Lead Technical Architect - Automation & Digital Transformation

Bytebridge Technologies Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bytebridge Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead automation, SCADA, MES integrations, and digital transformation in a highly regulated medical device manufacturing environment.

You will guide a team of 15+ engineers onsite and offshore and serve as the primary technical contact for customers. Responsibilities include architecting ISA-95 aligned shop-floor to MES solutions, modernizing legacy systems, implementing Ignition SCADA for real-time KPIs, and advancing

Qualifications

• Experience leading automation programs in regulated medical device manufacturing.
• Ability to architect scalable shop-floor-to-MES integrations per ISA-95.
• Proven leadership of on-site and offshore engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a 15+ engineer team, onsite and offshore, as main technical contact.
• Architect and deliver shop-floor-to-MES integrations aligned with ISA-95.
• Modernize legacy systems and migrate control platforms/SCADA.
• Implement Ignition SCADA for real-time KPI monitoring (OEE, throughput, yield).
• Design MQTT-based communication between PLCs and enterprise systems.
• Drive IT/OT convergence, predictive analytics, centralized monitoring, and remote diagnostics.
• Develop data pipelines and analytics with Canary and AVEVA Historians.
• Ensure FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance including audit trails and access controls.
• Support OT cybersecurity (DCOM hardening, OPC UA, AVEVA SiteLink).
• Manage validation docs, change requests, requirements, design specs, testing, ops docs.
• Support NC/CAPA processes, audit readiness and medical device compliance.

Skills

Leadership

SCADA

MES integration

ISA-95

Ignition SCADA

OT cybersecurity

PLCs

Data pipelines

Validation

FDA compliance

Project delivery

Team leadership

Tools

Ignition

Wonderware

ArchestrA System Platform

AVEVA Historians

Canary Historian

MQTT

OPC UA

Job description

Bytebridge Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead automation, SCADA, MES integrations, and digital transformation in a highly regulated medical device manufacturing environment.

You will guide a team of 15+ engineers onsite and offshore and serve as the primary technical contact for customers. Responsibilities include architecting ISA-95 aligned shop-floor to MES solutions, modernizing legacy systems, implementing Ignition SCADA for real-time KPIs, and advancing