on improving reliability and resilience by implementing high-availability and failover designs for critical systems, and supporting backup and disaster recovery strategies for PLC configurations, SCADA servers, and historian systems.
- Contributes to initiatives aimed at reducing mean time to repair (MTTR) and partners with Site Reliability Engineers to enhance observability and alerting capabilities.
- Maintain continuous personal learning and development to remain technological relevancy in current and emerging technologies.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
- Wellbeing programs
- 401k
- health insurance
- paid time off
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
