Senior Manufacturing Execution Systems Engineer

Herman Miller - Zeeland, MI

Full-time - Senior

Zeeland, MI

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Manufacturing Execution Systems Engineer is responsible for the design, development, implementation, testing, and support of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). This role involves working in a highly agile team to innovate and enhance MES capabilities while managing deliverables, schedules, and costs for multiple ongoing projects. The engineer will troubleshoot and maintain MES solutions across various manufacturing campuses globally, actively participate in process development, and provide subject matter expertise to operations, engineering, and IT.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, test, and support Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and System Integration solutions.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and enhance deployed MES and integration solutions across multiple manufacturing campuses globally.
• Actively participate in the development of processes; identifying and recommending process improvements.
• Apply problem-solving skills, define stories, and execute solutions to difficult problems independently, with minimal oversight of leadership.
• Collaborate with Controls Engineers in support of PLC integration, HMI and SCADA deployment, and machine data historization.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineers & Production Leaders in support of opportunities, requirements, training, and support.
• Create rapid prototypes to demonstrate MES and systems integration capabilities.
• Present work output in a clear and concise manner.
• Develop and plan project deliverables in a highly agile environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related equivalent education and experience.
• 5 years of experience working as a developer or integrator on MES Systems, preferably in a discrete manufacturing environment.
• Experience in programming/developing/configuring HMI and SCADA systems, preferably Ignition.
• Experience working with MES Software packages.
• Experience and knowledge in Python, JSON, RESTful Web APIs, and SQL.
• Experience in the adoption and application of ISA-95 and connecting enterprise IT systems to shop-floor systems.
• Experience in database design, development, and support.
• Experience in machine data collection via OPC, preferably from Allen Bradley and Beckoff PLC environments.
• Experience with IIoT cloud-based solutions, architectures, and deployment.
• Project management experience may be essential for some assignments.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of Lean principles and application.
• Knowledgeable in the use of common office automation, communication, software and tools, MillerKnoll mainframe applications and engineering related software.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment including veterans and people with disabilities.
• Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.