Senior Manufacturing Data Architect & Digital Integration

MSD; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MSD, a leading biopharmaceutical company, seeks a Senior Specialist for Manufacturing Data Engineering & Digital Integration in Wilmington. You will lead data platforms, drive scalable data products, and enable analytics across GMP operations.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectures, and ensure data governance and cybersecurity in regulated environments. The role emphasizes AI, automation, and robust data integration across OT/IT systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative/technical discipline with 5+ years in data engineering, system integration, or AI/ML solution development.
• Experience leading technical contributors or cross-functional projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL; R, PowerShell, or JavaScript a plus.
• Hands-on with data integration, REST APIs, databases, data modeling, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience in regulated environments with SDLC, validation, data integrity, and cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for manufacturing data engineering and digital integration initiatives.
• Translate complex challenges into scalable technical strategies and delivery plans.
• Lead cross-functional work, mentor data engineers, and promote rigor and improvement.
• Design and direct integrations among MES, ERP, LIMS/ CDS, and cloud analytics.
• Develop data pipelines, APIs, and context data models for dashboards and analytics.
• Lead AI/ML solutions for manufacturing use cases and drive adoption.

Skills

AWS

Audit Management

Audit Trails

Automation

Automation Systems

Business Informatics

Business Process Improvements

Computer Science

Data Compliance

Data Engineering

Data Integration

Data Interfaces

Data Management

Data Modeling

Data Pipelines

Data Security

Data Visualization

Microsoft Azure

Problem Management

Python

Quality Management

Real-Time Programming

Requirements Specification

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, software engineering, data engineering, information systems, computer engineering, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or related quantitative/technical discipline

Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

AVEVA PI System

SEEQ

Power BI

Ignition

Spotfire

Tableau

Dataiku

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services

Job description

MSD, a leading biopharmaceutical company, seeks a Senior Specialist for Manufacturing Data Engineering & Digital Integration in Wilmington. You will lead data platforms, drive scalable data products, and enable analytics across GMP operations.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectures, and ensure data governance and cybersecurity in regulated environments. The role emphasizes AI, automation, and robust data integration across OT/IT systems.