Digital Manufacturing Architect - Connecting Ops & Data

OpenTalent; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Marvin is seeking a strategic, technically grounded leader to shape the future of connected manufacturing. You will define and advance digital solutions architecture across the manufacturing network to improve visibility, control, decision-making, and long-term performance.

You will bridge manufacturing, engineering, IT, and business teams to standardize data, connect systems, and implement scalable digital capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience in digital manufacturing, industrial automation, systems integration, manufacturing IT/OT architecture, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience integrating production equipment, control systems, MES, ERP, historians, and other manufacturing data platforms into connected operational solutions.
• Experience architecting, implementing, or supporting manufacturing systems, system integrations, or digital transformation initiatives within production environments.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows, data structures, system architecture, and lifecycle management considerations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures, integration strategies, and implementation plans.
• Strong systems-thinking capabilities, with the ability to define and optimize how data, applications, and processes interact across the enterprise.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on technical problem-solving in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve digital manufacturing architectures that connect shop floor systems, enterprise platforms, data models, and reporting tools.
• Define solution patterns for MES, HMI, controls integration, industrial data collection, historians, analytics, and related manufacturing systems.
• Establish data architecture, communication standards, and interoperability approaches across plant and enterprise systems, including APIs and industrial protocols such as OPC UA and MQTT.
• Partner with operations, engineering, IT, and external providers to ensure digital solutions are practical, secure, scalable, and aligned to business priorities.
• Translate business needs into technical roadmaps, platform strategies, and implementation approaches that can be scaled across multiple sites.
• Establish architecture standards, integration principles, and governance practices that support long-term maintainability and growth.
• Support enterprise rollouts and strategic pilots by providing technical direction, solution documentation, and decision support to project teams and leaders.

Job description

Marvin is seeking a strategic, technically grounded leader to shape the future of connected manufacturing. You will define and advance digital solutions architecture across the manufacturing network to improve visibility, control, decision-making, and long-term performance.

You will bridge manufacturing, engineering, IT, and business teams to standardize data, connect systems, and implement scalable digital capabilities.