MES Integration Architect – Global Manufacturing IT Lead

Nextpower LLC, USA; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextpower is seeking an experienced IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead to define, implement, and integrate the systems, data, and technology required to support global manufacturing operations in Fremont, CA.

You will lead MES strategy, drive integration across ERP, QMS, WMS and PLM, ensure data governance, analytics, traceability, and cybersecurity, and partner with manufacturing, quality, operations, and IT teams worldwide.

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 related discipline.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing analytics and OEE metrics (availability, performance, quality, downtime, yield).
• Experience designing or implementing manufacturing data warehouses, data lakes, or analytics platforms.
• Experience integrating MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, and enterprise data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define the manufacturing systems and IT architecture supporting production, quality, maintenance, traceability, and supply chain operations.
• Lead MES strategy, implementation, integration, enhancement, and global consolidation 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 plants and 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.
• Define real-time and batch data integration solutions between shop-floor systems and enterprise applications.
• Lead vendor evaluations, solution design, implementation planning, testing, deployment, and production support.

Skills

MES Integration

Manufacturing Analytics

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)

Factory Automation

Industrial Controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

ERP

QMS

WMS

PLM

ISA-95

Job description

Nextpower is seeking an experienced IT Manufacturing Systems Architect / MES Integration Lead to define, implement, and integrate the systems, data, and technology required to support global manufacturing operations in Fremont, CA.

You will lead MES strategy, drive integration across ERP, QMS, WMS and PLM, ensure data governance, analytics, traceability, and cybersecurity, and partner with manufacturing, quality, operations, and IT teams worldwide.