Enterprise MES Technical Lead

Leidos

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$116,350–$210,325 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
10 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role $163k
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TL;DR · Enterprise MES Technical Lead

The Enterprise MES Technical Lead joins the Digital Thread Systems team to modernize manufacturing systems and infrastructure connecting product development to realization. Serving as a technical subject matter expert, you will manage the administration, configuration, performance, and production support of the enterprise Manufacturing Execution System. Your daily work involves leading implementations, upgrades, and integrations while ensuring platform reliability across engineering, planning, and production workflows. You will resolve complex incidents involving routings, bills of material, and data collection while coordinating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and database teams. The role requires expertise in relational databases, SQL, application architecture, and integration middleware. You will manage technical components for manufacturing processes like material traceability and configuration control. Preferred experience includes iBase-t Solumina, PTC Windchill PLM, Deltek Costpoint ERP, and supporting mission-critical environments such as aerospace or regulated manufacturing.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the technical subject matter expert for the enterprise Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and its supporting infrastructure.
  • Administer and configure MES capabilities including work instructions, bills of material, production records, and data collection.
  • Monitor system health, performance, capacity, and data integrity while proactively addressing technical issues.
  • Lead the implementation, deployment, and integration of MES upgrades and configuration changes across various environments.
  • Manage technical interfaces and data flows between MES and systems like PLM, ERP, and middleware.
  • Provide technical leadership for complex production incidents and perform root-cause analysis on recurring system issues.
  • Maintain technical documentation, configuration standards, and operational procedures for the manufacturing environment.
  • Recommend and implement automation and improvements to increase system reliability, scalability, and performance.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field with 12–15 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 10–13 years of experience.
  • Significant experience administering, configuring, supporting, or implementing complex enterprise applications.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex application, database, performance, configuration, and integration issues.
  • Experience managing enterprise application upgrades, patches, deployments, testing, and production releases.
  • Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, application architecture, and enterprise system integrations.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical issues and recommendations to technical and senior leadership audiences.
  • Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), PTC Windchill PLM, or Deltek Costpoint ERP (preferred).

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