Manufacturing Execution System Engineer

Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and technically skilled resource to join our IT department and support the implementation integration and the future support team in charge of our new Digital Plateform for our manufacturing locations.

This role will be focusing on the IT systems and will play a key part in bridging IT and OT systems together ensuring smooth connectivity between shop floor equipment enterprise applications and digital manufacturing platforms.

The ideal candidate must be comfortable working across ERPs manufacturing operations engineering and IT teams to deliver reliable scalable and user-friendly digital solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

IT/OT COE team

• Act as a subject matter expert for Tulip and HighByte within the organization.

• Design and implement end-to-end data flows to and from shop floor to ERPs and Digital Manufacturing Platforms (Tulip)

• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues including Industrial Data Ops platform (Highbyte)

• Ensure compliance with security and data governance standards

• Provide training documentation and ongoing support to operations and engineering teams.

• Partner with manufacturing teams to identify opportunities for digital process improvements.

• Stay current with Industry 4.0 trends low-code MES platforms and edge integration technologies.

• Work with third party software providers as required.

Tulip Platform

• Support the deployment and configuration of the Tulip platform across manufacturing sites.

• Configure and manage Tulip connectors for system integrations (ERP PLM QMS etc.).

• Support process engineers in charge of the development of the Tulip apps dashboards and workflows to support operations quality and maintenance.

• Whenever possible support end users in leveraging Tulip for day-to-day activities.

HighByte Intelligence Hub

• Configure and manage data models pipelines and contextualization in HighByte.

• Set up and maintain connectors for OT and IT systems (PLC SCADA historians ERP MES).

• Ensure secure reliable and scalable data flows between the Tulip platform and the enterprise applications and the UNS layer.

• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to identify new integration use cases.

Experience & Skills:

Soft skills and previous experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) ideally Tulip or other no-code/low-code platforms.

• Experience in a FDA validated environment for systems development

• Familiarity with shop floor processes (production quality maintenance operations) is required. Past experience as a process engineer is a plus.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills is required.

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams (IT OT engineering operations) is needed.

• Good communication skills to translate technical solutions into business value is needed.

• Comfortable with continuous learning in a rapidly evolving digital manufacturing space is needed.

Technical Skills

• Familiarity with HighByte Intelligence Hub or other data integration or Data Ops platforms (MQTT OPC UA REST APIs SQL etc.).

• Experience with Broker based technologies handling MQTT protocol (HiveMQ EMQX etc.)

• Managing Containerized solutions using Docker or similar technologies

• Solid understanding of REST API connectivity and ideally also some knowledge of industrial connectivity protocols (e.g. OPC UA Modbus MQTT Kepware).

• Previous experience integrating MES with IT systems (ERP historians IoT platforms).

• Ideally some proficiency in scripting or low-code environments (Python or similar).

• Understanding of edge computing concepts and deployment practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science information systems industrial engineering or equivalent work experience

• Prior experience with the Tulip platform (app building dashboarding connector setup).

• Hands-on experience with HighByte Intelligence Hub (data modeling connector configuration integration).

• Background in industrial automation/controls engineering or digital manufacturing projects.

Environmental Working Conditions & Physical Effort:

• Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level.

• Work location is located in Pune (India). Possibility for part time home office.

• Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.

• A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis.

• Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking standing bending reaching lifting or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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