Sr. Staff Solutions Architect – Manufacturing (R6252)

Shield AI•Seattle, WA

1d•$148,320 - $266,976

About The Position

Shield AI is seeking a senior Solutions Architect for Manufacturing to serve as the functional and technical authority for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP across Manufacturing, MRP/Supply Chain Planning, and the shop-floor-to-ERP technology stack. The role owns the design, configuration, and continuous improvement of Oracle Fusion Manufacturing and MRP capabilities, along with the MES, QMS, and PLM (Teamcenter) application landscape and its integration with Oracle Fusion. The goal is to ensure that planning, production, and quality processes operate as a coherent, well-architected system. This is a hands-on, business-facing role and the primary trusted advisor for Manufacturing and Quality business partners. The architect translates business needs into scalable solutions and directly configures and implements medium-complexity changes. For large or complex initiatives, the architect leads solution design, partners with the implementation partner on delivery, and remains accountable for solution quality and business fit. The role collaborates with the Supply Chain and Finance Solutions Architects on shared planning signals, supplier quality, and end-to-end integration with Finance and Accounting. The position also owns the functional roadmap, configuration governance, and target integration model for MES, QMS, and Teamcenter PLM. It includes designing and supporting integrations, maintaining documentation and change control, assessing Oracle Fusion releases, improving processes and data quality, mentoring junior resources, and contributing to the internal ERP center of excellence. Shield AI expects this role to identify and help implement AI-driven automation in Manufacturing, MRP, MES, and QMS. This includes designing agent workflows and appropriate human-in-the-loop controls, evaluating AI tools, using AI-assisted tools in solution delivery, and promoting responsible AI adoption in regulated and ITAR/CUI-sensitive environments.

Requirements

12 or more years of progressive experience in enterprise ERP systems, with significant depth in MRP/Supply Chain Planning, MES, and QMS functions.
Hands-on experience configuring Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP Manufacturing and Planning; able to work directly in the application.
Experience across multiple full-lifecycle ERP implementations, including Oracle Fusion.
Direct hands-on experience with at least one MES platform and one QMS platform, including integration into an ERP environment.
Working knowledge of Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay and how they interact with Manufacturing, MRP, and quality operations.
Demonstrated experience as a functional or solution architect, independently designing solutions rather than only executing assigned configuration tasks.
Experience partnering with or managing systems integrators or implementation partners on complex delivery efforts.
Strong business-partnering and stakeholder-management skills, including serving as the primary escalation point for Manufacturing and Quality process questions.
Working understanding of integration concepts and experience partnering on ERP-to-MES/QMS/PLM integrations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including producing functional design documents, process documentation, and executive-level updates.
Ability to identify, design, and help implement AI-driven automation across Manufacturing, MRP, MES, and QMS.
Ability to define AI workflow prompts, guardrails, data inputs, and approval or exception paths with appropriate human-in-the-loop controls.
Ability to champion responsible AI adoption, including data quality, auditability, and change management in regulated environments.

Nice To Haves

Prior consulting background with a Big Four firm, Oracle partner, or boutique Oracle Fusion implementation firm.
Direct experience owning or integrating Teamcenter PLM with Oracle Fusion Manufacturing or Engineering data.
Experience in aerospace, defense, or other regulated or complex discrete manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) or similar middleware/integration platforms.
Oracle Fusion certifications in Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning, or Quality.
Experience with export control, ITAR/CUI, or other regulated data-handling requirements.
Hands-on experience with generative AI or agentic AI platforms such as Oracle AI Agent Studio, OCI Generative AI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, or UiPath/Automation Anywhere agentic features, or similar.
Fluency in prompt engineering and AI workflow design, or ability to build that fluency.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for Manufacturing, Production Planning, Quality, and Engineering business partners on process design and system capabilities.
Represent Manufacturing and Quality stakeholder needs, constraints, and priorities in ERP, MES, QMS, and PLM solution discussions.
Assess proposed Manufacturing and Quality process changes for impact, feasibility, and fit with the Oracle Fusion data model and integration landscape.
Translate business requirements into scalable solutions that balance standard Oracle Fusion functionality with configuration, extensions, and integrations.
Maintain working knowledge of Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay flows to prevent downstream conflicts or gaps in Manufacturing, MRP, MES, and QMS designs.
Configure Oracle Fusion Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning/MRP, Work Definitions, Quality Inspections, and related modules for medium-sized projects, enhancements, and break/fix work.
Build, test, and deploy configuration changes involving functional areas, security, workflows, approval rules, and manufacturing and planning data structures.
Create functional design documents, configuration workbooks, test scripts, and process and procedure documentation.
Lead solution architecture and requirements for large or complex initiatives, partnering with implementation partners and remaining accountable for solution quality, business fit, and knowledge transfer.
Participate in and help lead workshops, fit-gap sessions, and design reviews with stakeholders and implementation partners.
Own MRP and Supply Chain Planning configuration, including planning parameters, supply/demand netting, exception messages, and planner workbench, ensuring plans translate into executable work orders.
Own the functional roadmap, configuration governance, and business alignment for MES work-order execution and shop-floor data collection; QMS inspections, non-conformance, CAPA, and supplier quality; and Teamcenter PLM engineering BOM, item master, and change management integration.
Keep MES, QMS, and PLM architecturally aligned with Oracle Fusion Manufacturing and MRP, avoiding duplicate data ownership, conflicting BOM or routing data, and process gaps.
Define and maintain the integration model among MES, QMS, PLM, and Oracle Fusion ERP, including engineering-to-manufacturing BOM transfer and quality event-to-ERP disposition flows.
Partner with the Supply Chain Solutions Architect on supplier-quality data flowing from Procure-to-Pay into QMS supplier corrective action processes.
Design and help implement ERP integrations with MES, QMS, and Teamcenter PLM, including BOM/routing synchronization, work-order status, and quality disposition data.
Define integration requirements, data mappings, and error-handling and reconciliation approaches with technical and integration teams.
Evaluate API, middleware, and file-based integration patterns and recommend approaches based on volume, latency, and criticality, particularly for shop-floor and real-time data.
Support testing, cutover, and hypercare for integration-related changes.
Maintain configuration standards, documentation, and change control for Manufacturing, MRP, MES, QMS, and PLM.
Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate work, and improve data quality across planning, production, and quality cycles.
Monitor Oracle Fusion quarterly releases relevant to Manufacturing and Planning and assess or recommend new feature adoption.
Mentor junior functional and technical resources and contribute to the internal ERP center of excellence.
Identify high-value Agentic AI opportunities in Manufacturing and Quality, such as planner exception triage, shop-floor anomaly detection, non-conformance routing and CAPA drafting, and work-order scheduling recommendations.
Design and configure AI agent workflows using Oracle embedded AI/ML and agentic capabilities as they become available.
Partner with IT and data teams to define prompts, guardrails, inputs, and approval or exception paths for AI agents, with appropriate human-in-the-loop controls.
Evaluate and pilot third-party or custom Agentic AI tools and assess their fit with the target architecture.
Use AI-assisted tools for requirements analysis, test-script generation, configuration documentation, and data mapping.
Champion responsible AI adoption, including data quality, auditability, and change management in regulated and ITAR/CUI-sensitive environments.