Digital Thread Architect - Test & Operations Integration

X-Bow Launch Systems Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

X-Bow Launch Systems Inc. is seeking a Test & Operations Integration Engineer in Texas to transform how physical testing and manufacturing are connected within a Digital Engineering ecosystem. You will build the digital foundation linking material characterization, manufacturing, and flight hardware.

You will partner with manufacturing and test teams to ensure engineering events become structured, traceable, and available enterprise-wide, enabling better visibility and faster decision-making.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Strong software engineering background in industrial or test software.
• Experience integrating laboratory equipment and SCADA/MES systems.
• Bridges hardware and software with manufacturing and operations teams.
• Experience with distributed systems and real-time data pipelines.
• Knowledge of OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, LabVIEW desirable.
• Strong systems thinking to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of laboratory equipment, manufacturing systems, test stands, DAQ systems, sensors, historians, SCADA, MES, and industrial software into a unified digital ecosystem.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and test organizations to map workflows and design software solutions improving visibility and data quality.
• Design reusable interfaces, services, APIs, SDKs, and adapters to standardize data ingestion into the engineering ecosystem.
• Architect event-driven data pipelines capturing test metadata, genealogy, process parameters, and provenance.
• Build the digital thread connecting assets, work orders, processes, inspection results, and analyses.
• Partner with software engineering and operations to ensure systems are first-class participants in the enterprise architecture.
• Drive adoption of modern data acquisition and automation workflows through leadership.

Skills

Industrial software

Data pipelines

APIs

Distributed systems

Hardware integration

OPC UA/MQTT

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

OPC UA

MQTT

Modbus

LabVIEW

SCADA

MES

Job description

X-Bow Launch Systems Inc. is seeking a Test & Operations Integration Engineer in Texas to transform how physical testing and manufacturing are connected within a Digital Engineering ecosystem. You will build the digital foundation linking material characterization, manufacturing, and flight hardware.

You will partner with manufacturing and test teams to ensure engineering events become structured, traceable, and available enterprise-wide, enabling better visibility and faster decision-making.