Digital Manufacturing Solutions Architect - Marvin

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

We are looking for a strategic, technically grounded leader to help Marvin shape the future of connected manufacturing. In this role, you will define and advance the digital solutions architecture that enables smarter operations across our manufacturing network. You will bridge manufacturing, engineering, IT, and business teams to connect systems, standardize data, and create scalable digital capabilities that improve visibility, control, decision‑making, and long‑term operational performance.

• 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.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in digital manufacturing environments.
• 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.