Global MES Architect & Manufacturing Systems Leader

Nextpower Inc; Fremont, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity compensation

Professional development

Job summary

Nextpower seeks an experienced IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead to define and implement the systems and data capabilities for global manufacturing operations. The role requires MES expertise, analytics, OEE, and factory automation knowledge to enable traceability, quality management, and operational excellence across sites.

The candidate will lead MES strategy, data governance, and integration with ERP/PLM/QMS/WMS, while supporting cyber and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in manufacturing IT, MES or systems integration.
• Strong understanding of MES, analytics, OEE, and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define manufacturing systems and IT architecture for production, quality, maintenance, traceability, and supply chain.
• Lead MES strategy, implementation, integration, enhancement, and global consolidation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and IT to translate requirements into scalable tech solutions.
• Establish manufacturing data standards, governance, master data, and integration patterns.
• Design and support manufacturing data warehouse and analytics initiatives.
• Enable end-to-end product and component traceability across materials, processes, equipment, and test results.
• Support quality systems including nonconformance, defects, rework, root-cause analysis, and process capability.
• Integrate MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, TMS, data warehouses, and analytics platforms.
• Evaluate and integrate factory automation tech (SCADA, PLCs, robotics, IIoT).
• Define real-time and batch data integration between shop-floor systems and enterprise apps.
• Support roadmaps for new facilities, lines, and plant standardization.
• Establish common processes, data models, interfaces, and reporting standards across sites.
• Lead vendor evaluations, solution design, implementation planning, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Ensure systems meet cybersecurity, availability, scalability, auditability, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

MES expertise

Manufacturing analytics

OEE metrics

Factory automation

Data platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

ERP integration

Data warehouse design

ETL/ELT

Job description

Nextpower seeks an experienced IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead to define and implement the systems and data capabilities for global manufacturing operations. The role requires MES expertise, analytics, OEE, and factory automation knowledge to enable traceability, quality management, and operational excellence across sites.

The candidate will lead MES strategy, data governance, and integration with ERP/PLM/QMS/WMS, while supporting cyber and regulatory requirements.