Senior Manufacturing Systems Architect — Remote

First Quality Enterprises, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Paid time off

Medical, dental and vision

Job summary

First Quality Enterprises, LLC is seeking a Solution Architect – Manufacturing Systems to lead architecture and delivery of MES, Quality Management, and automation solutions. You will partner with Operations, COEs, Engineering and IT to ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable systems that align with business strategy.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise manufacturing, strong leadership and communication, and 40–50% travel across North American sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience implementing enterprise manufacturing solutions.
• Experience working directly with manufacturing operations.
• Strong solution architecture and systems integration experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Travel across all First Quality North American sites is required and is anticipated to be 40-50%

Responsibilities

• Serve as IT advisor to Manufacturing, Quality, Warehousing, Logistics, and Automation leaders.
• Translate business objectives into technology roadmaps and solution architectures.
• Lead architecture and design for manufacturing applications and integrations.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Oversee MES, Quality Management, and automation systems.
• Manage project execution from planning through deployment.
• Establish architecture governance and maintain roadmaps.
• Mentor architects, analysts, and engineers.

Skills

Solution architecture

Systems integration

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering/CS

Tools

SAP integration

Azure

Industrial automation

Job description

First Quality Enterprises, LLC is seeking a Solution Architect – Manufacturing Systems to lead architecture and delivery of MES, Quality Management, and automation solutions. You will partner with Operations, COEs, Engineering and IT to ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable systems that align with business strategy.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise manufacturing, strong leadership and communication, and 40–50% travel across North American sites.