Digital Manufacturing Lead - SCADA, MES & Data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field with 8+ years of experience across industrial automation, manufacturing systems, and plant data platforms.
• Architecture-level ownership - not configuration alone - of SCADA, MES/MOM, historian, or plant data platforms, including at least one system you designed that is still running in production.
• Hands-on depth in two or more supervisory or manufacturing systems ecosystems - Ignition, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens WinCC Unified/Opcenter, AVEVA, or comparable - with the judgment to assess licensing models, redundancy architectures, and openness of data access on evidence rather than familiarity.
• Production experience with OPC UA and MQTT/Sparkplug B at architecture level - broker topology and redundancy, store-and-forward, payload and schema design and versioning - plus proficiency with Ethernet/IP, Profinet, and similar industrial communication standards.
• Working fluency in ISA-95 (production orders, material genealogy, equipment models, batch records) and ISA-88 sufficient to place a batch engine and defend the placement; strong SQL, relational data modeling, and time-series data handling.
• Demonstrated leadership of engineers - setting technical direction, developing people, and accountability for delivery you did not personally execute.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities
• Desired Skills
• Hands-on delivery with Sepasoft, FactoryTalk Batch, WinCC Unified SIQUENCE, or equivalent, and a considered view on where the batch engine belongs.
• Greenfield Scale-Up: Systems designed before the building was finished, with construction and equipment schedules setting the dates.
• Hybrid Batch and Discrete Processes: A process that moves batch to discrete and back more than once per product; materials, metals, or powder processing especially.
• Heterogeneous OEM Integration: Integrating independently sourced equipment, including machines shipped without a data path that required a gateway, network card, or vendor interface retrofit.
• Historian Architecture at Scale: Collection strategy, retention and archiving, and query performance that holds up when the plant is full.
• Experience carrying a plant through a platform migration or vendor change - you know what actually survives one.
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, or other high-level languages for automation and data analytics.
• Experience in heavy industrial, greenfield, or metallurgical manufacturing environments, or in regulated industries such as Defense, Aerospace, or Automotive.
• Physical and Environmental Requirements
• The position requires regular presence on the production floor and the ability to navigate all areas of the facility. Candidates must be able to climb stairs, stand and walk for extended periods, and work in environments that may be hot, humid, or noisy. The role also requires the use of personal protective equipment, including respirators, and adherence to all applicable safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Employees must be able to complete required fit testing, wear appropriate PPE for the duration of assigned tasks, and respond safely to changing conditions within the production environment.