Manufacturing Solutions Architect

Your Job

As a Manufacturing Solutions Architect, you will design, implement, and support Manufacturing Operations solutions across global manufacturing sites. In this role, you will help build a scalable Manufacturing Operations System ecosystem with Siemens Opcenter Execution as a foundational platform, integrating it with ERP, planning, automation, and other enterprise systems. You will combine manufacturing knowledge, solution architecture, and technical leadership to translate complex operational requirements into sustainable solutions while helping teams navigate project delivery and critical production support situations.

Our Team

You will work with business stakeholders, manufacturing users, software engineering teams, enterprise architects, automation teams, and other technical partners across global manufacturing locations. Together, the team develops and supports integrated Manufacturing Operations solutions that improve scalability, maintainability, reliability, and operational excellence across the manufacturing ecosystem.

What You Will Do

• Partner with business stakeholders, manufacturing users, and technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, sustainable solutions.
• Analyze manufacturing processes and complex operational workflows and recommend practical solutions aligned with business objectives, enterprise architecture, and industry practices.
• Design and document functional and technical solutions that can be clearly understood by business and technical audiences.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle and help ensure solutions meet quality, maintainability, and architectural standards.
• Design and support integrations between manufacturing systems, ERP, planning systems, automation equipment, and other enterprise applications.
• Participate in user workshops, requirements sessions, design reviews, and solution demonstrations.
• Communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders while managing expectations and driving alignment.
• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex production and system issues.
• Lead cross-functional teams during critical production incidents, major system outages, and business escalations, providing technical direction and coordinating timely issue resolution.
• Promote solution standardization, reuse, and best practices across manufacturing sites to improve scalability, supportability, and operational excellence.
• Support the continued evolution of the Manufacturing Operations ecosystem, using Siemens Opcenter Execution as a foundational platform and integrating modern technologies and enterprise systems.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience as a Solution Architect, Business Analyst, or Software Engineer supporting manufacturing-related applications.
• Experience developing, analyzing, or architecting operator-facing manufacturing software within electronics, semiconductor, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with manufacturing processes, shop-floor operations, traceability, quality, and production execution.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions and supporting delivery throughout the project lifecycle.
• Experience producing technical documentation, solution designs, functional specifications, and architecture documentation.
• Software engineering experience using one or more enterprise technologies, such as C#, .NET, Java, JavaScript, or SQL.
• Experience supporting production systems and troubleshooting complex operational issues.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders, end users, or customers on manufacturing-related applications.
• Ability to lead technical teams and provide clear direction during high-pressure production support situations.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and align business and technical stakeholders.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Knowledge of Siemens Opcenter Execution Core.
• Experience working with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Experience designing modern applications using cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with microservices, containerization, APIs, or event-driven architectures.
• UI/UX design experience, particularly with operator-facing applications in manufacturing environments.
• Experience designing integrations between manufacturing systems, ERP, planning systems, automation equipment, and enterprise applications.
• Experience promoting solution standardization and reuse across multiple manufacturing sites.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.