Manufacturing Solution Architect

Hitachi Digital Services is seeking a Manufacturing Solution Architect to lead the design and governance of enterprise manufacturing solutions. The role involves collaborating with business stakeholders, engineering, and IT teams to define solution requirements and design scalable, secure, and efficient architectures integrating shop-floor systems with enterprise applications.

Requirements

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering, and IT teams to define solution requirements aligned with manufacturing strategy.
• Design scalable, secure, and efficient architectures integrating shop-floor systems (MES, SCADA, PLCs) with enterprise applications (ERP, PLM, QMS).
• Lead solution design for smart factory initiatives, including IoT, data analytics, predictive maintenance, and digital twin technologies.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, tools, and vendors for manufacturing and industrial systems.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership across the full project lifecycle—from conceptual design through implementation and rollout.
• Support process mapping, gap analysis, and system configuration in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Develop and maintain architectural artifacts such as system blueprints, data flow diagrams, and integration patterns.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate architectural and delivery risks.
• Stay current on Industry 4.0 trends, emerging manufacturing technologies, and digital transformation best practices.

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits
• Flexible arrangements
• Autonomy, freedom, and ownership
• Life balance
• Holistic health and wellbeing