Senior Manufacturing Systems Business Analyst - Space Tech

AeroVironment•Albuquerque, NM

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Systems Business Analyst bridges manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain, quality, finance, and information technology. The role gathers, analyzes, documents, and prioritizes business and technical requirements for manufacturing systems, including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). The analyst supports system implementations, process improvements, integrations, data governance, testing, training, and ongoing operational support. The position helps ensure manufacturing applications support product development, production planning, material control, shop-floor execution, quality processes, traceability, and business reporting. The analyst works with stakeholders to understand current and future-state processes, translate business needs into requirements and specifications, and identify process gaps and opportunities. The role supports manufacturing-system decisions and operational troubleshooting, contributes to system upgrades and integrations, and maintains traceability from business need through design, testing, and deployment. It also supports testing, deployment, user training, process documentation, master-data governance, data quality, and continuous improvement. The position operates in a cross-functional environment and may involve interaction with engineering offices, manufacturing facilities, warehouse operations, quality organizations, IT teams, and external system vendors. Periodic travel or on-site support may be required during implementations, testing, training, and production deployments. The role requires access to ITAR- and/or EAR-controlled information; applicants must meet applicable U.S. person or export-license requirements. Some positions may require current U.S. citizenship due to contract requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
3–7 years of experience in business analysis, manufacturing systems, ERP, MES, PLM, MRP, or related manufacturing technology.
Experience gathering and documenting requirements for complex business processes.
Understanding of manufacturing, production planning, supply chain, engineering, or quality processes.
Experience supporting system implementations, enhancements, integrations, or upgrades.
Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
Experience with process-mapping and requirements tools.
Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR or be eligible for an export license, subject to the employer's determination and business requirements; some positions may require current U.S. citizenship due to contract requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with one or more enterprise systems such as Oracle Fusion ERP, Arena, or Unanet.
Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, electronics, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with bills of material, routings, work instructions, configuration management, and engineering change processes.
Knowledge of SQL, data analysis, reporting tools, APIs, or system-integration concepts.
Experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies.
Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement practices.
Experience with product traceability, auditability, export controls, or quality-management systems.

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders to understand current and future-state manufacturing processes.
Elicit, document, validate, and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements.
Translate business needs into user stories, use cases, process flows, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
Identify process gaps, inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for automation.
Facilitate workshops with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, finance, and IT teams.
Align requirements across PLM, ERP, MRP, MES, and related systems.
Analyze and support processes involving product data and bills of material, engineering change management, production planning and scheduling, material requirements planning, work orders and routings, inventory and warehouse transactions, shop-floor execution, quality inspections and nonconformance management, serial number and lot traceability, labor reporting, and production performance.
Support system configuration decisions and ensure solutions meet operational requirements.
Coordinate with system administrators, developers, vendors, and implementation partners.
Assist with troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, issue resolution, and production support.
Participate in system upgrades, implementations, migrations, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Define data, workflow, reporting, and integration requirements.
Support integration analysis between PLM, ERP, MRP, MES, and other enterprise applications.
Review proposed solutions for process alignment, usability, scalability, security, and data integrity.
Maintain requirements traceability from business need through design, testing, and deployment.
Develop test scenarios, test scripts, and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
Document defects and work with technical teams to verify corrective actions.
Support cutover planning, deployment, release management, and post-launch stabilization.
Develop user procedures, job aids, training materials, and release communications.
Maintain process documentation, requirements repositories, data definitions, and system documentation.
Support master-data governance and data-quality initiatives.
Monitor system performance and user adoption.
Identify opportunities to improve standardization, automation, reporting, and operational efficiency.
Ensure changes comply with applicable company policies, quality requirements, security standards, and regulatory obligations.
Provide periodic travel or on-site support as required during implementations, testing, training, and production deployments.