Title:Architect Digital Manufacturing Location:Hershey, PA (Hybrid) Duration: 9+ Months
Description: The Architect for Digital Manufacturing Solutions is a technical solutions manager, focused on leveraging technology in manufacturing to transform business processes, improve visibility, enable the workforce, and improve operational agility, quality, and productivity. You will be working with small, multi-disciplinary teams to develop TrakSYS solutions for our manufacturing plants. The Architect conceptualizes, designs, documents, constructs, tests, and implements industrial applications and hardware technologies to enable our plant’s digital transformation. Applications range from OEE applications to full-scale MES/MOM applications across multiple facilities.
Major Duties/Responsibilities:
Leads the design, development, and implementation of MES/MOM and system integration solutions projects
Responsible for solution architecture modeling and documentation, specification development, and technical design decisions for prioritized projects
Effectively works with implementation partners and development teams to efficiently translate business requirements into functional capabilities
Assesses complex technical environments and defines requirements for integration of new solutions, maintenance, and optimization
Ensures solutions are scalable and can be sustained with close adherence to reference architectures and standards
Interacts and works with customers at multiple levels of responsibility in a manufacturing or production environment
Collaborates with business partners to advise, define and deliver capabilities in alignment with business and IT strategy
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Engineering from an accredited college/university
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in software development
Minimum 6 years’ experience developing or leading the development of MES, MOM, or manufacturing applications
2+ years’ experience configuring and developing Parsec TrakSYS applications
Experience programming in C# .NET
Experience with T-SQL
ISA-95 expertise and ability to architect manufacturing information solutions
Expertise in all project phases including design, development, and implementation
Experience with customer requirements and specification development
Must be able to handle multiple tasks, have excellent attention to detail, and be willing and able to learn new technologies quickly
Must be able to work successfully in a matrix structure, focused strongly on customer service and personnel growth
Must have experience successfully interacting and working with customers at multiple levels of responsibility in a manufacturing or production environment
Must have solid verbal and written communication skills
Must have a strong work ethic and be willing to travel up to 20% of the time and work in a plant environment.
Nice to Have:
Strong experience with C# .NET & MS SQL Server
Experience with 3rd party web controls (DevExtreme or equivalent)
Experience with design and development of interfaces with business systems (ERP, WMS, PLM, etc.)
Experience with OPC UA
Experience with UNS
MES platform experience (Rockwell, Siemens, AVEVA, Ignition/Sepasoft, etc.)
Experience with IIoT, Cloud, MQTT-Spark Plug.
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
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LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $90.00/hr.
