IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead

Dataflix Inc.; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Dataflix Inc. is seeking an IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead in Fremont, CA.

You will define the manufacturing IT architecture and lead MES strategy to enable production visibility, traceability, and quality across facilities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions, establish data standards, and drive end-to-end data integration for real-time and batch analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Manufacturing IT, MES, industrial systems, systems integration, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing analytics and OEE metrics (availability, performance, quality, downtime, yield, utilization).
• Experience designing or implementing manufacturing data warehouses, data lakes, operational data stores, or analytics platforms.
• Experience integrating MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, and enterprise data platforms.
• Knowledge of ISA-95 concepts, equipment hierarchies, production orders, routings, and traceability.
• Experience with data integration technologies, APIs, event-driven integration, ETL/ELT, SQL, and industrial data protocols.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the manufacturing systems and IT architecture supporting production, quality, maintenance, traceability, and supply chain operations.
• Lead MES strategy, implementation, integration, enhancement, and manufacturing systems standardization initiatives.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Establish manufacturing data standards, governance, master data, and integration patterns across production systems.
• Design and support manufacturing data warehouse and analytics initiatives.
• Enable end-to-end product and component traceability across materials, processes, equipment, operators, test results, and finished products.
• Integrate MES and manufacturing systems with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, TMS, data warehouses, and enterprise analytics platforms.
• Evaluate and integrate factory automation technologies, including SCADA, PLCs, robotics, industrial equipment, sensors, and IIoT platforms.

Skills

MES experience

Manufacturing analytics

OEE concepts

Data integration

ERP/PLM/QMS/WMS integration

Data warehousing

SQL

Cybersecurity compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OPC UA

MQTT

Modbus

REST APIs

Power BI

Tableau

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead

Fremont, United States | Posted on 09/15/2026

We design, build, and run modern data platforms and AI-native systems that drive productivity, efficiency, and quality — while enabling businesses to move faster and adapt to change.

Job Description

Overview

The ideal candidate willhave strong experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES),manufacturing analytics, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), factoryautomation, industrial controls, and manufacturing data platforms. The rolewill help establish scalable solutions for production visibility, producttraceability, quality management, equipment performance, and operationalexcellence across manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Define themanufacturing systems and IT architecture supporting production, quality,maintenance, traceability, and supply chain operations.
• Lead MESstrategy, implementation, integration, enhancement, and manufacturingsystems standardization initiatives.
• Partner withmanufacturing, engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and ITteams to translate business requirements into scalable technologysolutions.
• Establishmanufacturing data standards, governance, master data, and integration patternsacross production systems.
• Design andsupport manufacturing data warehouse and analytics initiatives.
• Enableend-to-end product and component traceability across materials, processes,equipment, operators, test results, and finished products.
• Supportquality systems and analytics, including nonconformance, defects, rework,root-cause analysis, and process capability.
• IntegrateMES and manufacturing systems with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, TMS, datawarehouses, and enterprise analytics platforms.
• Evaluate andintegrate factory automation technologies, including SCADA, PLCs,robotics, industrial equipment, sensors, and IIoT platforms.
• Definereal-time and batch data integration solutions between shop-floor systemsand enterprise applications.
• Supporttechnology roadmaps for manufacturing facilities, production lines, andenterprise manufacturing standardization efforts.
• Establishcommon manufacturing processes, data models, interfaces, and reportingstandards across manufacturing environments.
• Lead vendorevaluations, solution design, implementation planning, testing,deployment, and production support.
• Ensuremanufacturing systems meet requirements for cybersecurity, availability,scalability, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
• Developproject plans, architecture documentation, data flow diagrams, integrationspecifications, and operational procedures.
• Drivecontinuous improvement through automation, digitization, analytics, andstandardization of manufacturing processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor'sdegree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering,Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years ofexperience in Manufacturing IT, MES, industrial systems, systemsintegration, or a related discipline.
• Strongunderstanding of manufacturing analytics and OEE metrics, includingavailability, performance, quality, downtime, yield, and utilization.
• Experiencedesigning or implementing manufacturing data warehouses, data lakes,operational data stores, or analytics platforms.
• Experienceintegrating MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, and enterprise data platforms.
• Knowledge ofmanufacturing data models, ISA-95 concepts, equipment hierarchies,production orders, routings, work instructions, genealogy, andtraceability.
• Experiencewith data integration technologies, APIs, event-driven integration,ETL/ELT, SQL, and industrial data protocols.
• Strongcommunication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solvingskills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experiencewith OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, REST APIs, message brokers, or similarindustrial integration technologies.
• Knowledge ofmanufacturing quality standards, statistical process control, processcapability, and corrective action processes.
• Experiencewith cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Oracle Cloud.
• Experiencewith Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, orsimilar analytics and data platforms.
• Familiaritywith cybersecurity standards and practices for operational technology andindustrial control systems.
• Projectmanagement experience, including working with system integrators andtechnology vendors.