Strategic Digital Manufacturing Architect

Marvin-62abfd9; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Profit sharing

Wellbeing account

Better Living Day

Volunteer program

Brighter Days Fund

Job summary

Marvin is seeking a strategic, technically grounded leader to define and advance the digital solutions architecture across our manufacturing network. You will connect shop floor systems with enterprise platforms, standardize data, and deliver scalable capabilities to improve visibility, control, and long-term performance.

Responsibilities include designing end‑to‑end architectures, defining solution patterns for MES and analytics, and driving interoperability using APIs and industrial protocols.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in digital manufacturing environments.
• Experience in digital manufacturing, industrial automation, systems integration, manufacturing IT/OT architecture, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience integrating production equipment, control systems, MES, ERP, historians, and other manufacturing data platforms into connected operational solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve digital manufacturing architectures that connect shop floor systems, enterprise platforms, data models, and reporting tools.
• Define solution patterns for MES, HMI, controls integration, industrial data collection, historians, analytics, and related manufacturing systems.
• Establish data architecture, communication standards, and interoperability approaches across plant and enterprise systems, including APIs and industrial protocols such as OPC UA and MQTT.
• Partner with operations, engineering, IT, and external providers to ensure digital solutions are practical, secure, scalable, and aligned to business priorities.
• Translate business needs into technical roadmaps, platform strategies, and implementation approaches that can be scaled across multiple sites.
• Establish architecture standards, integration principles, and governance practices that support long-term maintainability and growth.
• Support enterprise rollouts and strategic pilots by providing technical direction, solution documentation, and decision support to project teams and leaders.

Skills

Systems thinking

Stakeholder alignment

Industrial IT/OT architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS

Tools

Ignition

Azure

Job description

Marvin is seeking a strategic, technically grounded leader to define and advance the digital solutions architecture across our manufacturing network. You will connect shop floor systems with enterprise platforms, standardize data, and deliver scalable capabilities to improve visibility, control, and long-term performance.

Responsibilities include designing end‑to‑end architectures, defining solution patterns for MES and analytics, and driving interoperability using APIs and industrial protocols.