Job description

The Solution Architect will provide guidance and leadership to customers in the areas of industry best practices for technology solution implementations to optimize manufacturing processes and increase operational effectiveness in collecting, storing, analyzing, processing, and interpreting data in compliance with industry expectations and regulations.

The Solution Architect will also be responsible for leading solutioning workshop for ‘plan to make’ business process digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct solution workshop for manufacturing systems (e,g. Siemens Opcener) implementation, mapping manufacturing process to system functionalities to maximize the value realization with the client.
• After the solution workshop, develop global or site level solution design that defines the scope and boundary for manufacturing system implementation.
• After the solution workshop, work with customers and internal team to recommend deployment strategy and implementation roadmap.
• Assist with value assessment of customer ‘plan to make’ business process, recommend digital transformation approach and technology enabler to help achieve overall customer objective and goals.
• Provide guidance and leadership during the entire implementation project lifecycle to the functional and technical team.
• Coordinate with different site IT teams in different geographies.
• Lead the environment management team and act as a liaison to the offshore team to complete the implementation activities.
• Additional responsibility will be to expand the skill base and develop further competencies in the company.
• Work on client projects to drive business process improvements, system automation, continuous improvement, and other duties associated with manufacturing system implementation and support.
• Must be able to manage various stakeholders at multiple levels of the client’s organization.
• Provide solution and technical guidance to product development teams for building industry specific solutions and accelerators in the manufacturing system space.

Travel Required

• Should be prepared to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Travel required based on:
  • Site requirements
  • Milestone delivery
  • Successful execution of assigned tasks.

Certifications

• MESA International Certificate of Competency (CoC) for MES/MOM Methodologies
• APICS CPIM

Experience / Qualifications

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Experienced in manufacturing processes and technologies to provide overall solution design services and strategic leadership to customer and internal teams.
• Experienced with large, multi-plant, global programs and is responsible for the overall quality of delivery on the assigned project.
• Ability to deliver solutions of the highest quality.
• Ability to manage and work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to lead smaller engagement as a sole contributor.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills are a must.
• Strong attention to details.
• Capable of understanding the importance of PLM, ERP, MES, Automation and Manufacturing Intelligence and where it fits in the overall MFG IT Portfolio.

Experience Required:

• 3 – 5 years of experience as Solution Architect.
• 4 – 6 years of experience as technical or functional project leadership.
• 10+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment / discipline or with manufacturing technology directly supporting manufacturing processes.
• 10+ years of experience in providing solutions for implementation of MES Camstar / Siemens Opcenter or similar platform.
• Complete life cycle implementation of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) product (e.g., Siemens Opcenter or similar platforms).
• 3 – 5 years of experience with integration approaches, framework technologies, or other application integration toolsets. Hands-on expertise with the 3rd Party interfaces with the MES application like PLM, ERP, LIMS, Learning Management Equipment, HMI, CMMS etc.
• Should have strong exposure to MES Product Administration and configuration.
• Extensive Domain experience in Medical Devices or Semiconductor industry with the ability to map business requirements with manufacturing IT applications.

Desired as Ideal:

• Experience with Semiconductor or Electronics or Medical Device and/or Regulated Industry.
• Experience with Validation and Verification of Manufacturing Software.
• Understands Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Fundamentals.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Science, Engineering, or related Field (or the equivalent experience) plus a minimum of ten years related experience