Senior Warehouse Automation Architect - Hybrid Contract

ACTalent; Lafayette (IN); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

ACTalent in Lafayette, IN is seeking an experienced Software Architect to lead the system architecture and integration strategy for a major warehouse automation project involving a new WCS. This role focuses on automating material movement and coordinating complex interfaces across AMRs, forklifts, operator consoles, and databases.

Responsibilities include defining interfaces between WCS/WMS, designing APIs, ensuring real-time information flow, and guiding integration with automation vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience in software/system architecture with a focus on complex, integrated software systems.
• Proficiency in warehouse control systems, warehouse management systems, and industrial software environments.
• Expertise in systems integration, including defining interfaces between multiple software and automation platforms.
• Knowledge of REST/web APIs, real-time or event-driven communication.
• Experience with MQTT or similar industrial messaging protocols.
• Proficiency in SQL/SQL Server and understanding of database integration in a controls/software environment.

Responsibilities

• Architect the overall software and integration solution for a new warehouse automation/WCS environment.
• Develop the high-level architecture for communication between WCS, AMRs, forklifts, interfaces, and databases.
• Define interfaces and communication patterns between WCS/WMS systems and various automation platforms.
• Design and document APIs, messaging architecture, database interactions, and system interfaces.
• Establish real-time information flow between warehouse systems and equipment.
• Support the integration of autonomous mobile robots and automated material movement systems.
• Collaborate with engineering, controls, IT/software, automation vendors, and facility stakeholders to define requirements and technical interfaces.
• Evaluate existing systems to determine necessary communications with the new warehouse control architecture.
• Create architecture diagrams, interface definitions, technical specifications, and implementation plans for development and integration teams.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and integration gaps before implementation.
• Provide technical direction during implementation and system integration.

Skills

Software architecture

Warehouse control systems

Systems integration

REST/web APIs

MQTT/industrial messaging

SQL/SQL Server

Job description

ACTalent in Lafayette, IN is seeking an experienced Software Architect to lead the system architecture and integration strategy for a major warehouse automation project involving a new WCS. This role focuses on automating material movement and coordinating complex interfaces across AMRs, forklifts, operator consoles, and databases.

Responsibilities include defining interfaces between WCS/WMS, designing APIs, ensuring real-time information flow, and guiding integration with automation vendors.