Manufacturing Execution Systems Solution Architect
Western Digital6 hours ago
Base Salary
$164k - $219k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define MVX and Factory Systems architecture, capability roadmaps, and system design direction.
- Translate Product and Process roadmaps into functional capabilities, development priorities, and delivery sequencing.
- Define investment and funding requirements for Factory Systems, MVX, and AI roadmap capabilities.
- Document manufacturing workflows, system behavior, business rules, and data requirements.
- Identify capability gaps, dependencies, operational risks, and readiness requirements for engineering builds, qualification, production ramp, and sustaining operations.
- Drive standardized and reusable capabilities across products, processes, and manufacturing sites.
- Partner with IT and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure technical solutions meet functional requirements and manufacturing outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Manufacturing Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong experience with MES, ERP, Factory Systems, or manufacturing system solutions.
- Understanding of manufacturing workflows, system behavior, business rules, data requirements, and system integration.
- Experience translating Product and Process roadmaps into system capabilities and development priorities.
- Experience supporting engineering builds, qualification, production ramp, or sustaining operations.
- Ability to guide architecture direction, identify risks and readiness needs, and drive standardized reusable capabilities.
- Ability to communicate technical direction and recommendations to technical and management stakeholders.
- Preferred: experience with technology roadmaps, investment proposals, or funding requirements.
- Preferred: familiarity with AI-enabled manufacturing platforms, data governance, analytics, automation, or MLOps.
- Preferred: experience facilitating architecture or design reviews across multiple teams.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including paid vacation and sick leave, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life, accident, and disability insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, employee assistance, tuition reimbursement, transit benefits, employee stock purchase plan, and a 401(k) plan.
- The role is an exempt position and may be eligible for bonuses, long-term incentives, restricted stock units, or other discretionary incentive programs depending on role and eligibility.
- The anticipated application deadline is January 21, 2027, subject to earlier closure.
- The listed salary range applies to roles performed in California, Colorado, New York, or eligible remote locations in those states.
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About Western Digital
Western Digital designs and manufactures data storage devices and platforms, including hard disk drives and solid-state drives, for consumer electronics, enterprises, and hyperscale data centers. The public company, founded in 1970 and headquartered in San Jose, sells under the Western Digital and SanDisk brands through OEM and retail channels, and supplies cloud platforms and PC markets worldwide.